Another high-speed internet provider is coming to town. Webpass, a San Francisco provider owned by Google Fiber, plans to install high-speed internet in a downtown Seattle condo complex, Fifteen Twenty-One… Read More
Google Fiber plans to bring its Webpass service to Seattle, adding a new gigabit Internet alternative in a city that has struggled for years to expand access to super-high-speed broadband.… Read More
Well, here’s yet another business that Amazon.com is looking to dominate. The Information (subscription required) reports today that the online retailing giant and cloud computing powerhouse is considering offering broadband… Read More
Apparently, citizens of a long-time pariah state and communist dictatorship — a country where only five percent of homes are connected to the Web — have a better chance of… Read More
What would a city government do to obtain internet speeds 100-times faster than those offered in most of the country? In Huntsville, Ala., the city fathers decided they would build… Read More
Those hoping for super-fast fiber Internet across the nation from Google will have to wait. The search giant announced Thursday that it will delay a decision to roll out its fiber… Read More
Portland today moved one step closer to having lightning-fast Internet throughout the city. The Portland City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved Google’s 10-year franchise agreement to install and operate a fiber Internet network throughout the… Read More
Portland is one step closer to having laser-quick Google Fiber Internet installed throughout its city. Google has signed a preliminary 10-year franchise agreement with the Rose City, The Oregonian reports. It’s not… Read More
Google is bringing high speed fiber broadband networks to homes and businesses in three cities – Kansas City, Austin and Provo. In February, it announced 34 more cities it will approach for building… Read More
Today Google named 34 cities as possible expansion locations for its Google Fiber Internet service. Seattle, however, has been left off the list. Google identified nine metro areas — including… Read More
The ambitious plans to implement a high-speed gigabit Internet network in 14 Seattle neighborhoods seem to be falling apart. Financial problems are forcing Gigabit Squared, the company behind the project, to… Read More
As far as Comcast is concerned, gigabit broadband is more bandwidth than consumers want, though they might not know it. In an editorial published today in the Philadelphia Inquirer, David… Read More