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Singapore Gets Wired for Speed
Singapore could soon be the first country blanketed with a fiber optic infrastructure so fast that it would enable the contents of a DVD to be downloaded in only a few seconds.
Source: | 15 June 2010, 12:00 am
Google Set to Showcase Fast Internet
The network is intended to showcase the potential new uses of ultra-high-speed broadband networks.
Source: | 11 February 2010, 12:00 am
BITS; Verizon Moving From Landlines
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Source: | 21 September 2009, 12:00 am
New Undersea Cables to Expand Broadband in Africa
The expansion will cost about $2.4 billion and connect the continent with Europe and Asia at higher speeds and lower cost.
Source: | 10 August 2009, 12:00 am
From Verizon, a Home Phone With the Capabilities of a Cellphone
The Verizon Hub, a home-phone system, uses Voice over Internet Protocol and high-speed fiber optic service to make calls.
Source: | 5 February 2009, 12:00 am
How to Travel at a Million Files a Minute
Things power users can do to make sure their Internet connections are as fast as possible.
Source: | 21 August 2008, 12:00 am
Verizon’s FiOS: A Smart Bet or a Big Mistake?
As Verizon begins to roll out FiOS in its hometown, New York, the company argues that the service is proving to be more successful than it promised when it started the project.
Source: | 19 August 2008, 12:00 am
LETTER; More Broadband Options
Christopher Wolf and Mike McCurry letter on Tim Wu's July 30 Op-Ed article dismisses Wu's warning of impending 'bandwidth cartel'
Source: | 4 August 2008, 12:00 am
OPEC 2.0
If we aren’t careful, we’re going to repeat the history of the oil industry by creating a bandwidth cartel.
Source: | 30 July 2008, 12:00 am
Verizon May Soon Join Local TV Market, Adding a Cable Option
The telecommunications company is one step closer to adding cable service, which could spur more competition and yield better service for local customers.
Source: | 30 April 2008, 12:00 am
Study Gives High Marks to U.S. Internet
The United States, a new report says, isn’t falling behind the rest of the developed world in Internet infrastructure after all.
Source: | 9 April 2008, 12:00 am
Video Road Hogs Stir Fear of Internet Traffic Jam
User demand for the Internet could outpace network capacity by 2011, some analysts warn.
Source: | 13 March 2008, 12:00 am
Correction: For the Record
Correction on chart with Oct 3 article about Japan's high-speed Internet connections
Source: | 4 October 2007, 12:00 am
Unlike U.S., Japanese Push Fiber Over Profit
Japan is a broadband paradise with the world’s fastest and cheapest Internet connections, but some analysts wonder if the country’s push to install fiber is worth the effort.
Source: | 3 October 2007, 12:00 am
‘Bringing the Ocean to the World,’ in High-Def
Researchers are undertaking a mammoth effort to observe oceanic life using fiber optics and the Internet.
Source: | 4 September 2007, 12:00 am
