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Telco companies to provide data for broadband map

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The country's biggest phone and cable companies have agreed to hand over information about their broadband networks to help the federal government produce a national map showing where high-speed Internet connections ...


Court says no exclusive cable rights in apartments

Technology / Telecom

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Cable companies cannot have exclusive rights to provide service in apartment buildings that they wire, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.


FCC: Landline number move should take 1 day, not 4

Technology / Telecom

created May 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission voted Wednesday to force landline phone companies to act faster when their subscribers want to move their phone number to a rival service.


Congress concerned about privacy over cable TV ads (Update)

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created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Congress put cable TV operators on notice that it will scrutinize their plans to roll out targeted advertising to viewers, questioning whether they will use set-top boxes sitting in millions of homes to monitor and ...


Hulu.com lets you legally watch premium video content

Technology / Internet

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Most of us don't watch television the way we did just a few short years ago. Back then, we had to watch TV shows when they were aired, a slave to the broadcasting schedule whim of the networks.