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Most anyone who’s moved to a new apartment has had the same experience: Whatever broadband provider everyone else in the building has, you have. This kind of lock-in could become less common if

The FTC, in what could be considered a prelude to new regulatory action, has issued an order to several major internet service providers requiring them to share every detail of their data collection p

It's the FCC's official duty to promote connectivity throughout the U.S., and as part of that it issues a yearly report on improvements to broadband deployment. The latest report, however, seems to co

A joint resolution has just been passed by both houses of Congress and all but signed by the president, reversing the Broadband Privacy Rule, a piece of regulation from the FCC that made some inconven

The broadband privacy rules created by the FCC last year and vigorously debated last night are in danger after the Senate voted to repeal them this morning. Among other things, the rules required ISPs

Speedtest has released its mid-year broadband speeds report, and there's actually quite a bit of good news in there. Speeds are steadily increasing despite machinations within the industry, and in fac

The U.K. government's latest crack down on terrorism is once again focusing on the digital sphere, with Prime Minister David Cameron announcing that major Internet companies have agreed to do more to

In a few years time, when you come to retire in Portland, chances are that you will be able to subscribe to Google Fiber. Earlier this week, the city took another step in allowing Google to expand its

For the last few months now, Netflix regularly <a target="_blank" href="http://blog.netflix.com/2013/02/netflix-january-isp-rankings.html">released</a> an index of the fastest ISPs for streaming video

<strong>Editor's note:</strong> <em>Michael Weinberg is a staff attorney at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.publicknowledge.org">Public Knowledge</a>, an organization that </em><em>preserves the

In July, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/27/which-states-and-isps-are-winning-the-internet-speed-race-in-the-u-s/">we covered a study released</a> by <a href="http://www.pandonetworks.com/">Pa

In Japan, a multiple-megabit Internet connection costs pennies. I pay $99 for 50-mbps (and that's <i>really</i> about 1 mbps (when it's not raining) in Brooklyn. But why, you ask? Well, to hear cable

As much as those in Silicon Valley get wrapped up in all the innovative technologies and businesses being built on top of and around the Internet, the fact of the matter is that there are still some s