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Comcast to expand 1 terabyte monthly data cap to Xfinity customers come November 1st

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 […]

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Google submits FCC filing, looks to expand wireless Fiber testing to 24 U.S. cities

Speedy wireless broadband is coming your way via Google. In a recent Federal Communications Commission filing, Google noted that it has been testing a new wireless-transmission technology using the 3.5-GHz band in Kansas City, but the heavily redacted FCC filing suggests that it wants to dramatically expand to testing “experimental transmitters” at up to 24 […]

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Apple Maps now includes four new Flyover locales, updated local traffic data

If nothing else, Apple Maps is getting fleshed out. Apple announced that its Maps application now included four new Flyover locales, public transit data for Los Angeles, a European expansion of Nearby POI suggestions and Traffic data for Hong Kong and Mexico. The additions include new Flyover support in Aomori, Japan; Bruges, Belgium; Lake Powell, […]

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Apple confirms traveling camera vans part of Maps data collection effort

Apple has confirmed that that camera-laden van driving around your town is part of a Maps project, not a self-driving car project. The company is even listing when the vans will be in specific areas. Apple now has a webpage showing where its Maps vans will be between June 15 and June 30, which includes […]

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Local carrier Strata Networks to carry iPhone 5, provide additional coverage for Idaho, Utah, Colorado areas

If you were looking for iPhone 5 handsets and local carrier-based goodness in Colorado, Idaho or Utah, you’re in luck. Per 9to5Mac, Utah-based Strata Networks recently started advertising that the device is “coming soon” to its network. In November, Strata officially rolled out its LTE network, the first in the Uintah Basin covering several counties […]