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more about #bandwidth more comments → Slinkytech: Fun Fact (fact in the sense of a Comcast fact, in the way that their numbers aren't true): We all know comcast doesn't do anything but sit. That is ... more » Gann: Anyone know how large an average Netflix movie is? more » Alfisted: A little voice in my head screams, "You go home NOW! You been file sharing for three hour!" more » OCEntertainment: Where is the fiber and the bandwidth? Where is the video that was streaming? They have passed like dropped packets over copper, like signal over cell ... more » Hello Mister Walrus: I want to see the usage meter for my loud neighbors who don't have a password on their WiFi. more » Gordonium: SLO has Interwebz? I thought it only had a quaint downtown, drunken Cal Poly students, and wine. more » Jux: Keep all the Wired posts coming, they've been cranking out some good stuff. more » isoSasquatch: Will this solve the dead zone in my West Hollywood neighborhood? I'll start worrying about 3G data speed once I can receive phone calls in my house. more » dingus: Is AT&T doing anything about their slow-ass backhaul? more » Monty: Okay geeks of Gizmodo, help me understand: The problem with AT&T (as reported by AT&T) is that there are way too many iPhones using way too much band... more » €hЯ!§: I thought these were just mainly software updates. Why are they only getting 6 cities in by the end of this year? more » Heliophage: I just did a speedtest on my phone and got 12.5 Mbps. Am I doing it wrong? *scratches head* more » Bon5ai: The writing in this article doesn't make sense. Your new iPhone 3GS is fast if you look to the past? Where else would you look to compare to? Thats li... more » Cheatachu: So this means that when all my friends are raving about how fast the internet on their new iphone's are, I have had faster internet on my HTC Touch on... more » Monty: What is it that our Asian brothers are doing with their connection that we are jealous we can not do? Let's assume that we could have a gigabit conne... more » -
#comcast
Comcast Data Usage Meter Begins Rolling Out To Customers
Starting today, Comcast subscribers in the Portland OR pilot market area will begin receiving notifications that they can access a usage meter via their online accounts to help avoid data overage charges. More » -
#internet
Places Where the Internet Actually Happens (In Real Life)
Real, physical places form the Net's backbone: data centers, under-sea cables, junctions, optic fiber pipes. Wired traced a single bit's journey from England, across the US, and into Asia—a fascinating reminder at how physical the virtual really is. More » -
#att
AT&T Bumping its 3G to HSPA 7.2 in Six More Cities
AT&T is bringing faster 3G speeds to Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, LA and Miami by years end. Of course, you won't get speeds anywhere near 7.2Mbps, but you should get a modest boost in performance nonetheless. [AT&T] -
#gizexplains
Giz Explains: What AT&T's 7.2Mbps Network Really Means
AT&T's contribution to the improved overall speed of the iPhone 3GS—their upgraded 7.2Mbps network—is nearly as important as Apple's. But 7.2 is just a number, and AT&T's network is just one of many. Here's where it actually stands. More » -
#usausa
U.S. Broadband May Not Suck So Much After All
In fact, we may be #1! That's according to Professor Leonard Waverman's Connectivity Scorecard, which rates a country's wired-ness by looking at a wide range of different factors, not just speed and adoption rates. More » -
#broadband
Time Warner Cable To Expand Its Bandwidth Caps To Additional Cities
Tests of a somewhat-more-draconian-than-normal 40GB monthly download cap in poor little Beaumont, Texas must have gone well for TWC, because they're bringing bandwidth caps to more cities this year. Could your town be next? More » -
#inauguration
Cell Networks To Inauguration Attendees: Please Don't Use Your Phone Too Much
If you were planning on livebloging the shiz out of BHO's ascension to the throne tomorrow via your smartphone with photos, tweets and txts, you may have a tough time of it. More » -
#rumor
Google May Be Working on Its Own Router
According to various SD Times sources, including one inside Cisco, Google is exploring the idea of dumping Juniper Networks in favor of building its own routers to handle their ever-expanding need for bandwidth. More » -
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#comcast
Comcast's Internet Slowdown System Fully Armed and Operational (and Avoidable)
Comcast's bandwidth throttling system that slows you down for using too much bandwidth is now fully armed and operational in all markets. Here's how it works, and how to not get stuck on the short bus. More » -
#freewireless
FCC Removes Porn-Blocking Restriction From Nationwide Free Wi-Fi Proposal
The cockamamie plan to devote a chunk of AWS-3 spectrum to free w-fi can eliminate one enemy from its massive cadre of detractors: people who would use the bandwidth for streaming MegaPorn videos at 10kbps. -
#comcast
Comcast Usage Meter Coming in January to Help Users Avoid Data Cap Overages
If you are a Comcast subscriber that worries about exceeding the 250GB data cap, I have some good news. A usage meter is in the works that will help you avoid this problem. More » -
#att
Welcome to the Future of Broadband: Third Major ISP AT&T Testing Bandwidth Caps in the Fall
AT&T chief tech officer John Donovan has told Wired that they're going to test bandwidth caps in the fall, making them the third of the four major ISPs to do so. (Verizon stands alone, but for how long?) He lays out the familiar rationale, a small group of users (5 percent) pillage the network (40 percent) and they've got to stop them. But then he slips what's probably the real reason they've moving to caps: "Traffic on our backbone is growing 60 percent per year, but our revenue is not." More »
