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Yahoo, Verizon launch co-branded DSL

August 23, 2005 update The companies are launching a DSL service for $14.95 a month, marking yet another major deal the Internet giant has inked with a telecom. TAGS: Verizon Communications, portal, DSL service, telecommunications, Yahoo! Inc., DSL, SBC Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., antivirus, e-mail

Happy 10th and bon voyage, Telecom Act

February 9, 2006 FreedomWorks CEO Matt Kibbe says the 1996 act once served its purpose. But technology has left legislation in the dust. TAGS: telecommunications, voice, DSL, rule, cable company, broadband, video

FCC to hammer out new DSL rules

August 4, 2005 The FCC delayed its monthly meeting on Thursday to work on new regulatory rules for DSL service. TAGS: DSL service, competitive local exchange carrier, DSL, Internet service, information service, service provider, rule, Democrat, Internet Service Provider, telecommunications, cable modem, agreement, Republican

Telcos: See you online

March 7, 2005 Telecom companies must persuade customers to move to far more cost-efficient automated channels--such as the Web. TAGS: telecommunications, telecommunications company, back-office, channel, DSL, process

Senators want to nix 1898 telecom tax

June 30, 2005 The Spanish-American War is over. So, Republican senators ask, why does a tax created to finance the war effort still exist? TAGS: tax, luxury, senator, telecommunications, Republican, Sen., bill, DSL

DSL providers hope to mimic cable's win

June 27, 2005 The U.S. Supreme Court blessed a hands-off approach to cable modems. Now the former Bell companies want the same treatment. TAGS: Bell company, telecommunications, entrepreneurial, DSL, information service, DSL company, Cisco Systems Inc., treatment, broadband, cable company, cable modem, Verizon Communications, modem

Comcast steals telecom DSL customers

April 27, 2006 The company says it added 437,000 new broadband customers to its roster in the first quarter of 2006, with about a third coming from DSL. TAGS: Comcast Corp., DSL, subscriber, cable company, broadband, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications, pricing, telecommunications, TV, video

FCC changes DSL classification

August 5, 2005 Feds put DSL on even footing with cable modem service--providers no longer have to offer network access to competing ISPs. TAGS: classification, CALEA, information service, FCC Commissioner, DSL, EarthLink Inc., DSL company, infrastructure, Internet service, Internet Service Provider, cable company, cable modem, service provider, telecommunications, broadband

Study: Broadband to surge in Europe

January 19, 2005 Nearly 72 million households will have it by 2010, a study says; it also makes predictions on the fate of DSL versus cable. TAGS: Forrester Research Inc., penetration, Netherlands, broadband, Europe, Italy, ADSL, telecommunications, France, DSL, U.K.

Bandwidth roundtable

July 26, 2004 Leading figures from the worlds of business, labor and technology give their insights into broadband policy. TAGS: margin, broadband, telecommunications, deployment, broadband service, policy, opinion, Internet service, service provider, DSL, Internet Service Provider

New broadband bill draws fire

March 28, 2006 House proposal doesn't include federal regulations mandating "Net neutrality." Internet companies protest. TAGS: Internet company, Net Neutrality, broadband, telecommunications, eBay Inc., Washington, letter, DSL

Don't blow it, Congress

February 6, 2006 Public Knowledge President Gigi Sohn says the outcome of upcoming telecom legislation will dramatically affect the Internet landscape. TAGS: telephone company, telephone network, regulation, broadband, telecommunications, freedom, DSL

Cable girds for wireless fight

April 7, 2005 As Bells scramble to build TV services into the ultimate telecom bundle, cable rivals face an equally daunting task. TAGS: cable company, BellSouth Corp., bundle, telecommunications, phone service, Qwest Communications Inc., cell phone, broadband, AT&T Corp., DSL, TV, video

FCC commissioner Abernathy resigns

November 17, 2005 Kathleen Abernathy announces she will leave her post on Dec. 9, but no replacement is named. TAGS: FCC Commissioner, commission, DSL service, chairman, telecommunications, Republican, DSL

Bell tolling for DSL?

June 15, 2004 Legal rulings taking effect this week remove regulations controlling how local phone carriers rent their networks to rivals. TAGS: ruling, broadband, rival, broadband service, DSL, rule, VoIP, telecommunications, U.S.

FCC to clarify rules for powerline broadband

October 31, 2006 Commission expected to classify BPL as it has DSL and cable modem, a move that should help spur further investment in the technology. TAGS: broadband over power line, information service, powerline, commission, electric company, cable modem, broadband, DSL, telecommunications, Texas, rule

Congress proposes tax on all Net, data connections

January 28, 2005 Extending tax originally created to pay for the Spanish American War is an "option" this year, committee says. TAGS: tax, data connection, VoIP, committee, telephone call, communication, Skype, telecommunications, DSL, president, IP, cell phone, broadband

Intel pushes WiMax around the globe

November 10, 2005 A new $1.12 billion contract in Taiwan and new networks in 23 other countries bolster the chipmaker's wireless vision. TAGS: Taiwan, wireless broadband, Austria, VoIP service, telecommunications, Intel, vision, VoIP, mile, trial, DSL

Broadband donnybrook: Court backs cable

June 27, 2005 special coverage In a major blow to ISPs, Supreme Court rules that cable companies do not need to share their lines. TAGS: broadband, cable company, telecommunications, Internet Service Provider, decision, DSL
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