'Net neutrality Are Internet service providers such as Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) doing enough to effectively manage bandwidth congestion and provide equal and uncontrolled access to all of its subscribers? Comcast claims it has at least taken the first step toward a workable solution by offering a...
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Press reports on the FCC’s vote on the Vuze/Free Press petitions against Comcast suggest a peculiar outcome, where FCC orders Comcast to stop managing BitTorrent and to also tell the FCC how and when it manages BitTorrent: The...
News, analysis and insights on technology investing from Barron’s Silicon Valley bureau. FiOS, Cellular Won’t Save Verizon, Says Sanford Bernstein After billions of dollars spent over several years building FiOS, a high-speed...
Posted by Marguerite Reardon AT&T is looking to put a kibosh on the proposed merger of Sprint Nextel's nationwide WiMax assets with assets from Clearwire. On Thursday, the nation's largest phone company filed a petition with...
STOCKS, EARNINGS, ECONOMY, REAL ESTATE, BANKS Stocks pulled off modest gains Friday as a drop in oil prices and enthusiasm for some better-than-expected economic reports outshined a warning from S&P of a possible downgrade on...