Comcast's new bandwidth limit irks some users September 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Comcast's plan to place a cap on consumer Internet use worries some customers who have come to take unfettered Web surfing for granted, even though most users aren't affected by the move. | |
Cablevision completes first phase of WiFi buildout September 04, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Cablevision Systems Corp. said Thursday it has finished the first phase of its wireless network buildout in New York and remains on track to complete the project in two years. | |
Gustav brings down cell, Internet service September 02, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Power outages caused by Hurricane Gustav brought down cellular and Internet service in parts of Louisiana, but its impact was much milder than that of Katrina. | |
 Russia's MegaFon to sell iPhone September 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- MegaFon, Russia's third-largest mobile phone company, said Tuesday it will start selling Apple's iPhone 3G in Russia later this year. MegaFon did not provide further details of the deal. | |
 Satellite phones make cowboys wildfire sentinels August 31, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
(AP) -- The craggy gullies where Idaho cowboy Paul Nettleton runs 1,200 head of cattle are often precious minutes from reliable cell phone coverage. That could spell disaster in this region where sudden summertime ... | |
Satellite phones make cowboys wildfire sentinels August 31, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- The craggy gullies where Idaho cowboy Paul Nettleton runs 1,200 head of cattle are often precious minutes from reliable cell phone coverage. That could spell disaster in this region where sudden summertime ... | |
Phone companies prepare backup plans for Gustav August 29, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- The tropical storm bearing down on the Gulf Coast could be a test for the country's wireless carriers, which faced criticism and a regulatory push after Hurricane Katrina took out networks. | |
Comcast to make monthly Internet use cap official August 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, Thursday said it would set an official limit on the amount of data subscribers can download and upload each month. | |
 Low cost Internet phone revolution beckons for India August 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
Battle lines are being drawn after India's telecoms regulator called for full-blown telephone services via the Internet, paving the way for another fall in the nation's already cheap call rates. | |
'Phoney' queues used to spur Polish iPhone launch August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Poland's biggest telecoms operator, Telekomunikacja Polska, acknowledged Friday that it had paid young, hip-looking film extras to stand in queues for the national launch of Apple's iPhone. | |
 Internet provider's usage cap raises questions August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Three months ago, Guy Distaffen switched Internet providers, lured from his cable company to his phone company by a year of free service on a two-year contract. But soon the company quietly updated ... | |
 JAJAH turns mobile telephones into translation tools August 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Internet voice telephony firm JAJAH on Thursday launched a first-of-its-kind free service that lets English and Mandarin speakers use mobile telephones to translate conversations. | |
 Wireless technologies used today based on decades of work at Virginia Tech September 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Technologies used today by companies, such as Direct TV, Iridium Satellite, Bluetooth, and Globalstar, are based on satellite communications efforts started at Virginia Tech four decades ago in its Bradley ... | |
Know your text-messaging limits before being caught at school September 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Beneath the desk, agile fingers flit across the keypad. Above, eye contact with the teacher never breaks. The cell-phone text message is sent, unnoticed. Or noticed. | |
 Japan gets first home-grown commercial communications satellite August 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced Friday that it had successfully launched Japan's first domestically produced commercial communications satellite. | |
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