Broadband internet just got redefined — again - Digital Trends

Microsoft Edge just got a secret weapon against scareware Microsoft announced its new scareware blocker at the 2024 Ignite conference a few months ago and now it's ready for users to try out. Read More

Internet companies will have to apply again for $675 million in federal broadband money

Two years after the federal government announced $675 million for high-speed internet in New Mexico, instead of celebrating grant awards, the companies vying to build broadband infrastructure will ... Read More

The FCC Just Redefined Broadband So Expect Faster Internet

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just voted to redefine broadband as “internet which is actually fast enough to use.” Now, in order to call its service broadband, companies will ... Read More

The great broadband divide: Living without high-speed internet access ...

For about half of Americans, high-speed internet — a modern necessity, especially now during the COVID pandemic — is either unavailable or unaffordable. Read More

Here’s how much each state will get in the $42.5 billion broadband ...

The Biden administration on Monday outlined how states across the country will be receiving billions of dollars in federal funding for high-speed internet access, highlighting the US government ... Read More

The FCC just quadrupled the download speed required to market internet ...

The FCC has raised the speeds required to describe internet service as “broadband” for the first time since 2015. The agency’s annual high-speed internet assessment concluded that 100 Mbps ... Read More

Welcome to the Louisiana town where high-speed internet lines end. Here's how residents make do.

It doesn’t take a storm to wipe out internet access in the far northeast corner of state. Wi-fi can be spotty on an average afternoon. And the fiber optic cables that could fix it are "just sitting ... Read More

Connection interrupted: Federal internet discount begins to expire

The Affordable Connectivity Program was backed by $14.2 billion and helped millions of Americans with their broadband bills. Now, it's running out despite broad support. Read More

FCC has finally redefined which internet speeds are 'broadband'

FCC has finally redefined which internet speeds are 'broadband' Biden's FCC is doing what Trump's FCC refused to do. Read More

FCC more than quintuples the legal definition of 'broadband'

It used to be that a paltry 4 Mbps down and 1 Mbps was all it took for an internet connection to be considered "broadband," but the Federal Communications Commission has just flipped that ... Read More

The U.S Government Just Redefined Your Internet Connection Speed

The Federal Communications Commission is all up in internet providers' business lately. Last week the FCC voted 3-2 to reclassify "broadband Internet" as speeds that are about 6 times faster than ... Read More