Internet subscription has significantly picked up in the rural parts of the
United States.
In a recent study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, it was
revealed that 24% of Americans residing in rural areas had high-speed
Internet access by the end of last year. The figure is up from the 9% that
was recorded in 2003.
While the […]

Corpus Christi, Texas, has just installed 300 wireless access spots on
different public utility equipment or posts such as streetlights, buildings,
and radio towers across the city.
It is estimated that 24 square miles would be provided with Internet access
as a result of the attachments. The area will be expanded to 147 miles
within five years as the city […]

DirectTV has just announced that it will offer its video-on-demand service
through satellite and broadband Internet.
Subscribers of the direct-broadcast satellite service would be able to
access the programs of their choice at the time that they want. It is almost
similar with other video-on-demand services that use cable, except for one
thing: it cannot receive program commands from the […]

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There are still 36 million […]

Verizon’s Internet and on-demand TV clients would now be able to watch shows
and movies from Walt Disney.
Verizon has just recently made available a wide array of channels that have
different genres. These Disney-owned channels include sports channel ESPN,
ABC News, Movies.com, and Disney Online. The new offerings sprung from both
companies’ broad content deal, which was made last […]

In a bid to entice subscribers to shift to its broadband service, AOL will
be increasing the monthly rate of its dial-up plan starting next month.
The company’s unlimited dial-up package currently costs $23.90 per month. By
March 9, subscribers to the plan would be paying $2 more for the service.
This would make the cost of a dial-up […]

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) is pushing for the installation of a wireless
broadband system in the South Bronx.
Clinton laments that there are still areas, especially the poor ones, where
Wi-Fi Internet access is still unavailable. ISPs do not want to invest in
these places because they are unprofitable.
In order to satisfy the growing need for Wi-Fi access in […]