Jared Mauch, the Michigan man who built a fiber-to-the-home Internet provider because he couldn't get good broadband service from AT&T or Comcast, is expanding with the help of $2.6 million in government money. When we wrote about Mauch in January 2021, he was providing service to about 30 rural homes including his own with his ISP, Washtenaw Fiber Properties LLC. Mauch now has about 70 customers and will extend his network...

If you were a T-Mobile customer in August 2021, you may get a few dollars from the carrier in the near future. It has agreed to settle a consolidated class action lawsuit filed against the company over a data breach that exposed the personal information of 76.6 million "current, former and prospective customers."

The US Federal Communications Commission on Thursday authorised Elon Musk's SpaceX to use its Starlink satellite internet network with moving vehicles, green-lighting the company's plan to expand broadband offerings to commercial airlines, shipping vessels and trucks.

SpaceX is asking Starlink customers to help the company win a regulatory battle against Dish Network. In an email urging users to contact the Federal Communications Commission and members of Congress, SpaceX yesterday said a Dish plan to use the 12 GHz spectrum band for mobile service will cause "harmful interference [to Starlink users] more than 77 percent of the time and total outage of service 74 percent of the time, rendering Starlink unusable for most Americans."

The Biden administration said it secured commitments from 20 internet service providers to either reduce prices or increase speeds to serve low-income households, according to a White House press release published Monday.

"So basically, if you’re trying to get a grant to help fund a new broadband project in Missouri, you have to ask the regional monopoly’s permission."

Le craps est un jeu de dés qui a fini par percer sur la scène des jeux de hasard, notamment sur internet. Mais avant d’entrer dans la famille des Jeux de casino, le craps aurait traversé bien des pays et époques. Ainsi, les historiens auraient trouvé des vestiges du craps en Égypte et certains ossements d’animaux taillés en forme de dés démontrent que l’ancêtre le plus lointain du craps existait déjà en -2000 avant J.C. Reste que ses origines sont confuses, voire même obscures et les théories à ce sujet se confrontent allègrement depuis la nuit des temps

Canadian phone companies are waiving long-distance and text charges for calls to Ukraine amid Russia's assault on the country. Bell Canada, Rogers Communications Inc., Telus Corp. and Shaw Communications Inc. have all announced customers will not be charged to help connect with loved ones in the embattled region.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said today that it will take legal action against Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) service providers who do not hand over information requested during robocall investigations.

If a 1-Gbps connection allows you to stream content and make video calls seamlessly, imagine what a 10-Gbps internet connection would be able to do for you. According to CableLabs, an innovation lab for the cable industry, this could be a reality before we turn into the next decade.

A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that California’s net neutrality law can remain in place, upholding a lower court decision. California’s 2018 law is the toughest in the country, and was signed into law a year after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealed the federal Open Internet Order. That 2015 order put into place strict net neutrality rules barring internet providers from blocking or throttling legal apps and websites. It also banned prioritization of paid content by ISPs.

Elon Musk is offering Starlink terminals to Tonga residents after a recent underwater volcanic eruption led to a loss of internet access in the country. The eruption occurred on January 15 with a powerful blast yield of around 10 megatons. It subsequently triggered a tsunami that tore through the country's 827 km (514 miles) undersea internet cable, cutting off the island's communication links.

AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon are all not blocking the service.

Earlier today, a report indicated that some European carriers were blocking the Private Relay feature introduced by Apple with iOS 15. This feature is designed to give users an additional layer of privacy by ensuring that no one can view the websites that they visit.

Canadians who’ve had to increasingly rely on home internet during the COVID-19 pandemic say plugging into the low Earth orbit satellite service has made a world of difference. Experts weigh in on what this means for Canada’s monopolistic internet giants.

Starting today, eligible US residents can apply for help with their internet bills under the new Affordable Connectivity Program. The program launched today with $14.2 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law passed in November.

PCs with 5G connectivity could face issues that include international roaming support, but T-Mobile is working through those issues, in addition to figuring out what data plans may look like.

This report below analyzes and aggregates broadband access, fiber access, provider competition and low-priced options for the United States at the county level. Here you can find searchable county data.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday disclosed it circulated Boeing Co's application seeking approval to launch and operate 147 satellites to provide broadband internet access for a vote.

LightBox, which helped Georgia build a detailed map of internet service, has put information together to show where coverage gaps exist across the US.