News

"Acceptable use" policies surprise Internet users

"Acceptable use" policies surprise Internet users

29 Mar, 2007

News

"Acceptable use" policies surprise Internet users

Comcast, a major provider of Internet access, has come under fire for shutting customers off if they violate an unstated "acceptable use" policy.

"Acceptable use" policies surprise Internet users

The digital "dimmer switch"

The digital "dimmer switch"

28 Mar, 2007

News

The digital "dimmer switch"

The digital divide is less binary, but rather more like a "digital dimmer switch," according to the Pew Center. Recently, the Pew Hispanic Center and the Pew Internet & American Life Project teamed up to produce a study on Latino internet use. The study found that non-Hispanic whites have a 71% internet participation rate, while Latino adults are hovering around a 56% participation rate. While the numbers tell one story, the study also found the internet-usage gap between whites and Latinos to be closing.

The digital "dimmer switch"

South Dakota: The digital desert

South Dakota: The digital desert

27 Mar, 2007

News

South Dakota: The digital desert

Add South Dakota to the list of places on the wrong side the digital divide. It's not just individual South Dakotans--even state universities and research centers cannot connect to a national high-speed network called Internet 3.

South Dakota: The digital desert

Fiber to the Home Council: The Growing Internet

Fiber to the Home Council: The Growing Internet

26 Mar, 2007

News

Fiber to the Home Council: The Growing Internet

The Fiber to the Home Council, an industry association advocating for accelerated deployment of Fiber to the Home technology, has put together a compelling five-minute video that talks about the challenges of the ever-expanding Internet.

Fiber to the Home Council: The Growing Internet

School technology initiatives must follow the kids home

School technology initiatives must follow the kids home

15 Mar, 2007

News

School technology initiatives must follow the kids home

Speed Matters blogger Laura Unger notes that North Carolina is taking a step in the right direction with its school broadband connectivity initiative. She also thinks that to have a program that focuses on the schools and does not address the lack of access to the home is faulty. "It is like buying great textbooks for every student and then not allowing them to take them home to study use for their homework; it's like have a great teacher but making the kids leave their notes in school."

School technology initiatives must follow the kids home

High Speeds In California - But Not For Everyone!

High Speeds In California - But Not For Everyone!

15 Mar, 2007

News

High Speeds In California - But Not For Everyone!

You might expect that in the heart of the Silicon Valley high speed internet would be a given, but that is not necessarily the case. Speed Matters blogger Roger Osburne recently heard from CWA member Yonah Diamond. The Good News is he got great speed of 15 mb. The Bad News is he was sitting in a conference room at an AT&T Data Center and not at home.

High Speeds In California - But Not For Everyone!