The broadband war between phone and cable companies may be entering a new phase, according to subscriber growth numbers disclosed in a pair earnings reports this week. AOL Time Warner's Time Warner ...

DSL appears to be winning out over cable as the most popular broadband connection method of choice. The number of DSL subscriptions worldwide has grown 39 percent over the past year to pass the 150 ...

Comcast broadband subscriber Ron Beman said he couldn't care less about Comcast's plan to double Internet download speeds for customers at no extra charge. It remains to be seen if consumers care ...

The Federal Communications Commission’s sixth annual “Measuring Broadband America” report wastes little time in reminding phone-based digital-subscriber-line (DSL) technology subscribers that they’re ...

Telecom companies, startups, and others have been promising high-speed broadband Internet connections to our PCs for several years, yet only a fraction of homes and small businesses actually have that ...

Cable companies have given telcos a run for their money in broadband services, and the competition has driven down prices. While they didn’t rack up a body count on the scale of a Gambino-Colombo (or ...

A device that connects multiple computers to a cable or DSL line for Internet access. Also called a "residential gateway," "modem/router," "modem gateway," "home gateway" and "Internet gateway." The ...

In August of last year, I told you about how AT&T convinced me to keep my “3 Mbps” Pro DSL service as a backup to my “10 Mbps” Suddenlink-provided cable Internet service. I also discussed the broader ...

Well, my neighbors DSL provider pulled the plug her DSL. She was getting on 384 up and down with 32 static IPs. We need to replace it with another provider. <P>Download speed is not critical, but ...

For the past several years, both Steve and Jim have been working in an environment where they felt like some form of backup for network access is mandatory. And, since customers can purchase both DSL ...

For a decade cable companies have been losing millions of video subscribers from cord-cutting. During that time broadband subscriptions continued to grow, becoming a significant profit center. That ...