Virgin broadband usb modem Image by navrasa [ ... catching up] Virgin mobile wireless modem. Captured using a strobist home made macro studio. In Short A round-up of today’s other stories in brief Read more on The Irish Times Clearwire launches Rover pay-as-you-go 4G service in U.S. The pay-as-you-go 4G wireless broadband service targets 18 to 24-year-olds. Sans contract, customers can  Read More →

Verizon FiOS goes up against the industry heavyweights. How does it do? You decide!  Read More →

Verizon FiOS bundles and Verizon FiOS triple play offerings offer a lot of entertainment at a great price. If you can pass up deals like this, then please tell me what you have that is so much better!  Read More →

A phone-hacking scheme involving British royals and reporters working for one of Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid newspapers went far beyond what was previously disclosed and prosecuted, according to The New York Times . Andy Coulson, currently media advisor to British Prime Minister David Cameron, is accused of having encouraged the hacking during his tenure as editor of Murdoch’s News of the World paper. According to the N.Y. Times , reporters... 

While Google’s Nexus One phone was supposed to rattle the wireless status quo by offering users unsubsidized phones via a Google store, the promised revolution never arrived. That was due to a number of factors, including the fact that the phone was initially only available via T-Mobile. However, the Nexus One also came with fairly awful 3G connectivity bugs and annoying fees — but not with phone support (Google fixed the latter... 

Consumer group Free Press is apparently hitting some of AT&T’s buttons this week, if this missive from AT&T lobbyist Hank Hultquist is any indication. Hultquist this week attacked the consumer group as a purveyor of “Da Vinci Code conspiracy theories” for a recent letter the group wrote to the FCC that points out how AT&T’s long-standing dream of “paid prioritization” could be bad for consumers.... 

There are several avenues that allow for sex offenders search. The most efficient ones are done online and normally the address search is done by name. The search criteria is however limited regarding the particular jurisdiction. These registries allow the public to access their databases for purposes of running the sex offenders search.  Read More →

Broadband and communications giant Virgin Media has recently slated misleading broadband advertisements, stating that some Internet Service Providers are clearly misleading consumers when they advertise their broadband speeds. There has been a lot of debate and controversy recently over Internet Service Providers allegedly advertising their broadband service speeds in a misleading way, and only recently an advertisement by the communications... 

Consumer watchdog, the Communications Consumer Panel, has called upon Ed Vaizey, the Culture Minister, to look at the way in which Internet Service Providers advertise their broadband speeds . Heated debate has recently arisen with regards to the way in which many Internet Service Providers advertise their broadband speeds, with many – including media giant Virgin Media – claiming that the…  Read More →

Broadband panel discussion @First Tuesday Image by Paul Jacobson I attended the broadband panel discussion at the April First Tuesday event. AT&T Accelerates Timetable for Expanding Service in Colorado DENVER, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ — AT&T* said today that the timetable for expanding AT&T service in Colorado has been accelerated and that it expects to complete network upgrades on wireless  Read More →

Residents from the village of Treuddyn in Wales are being urged to attend a meeting about broadband services later this month, which would be attended by Internet Service Provider Carrier Wales. Residents that live in the village of Treuddyn in Wales are being urged to attend a meeting later this month, which would also be attended by Internet Service Provider Carrier Wales. The purpose of the meeting is to tackle the ongoing issues about broadband... 

The importance of mobile internet access has reached its pinnacle. Apart from portable computers like laptop, notebook and net book, mobile phones are also used for web browsing and for sending emails. Speedy internet access has become an important and unavoidable facility for the users of mobile devices.  Read More →

The article introduces the current situation that the Internet of things faces. It also introduces how to make it much more prosperous.  Read More →

Back in July , slides shown at a T-Mobile manager’s meeting suggested the company wanted to push their 3G HSPA network toward downstream speeds of 42 Mbps. T-Mobile today confirmed those ambitions . T-Mobile’s busily deploying HSPA+ upgrades capable of 21 Mbps downstream speeds (though users see half that), and 42 Mbps speeds will arrive sometime in 2011. While technically still just 3G, the company will be offering speeds as fast... 

Telekom Deutschland deploys 1st LTE base station (Telecompaper) Telekom Deutschland has deployed its first LT-based base station in the German state of Brandenburg. The base station uses the 800 MHz frequency and is located in Kyritz. The base station is ready for operations and as soon as commercial end-devices such as phones and USB modems are  Read More →