London Underground At long last, full 4G is finally coming to the London UndergroundMashable - Rachel ThompsonThe London Underground sometimes feels like the land that mobile signal forgot. Locals know the drill. You're sitting on the Tube waiting for your phone to connect to the patchy-at-best station WiFi so
ISPs Locally Run ISPs Offer the Fastest Broadband in America - VICEVICE - Karl BodeA new study once again highlights how community-run internet service providers (ISPs) offer better, faster broadband than their private sector counterparts. Using data from 356,925 broadband speed tests
SpaceX OneWeb’s low-Earth satellites hit 400Mbps and 32ms latency in new testArs Technica - Jon Brodkin OneWeb's first six satellites pass test as company moves closer to real service. OneWeb says a test of its low-Earth orbit satellites has delivered …
Satellites Can She Beat Bezos and Musk to Beam High-Speed Internet From Space?OZY - Virat Markandeya A hand-thrown aircraft made of balsa wood, which rose high enough for aerial surveillance, was the culmination of Neha Satak’s two years of research …
Wireless 5G won't fix America's terrible broadbandboingboing.net - Cory Doctorow 5G cellular networks are able to transmit data at very high speeds, with incredible spectrum sharing that allows multiple 5G towers to operate in …
Ajit Pai Ajit Pai has yet another plan to stop local broadband regulationArs Technica - Jon Brodkin Cities can't use cable authority to charge broadband fees, Pai says. Ajit Pai is continuing his multi-year battle against local broadband regulation …
T-Mobile The T-Mobile-Sprint merger will blow past another deadlineThe Verge - Makena KellyThe T-Mobile and Sprint merger was reportedly supposed to be a done deal weeks ago after much of their total spectrum assets were set to be allocated to Dish to spur the creation of another major carrier.
San Francisco, CA The FCC’s Confusing Attempt to Change a San Francisco LawCityLab - Alisha GreenThe city found a novel way to give residents access to more broadband internet providers. Federal regulators just partly blocked it, but it’s not clear how. In 2016, San Francisco passed a first-of-its-kind
Ajit Pai “This is crazy”: FCC kills part of San Francisco’s broadband-competition lawArs Technica - Jon Brodkin But it's not clear whether the FCC preemption will actually change anything. The Federal Communications Commission today voted to preempt part of a …
Net Neutrality Net neutrality was repealed a year ago. What’s happened since?The Verge - Zachary MackIt’s been a year since net neutrality was repealed. Gigi Sohn, a distinguished fellow at Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law and Policy, chats with Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel about what’s
RoutersFrontier: if you don't buy your router, we'll charge you a rental fee; if you DO buy your router, we'll charge you a "support"boingboing.net - Cory Doctorow Frontier bought out Verizon's FIOS business in Texas, California, and Florida; some of Verizon's (former) customers had shelled out $200 to buy their …
5G BT is switching on its 5G network in Augusttechradar.com - James Rogerson BT has just confirmed that it will be launching its 5G service at some point in August, with coverage expected in parts of 16 cities by the end of …
Ethiopia Internet restored in Ethiopia 10 days after assassinationsAssociated Press - By ELIAS MESERET, Associated PressADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia has begun restoring internet access Tuesday, 10 days after it was cut following the assassinations of six top government officials. On June 22, attackers shot and
T-Mobile First T-Mobile 5G Speed Tests: 10X Faster Than 4G, But Not Verizon FastTom's Guide - Mark Spoonauer T-Mobile is the first U.S. carrier to bring 5G to the Big Apple. And we just ran our first speed tests using the Galaxy S10 5G, a 6.7-inch beast of a …
Cloudflare The Infrastructure Mess Causing Countless Internet OutagesWIRED - Lily Hay Newman In a weeks-long stretch in 2014, hackers stole thousands of dollars a day in cryptocurrency from owners. In 2017, internet outages cropped up around …
T-Mobile Putting 5G Speed to the Test in New York Cityconsumerreports.org - By Bree Fowler Wireless carriers have been heralding the arrival of 5G—the ultra fast network of the future—for many months now. But don’t get too excited, at …
Technology Google announces Equiano, a privately funded subsea cable that connects Europe with AfricaVentureBeat - Paul SawersGoogle has announced its fourteenth subsea cable investment — the third international cable funded entirely by the internet giant. Equiano, as the cable is named, will have three touchpoints, starting
South Koreans get 5G service in 'scariest place' on North Korea borderReuters - By Ju-min ParkTAESUNG FREEDOM VILLAGE, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korean mobile carrier KT Corp said on Thursday it launched 5G services in one of the world's most heavily armed border zones separating the two Koreas.
Technology Dish launches a WiFi and TV service aimed at apartment dwellersEngadget - Rachel EnglandLast week Dish announced a new service designed to make smart home technology available to all, now it's launching another service that makes modern tech accessible to everyone. "Dish Fiber" is a combined
ISPs The Fastest ISPs of 2019PCMag - Eric Griffith Depending on where in the US you live, you may have little choice in your broadband internet provider. But if you can pick, we're here to tell you …
States pile on Sprint, T-Mobile merger oppositionmobileworldlive.com Four states joined a lawsuit to block a proposed merger between Sprint and T-Mobile US, as a judge set a tentative trial date for October. Hawaii, …
T-Mobile T-Mobile and Sprint are reportedly nearing a deal with Dish to save their mergerThe Verge - Chris WelchDish is negotiating a deal to buy wireless spectrum and Boost Mobile from T-Mobile and Sprint, as the latter two companies look to finally receive approval for their huge, industry-reshaping merger. According
Internet giants must stay unbiased to keep their biggest legal shield, senator proposesThe Verge - Makena KellyOn Wednesday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is expected to introduce legislation that would heavily modify section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, adding new restrictions to the broad immunity currently
Canada's telcoms regulator adopts a sweeping new pro-competition agendaboingboing.net - Cory Doctorow For decades, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has been missing in action, standing idly by as Canada's telcom …
Ajit Pai promised that killing Net Neutrality would spur investment and improve service: a year later, service and investmentboingboing.net - Cory Doctorow A year ago, Trump FCC Chairman (and former Verizon exec) Ajit Pai killed Net Neutrality, leveraging illegal, fraudulent industry dirty tricks to ram …
Starry aims to bring its $50, 200Mbps broadband to 25 more US statesArs Technica - Jon Brodkin Starry buys 24GHz spectrum to serve apartment buildings, some single-family homes. Starry, a wireless home Internet provider, says it has acquired …
American Airlines now offers satellite-based Wi-Fi access across its mainline fleetTechCrunch - Frederic LardinoisAmerican Airlines, the world’s largest airline by fleet size and passenger traffic, has finished rolling out satellite-based broadband Wi-Fi to its entire mainline narrowbody fleet of over 700 aircraft
Maine's new ISP privacy law has both California and New York beatboingboing.net - Cory Doctorow The Great State of Maine, having jettisoned its far-right lunatic "government" and replaced it with a responsive, progressive, evidence-based one, is …
Home Internet Is Becoming a Luxury for the Wealthymedium.com - Dave Gershgorn There’s a growing divide between the rich and the poor when it comes to how they access the internet. In the United States, people with higher incomes …
