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Fenway Park outfitted with Metro Ethernet fiber link
Fenway Park is an old ballpark, but its wireless broadband technology is cutting edge.
FCC: Exaggerated claims of broadband speed persist
A year-long study by the Federal Communications Commission has concluded that most ISPs are delivering 90 percent of their advertised upload speed and just 80 percent of promised download speed.
Comcast hit by major outage over the weekend
Comcast was hit by a major outage on Sunday that apparently affected subscribers from Boston to Washington, D.C. Depending on location, the outage lasted several hours, though it is understood from
Comcast's win over FCC reignites Net Neutrality debate
The most immediate ramification of Comcast's net neutrality victory over the Federal Communications Commission this week is that ISPs might feel less inclined not to interfere in the traffic running
Coming soon: Net neutrality
Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski is expected to outline rules on Monday that would require Internet providers to treat all web traffic equally. Central to the plan is
Comcast P4P trial shows an 80 percent boost for peer-to-peer downloads
Comcast engineers have released the results of the first real-world test on P4P technology. P4P attempts to "localize" traditional peer-to-peer transfers by keeping the transfers within an ISP's
Comcast unveils new broadband policy
Comcast has revealed the details of its new plan to shift from a protocol-oriented approach to a scheme based on aggregate use of bandwidth instead. This comes on the heels of an FCC decision that
Is Comcast's bandwidth limiting action a sign of things to come?
If you are a subscriber of Comcast's cable broadband services, you might be interested to know that Comcast will impose a monthly limit of 250 gigabytes of bandwidth on residential users starting
Comcast to set monthly bandwidth limits
Beginning October 1, Comcast, the largest provider of cable broadband in the U.S., will impose a monthly limit of 250 gigabytes of bandwidth on residential users. Customers who exceed the 250 G-byte
Patch needed for web security
Dan Kaminsky, a director at IOActive, a computer security firm, believes there are some major flaws on the Internet that need to be fixed, and fixed quickly to stop hackers from diverting users to
