Current Wireless-Broadband News Results

FCC mulling free wireless broadband for public - Seattle Times
Free federal wireless broadband was mentioned in a statement released at the "Digital Inclusion Summit" in Washington, D.C. Most of its proposals focused on educating people to increase "digital literacy." The upcoming broadband plan should increase ...

Verizon Wireless Increases Wireless Broadband Capacity In Rochester ... - Forbes
ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it has increased wireless broadband capacity on its Rochester-area network. The additional capacity, added to 21 cell sites in Monroe, Ontario and Livingston Counties, will ...

4G Networks Promise True Wireless Broadband - US News and World Report
With promises of true broadband speeds, consumers are beginning to enjoy new networks that push cellular connections into the next generation. The "4G" (fourth-generation) tech is the next step for mobile surfers who want anytime, anywhere downloads ...

Is Cheap Wireless Broadband for Real This Time? - CNN Money
A source at the FCC assures me that the agency’s efforts, which will be detailed next week when the National Broadband Plan comes out, are not similar to M2Z’s plan. M2Z wanted to offer free subscribers dialup-like speeds of 768 kbps and would ...

FCC mulling free wireless broadband for public - Seattle Times
The FCC is considering whether to use publicly owned spectrum to provide free or low-cost wireless broadband service, according to a Reuters report today : One way of making broadband more affordable is to "consider use of spectrum for a free or a ...

Using a room's lights for wireless broadband - Democratic Underground.com
1. " No one would be bothered by this" I wonder if this was tested with dogs or cats in the room? The signal would be generated in a room by slightly flickering all the lights in unison. No one would be bothered by this because the rate of modulation ...

U.S. considers some free wireless broadband service - MSNBC
WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless Internet service for some Americans to increase affordable broadband service nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday. The FCC provided few details about how ...

FCC wants free wireless broadband - TECH.BLORGE.com
The Federal Communications Commission says it is considering proposals to free up some mobile spectrum for free or cheap wireless broadband. But it’s short on details such as who would provide the service and what incentive they would have to do so ...

U.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless broadband - MobileBurn
Today the Digital Inclusion Summit, sponsored by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) and the John S. and John L. Knight Foundation, was held in Washington to discuss the FCC's National Broadband Plan. One suggestion is free or low-cost ...

FCC considering spectrum for free wireless broadband - FierceWireless
The FCC may release spectrum for "free or very low-cost" wireless broadband service to boost wider broadband adoption. The proposal is one small part of the commission's national broadband plan, which it will formally present to Congress March 17 ...