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Yahoo, Verizon Solidify Broadband Partnership

Users of Verizon's broadband service should prepare themselves to see a lot of Yahoo logos all day, every day.  The corporations have extended a strategic alliance and will make a Verizon-Yahoo portal the "preferred starting point" for all customers.

Comcast Puts Cap On Monthly Broadband Use

Comcast has announced it will restrict customer's Internet usage starting October 1, in order to provide what it calls the best service to its subscribers.

The American In-Flight Internet Revolution?

In-flight broadband Internet access in reaching full swing for American Airlines. The airline has announced that it is "marking the beginning of the next wireless revolution."  A bit overstated perhaps. They're offering in-flight Internet access at $12.95 a flight.

U.S. Broadband Speeds Remain Sluggish

Internet connection speeds in the U.S. have only become slightly faster in the past year gaining just four-tenths of one megabit per second according to a new report from the Communication Workers of America (CWA).

Broadband Growth Declines In The Second Quarter

The number of new broadband connections in the U.S. declined in the second quarter to the lowest level in seven years according to the Leichtman Research Group.There were 887,000 new connections in the quarter among the top 20 cable and phone providers. The top broadband providers now account for 65.1 million subscribers with cable companies having 35.3 million broadband subscribers, and telephone companies having over 29.7 million subscribers.

Google Sees White Spaces Filling With Internet

Testing at the Federal Communication Commission will determine whether or not Google and its fellow backers of wireless broadband within unused spectrum reaches the marketplace.

Delta Set To Launch In-Flight Broadband

Delta Air Lines announced today that it will offer broadband Wi-Fi access onboard the airline's domestic fleet.Delta has partnered with Aircell to install the company's Mobile Broadband Network on the carrier's domestic fleet. The system, Gogo, will allow Delta passengers traveling with Wi-Fi enabled devices, such as laptops, smartphones and PDAs to access the Internet. The service will be available to customers for $9.95 on flights of three hours or less, and $12.95 on flights more than three hours.

BT To Pour $3 Billion Into UK Broadband

UK based BT said today that it plans to invest $3 billion in super fast broadband providing access to 10 million homes by 2012.BT says the new broadband will have speeds of up to 100 Mb/s with the potential for speeds of more than 1,000 Mb/s.The company says its broadband plan will only be rolled out if regulator Ofcom allows it to receive a good return on its investment.

FCC Penalty For Comcast? Fuggedaboutit

That possible sanction for Comcast's admitted use of traffic shaping software to interfere with customer broadband accounts when using peer to peer software apparently evaporated after further review.

More Than Half Of Americans Have Broadband Connections

Over half (55%) of all adult Americans now have a high-speed Internet connection at home, according to a new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.The percentage of Americans with broadband has increased from 47 percent in early 2007 and 42 percent in early 2005. Of those who access the Internet at home, 79 percent have a high-speed connection and 15 percent use dialup.Adults who live in households whose annual incomes are less than $20,000 a year, home broadband adoption was at 25% in early 2008, compared to 28 percent in 2007.