The broadband war between phone and cable companies may be entering a new phase, according to subscriber growth numbers disclosed in a pair earnings reports this week. AOL Time Warner's Time Warner ...

ROSEVILLE, Calif.--For 88 years, the Roseville Telephone Company watched the telecommunications world transform the 83 square miles it served surrounding this former railroad town outside Sacramento.

Cable companies have given telcos a run for their money in broadband services, and the competition has driven down prices. While they didn’t rack up a body count on the scale of a Gambino-Colombo (or ...

Most people use cable TV or digital subscriber line (DSL) for high-speed Internet access at home. In fact, 50% of all broadband customers use cable, 42% use DSL, and 8% use fiber-optic cable, ...

Cable-based broadband services will become the dominating wireline broadband technology, says Allied Business Intelligence (ABI), an Oyster Bay, N.Y.-based technology research firm. According to a ...

Over one million people now get broadband via cable, as NTL and Telewest continue to keep pace with BT in the high-speed Internet stakes. Figures released by the UK's two cable companies on Wednesday ...

EarthLink plans to nudge its broadband customers toward cable Internet access instead of digital subscriber line services in a move that could boost its future profit margins. But there's a catch. In ...

QUESTION: I’m moving to a new house where I can use either DSL or cable internet service, so which is better? ANSWER: Getting a solid internet connection has become a vital resource for us all, so ...

Living with slow home internet is a punishment that courts would likely rule cruel and unusual, assuming the victims ever get a consistent enough signal to send off an email pleading for help. But as ...

Adoption of ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) high speed Internet services outpaced cable modem deployment in the U.S. during the second half of 2002, thanks to increased broadband ...

A device that connects multiple computers to a cable or DSL line for Internet access. Also called a "residential gateway," "modem/router," "modem gateway," "home gateway" and "Internet gateway." The ...

Well, my neighbors DSL provider pulled the plug her DSL. She was getting on 384 up and down with 32 static IPs. We need to replace it with another provider. <P>Download speed is not critical, but ...