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Americans' Increasing Data Use Is on a Collision Course With Data Caps
Comcast customers are using more data than ever before, but restrictive broadband caps are set to clash with trends like 4K video streaming.
Report: 26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband
Many of the laws restricting local voters’ rights were directly written by a telecom sector terrified of real broadband competition.
The Future of American Broadband Is a Comcast Monopoly
The FCC insists a new report proves that broadband competition is raging and prices have dropped. The reality is notably different.
House Democrats Who Haven’t Supported Net Neutrality Yet Have All Taken Money from Telecoms
The deadline to pass the piece of legislation that would allow Congress to overturn the repeal of net neutrality is quickly approaching, yet many Democrats are staying mum.
Comcast Forced to Refund $700,000 to Customers Over Misleading Fees
A new settlement with Massachusetts explains that Comcast advertised one rate, then charged customers more when the bill actually arrived.
The Cybersecurity World Is Debating WTF Is Going on With Bloomberg’s Chinese Microchip Stories
No one is really sure who to believe after Businessweek's bombshell story on an alleged Chinese supply chain attack against Apple, Amazon, and others.
A Community-Run ISP Is the Highest Rated Broadband Company in America
A Consumer Reports survey of 176,000 Americans finds that small, locally owned ISPs are routinely ranked higher than big telecom companies.
Study: Throwing Taxpayer Money at Giant ISPs Hasn't Fixed America’s Broadband Problem
Corruption and inaccurate maps have allowed ISPs to paint a rosier picture of the broadband picture than actually exists.
Comcast Wants to Buy Fox, and the Post-Net Neutrality Corporate Takeover of the Internet Begins
America's weak regulatory system presents MERGER MANIA: A dystopian thriller about corporate dominance of the internet.
For the Love of God, Stop Renting Routers From Comcast
A bug in Comcast’s router and modem activation process potentially exposed the private data of millions of customers who rented hardware from the company.
America Hates Comcast More Than Ever
A new survey indicates Americans’ dislike of giant cable companies is only growing, and the rising flood of streaming alternatives like Netflix are beating the industry at its own game.
Comcast Is Already Hated—and It's About to Become a Lot More Powerful
With Comcast buying up broadcasters to cement its domination of the emerging streaming video market, it's about to get a lot worse.