Posts Tagged ‘Broadband Internet’

Go Green With Broadband for Christmas

Thursday, December 24th, 2009
As the talks in Copenhagen move through the difficult process of attempting to balance the needs of the planet with the needs of many of the people who live on that planet – specifically those who live in developing nations – we should look at some of the ways broadband Internet access can help the environment; especially at this time of year.

White Spaces Trialed in North Carolina

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
For the first time in the U.S., “white spaces” are being used to wirelessly deliver high-speed Internet connectivity ( pdf ). Spectrum Bridge has designed and deployed a wireless TV white spaces network to distribute broadband Internet connectivity in Claudville, Virginia , under an experimental license granted by the FCC . White spaces are unused television frequencies. They have been freed up by the shift to digital television which allows megawatt television stations to bro

Welcome to the brave new world of broadband for all – and Bi

Friday, January 30th, 2009
Welcome to the Britain of the next decade. In the Digital Britain Green Paper, a long-awaited report on the media and telecoms industries, Lord Carter of Barnes, the Communications Minister, declared that every home should be able to receive broadband internet by 2012. Yesterday, Gordon Brown said: “Our digital networks will be the backbone of our