Faster Forward Archive: Telecom
Hughes tries to relaunch satellite Internet's image
Satellite-based Internet access suffers from a reputation as the broadband of last resort: It should work anywhere with a clear view of the southern sky, but it's expensive, it's slow, it limits your use, it can suffer the same "rain fade" as satellite TV, and the 44,472-mile round trip data...
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November 18, 2009; 1:02 PM ET |
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Now boarding on Metro: wireless choice
My commute home Friday night featured something unprecedented in my 20 years of taking Metro: While waiting for the train at McPherson Square, I took out an AT&T Wireless phone -- a device that had previously been stuck offline in the subway stretches of Metro -- saw its screen display...
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October 19, 2009; 11:24 AM ET |
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IPhone Users, Start Your Internet Phone Calls
AT&T Wireless backed down on one of its more puzzling restrictions on the iPhone yesterday, saying that it would allow users of Apple's popular smartphone (perhaps you've heard of it?) to make Internet phone calls on its own airwaves and not just on WiFi connections. To judge from the Dallas-based...
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Rob Pegoraro
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October 7, 2009; 8:53 AM ET |
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The FCC Sides With Net Neutrality; So Do I
You could say that today's column started when I saw those Sprint ads with the guy in the trench coat bragging that he had the Web right on his phone. Those ads were ridiculous back in the day, but the 3G connections and thoroughly Web-enabled smartphones available now -- for...
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September 25, 2009; 11:44 AM ET |
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FCC Chief Outlines Net-Neutrality Plans
Someday soon, it'll be safe to Skype and Sling on your mobile phone: The Federal Communications Commission will write rules requiring Internet providers -- both wired and wireless -- to treat Internet data and applications equally, Chairman Julius Genachowski said this morning. In a speech at the Brookings Institution in...
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Rob Pegoraro
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September 21, 2009; 3:40 PM ET |
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Web Access Without Wires -- Or Contracts
Not all of my stories move through the editorial machinery in a straight line. For example, today's column was once supposed to cover two new aspects of prepaid wireless service: unlimited-calling plans and wireless-data options. The former intrigued me because of how much less they cost than the all-you-can-talk plans...
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September 11, 2009; 10:19 AM ET |
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