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FCC Redefines Broadband
At News.com, Anne Broache reports that the FCC will be tracking broadband with more precision and re-defining the lower limits of 'broadband,' FCC approves new method for tracking broadband's reach: 200Kbps speeds are no longer considered 'broadband...

Long Past Due for Broadband Maps
Washington, D.C. -- During the years that we all have been debating whether we have enough broadband or fast enough broadband, one interesting little detail has always been true -- we really don't know where broadband is available nor do we know what speeds are available...

Here Come the Broadband Caps...
Update at end of post. As usual, Karl Bode broke the news today that Comcast, the nation's top cable operator and the second largest broadband provider in the U.S., will implement a 250 GB broadband cap starting in October as...

Sandvine Unveils New Broadband Network Management Tech
Canadian broadband network management technology company Sandvine will unveil today at the NCTA show a new tool for allowing broadband operators to manage broadband traffic during periods of congestion...

More on broadband numbers
As I said about my McCain on Technology video, the opening graph is not well defined. Others said the same thing. Neither are the data provided. If I had all the time in the world, I would correct both in the video...

Michigan highspeed internet access
From a recent Farber list message: Late last month, Senator Inoyue held a hearing on broadband and asked those testifying at least twice how much it would cost to deploy broadband across the entire country...

Bank Website Security
New Report Finds Widespread Flaws