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Enlarge / A Comcast DOCSIS 3.1 modem. (credit: Comcast) Comcast’s gigabit cable service is now available to nearly all of the 58 million homes and businesses in the company’s US territory, Comcast announced yesterday. Comcast, the nation’s largest ISP with more than 26 million subscribers, began rolling out gigabit cable in early 2016. It’s now […]
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EXCLUSIVE: As part of a six-year effort to highlight the benefits of gigabit networks, the Mozilla Foundation today announced today that it has awarded the final 14 prizes from its $ 1.2 million Gigabit Community Fund. Funded in part by the National Science Foundation, the Gigabit Community Fund launched in 2012 to provide grants to educational […]
– As automated and connected cars roll into dealerships over the next decade, they’ll need high-bandwidth networks to support these critical, data-hungry functions. Korean automaker Hyundai says it is committing to faster ethernet connectivity to power the core of its next-gen vehicles. – The Korean automaker has announced that it will “accelerate innovation, provide ‘over the air updates,’ […]
Enlarge / The Snapdragon 835-powered HP Envy x2. (credit: HP) Just shy of a year after announcing that Windows was once again going to be available on ARM systems, the first two systems were announced today: the Asus NovaGo 2-in-1 laptop, and the HP Envy x2 tablet. Branded as Always Connected PCs, the new Windows […]
Enlarge / A Google Fiber installation box in Kansas City, Kansas. (credit: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Google Fiber’s gigabit Internet service has consistently been priced at $ 70 a month since it launched in 2012, but it’s now available for just $ 55 in the ISP’s latest city. Google Fiber in San Antonio, Texas […]
Enlarge / Qualcomm’s prototype of a Snapdragon 835 motherboard has an area of 50.4 square centimetres. (credit: Qualcomm) Qualcomm’s Snapdragon ARM-based systems-on-chips are mainstays of the smartphone world, but the company is now positioning them as more than just smartphone processors: in conjunction with Microsoft and the new Windows 10 for ARM processors, Qualcomm is […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Scott Olson) When Verizon FiOS unveiled a $ 70-per-month gigabit Internet plan two weeks ago, the company’s existing customers quickly discovered that the deal was too good to be true. It turned out that only new customers were eligible for the $ 70 price, even though Verizon’s announcement didn’t mention […]
Enlarge / Verizon FiOS’s new top speed and starting price for bundles. (credit: Verizon) Verizon is now selling what it calls “FiOS Gigabit Connection” for $ 69.99 a month in a change that boosts top broadband speeds and makes lower prices available to many Internet subscribers. Actual bandwidth will be a bit lower than a gigabit per […]
ZTE has quite a portfolio of smartphones lined up for Mobile World Congress this year — so much so that the company has announced what may be its next flagship device a little early: the ZTE Gigabit Phone. The Chinese company says it’s a “forward-looking smartphone” for the 5G era, though the successor to 4G […]
