The FCC announced on Thursday that currents net neutrality protections will officially end on June 11, with ISPs able to prioritize or block Internet traffic as they wish from that date. Providers will also be able to charge more for access to certain service, such as streaming video. In spite of this, a long-shot vote […]
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Apple may be getting involved in orbital communications satellites. A recent report has stated that Apple poached two Google satellite executives to form a new hardware team within the company. The new hires, John Fenwick and Michael Trela, headed up Google’s spacecraft operations and satellite engineering, respectively. The report noted that both Fenwick and Trela […]
Wi-Fi is now available on every JetBlue flight and aircraft. The budget airline announced the finished rollout of Fly-Fi, a free in-flight Wi-Fi service that claims to offer faster connections than some paid options like Gogo. The service is now available on all flights while a number of airports in the U.S. and elsewhere are […]
It looks like Comcast could enforce its promised bandwidth cap sooner than you might think. The company recently announced a 1 terabyte bandwidth cap for Xfinity Internet customers, which are currently in effect in 16 regions, will become enacted within another 18 regions getting the bandwidth cap on November 1st. Comcast settled on the 1TB […]
This could come in handy. Netflix has just released an iTunes and Android app for fast.com, its Internet speed test web site. With this, Netflix members and non-members alike can test their Internet connection speeds that offer accurate, reliable scores from just about any device.