But the 3.7 million customers of the firm's high-speed access business will undoubtedly continue to receive service.
Many have fiber running within their city for high-speed access for government, schools, libraries, and other public venues.
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Wendel, dubbed Cisco Bob by his new colleagues, has helped 2, 000 public housing units in Oregon get high-speed access.
These will be able to provide high-speed access to networks, allowing images like video to be viewed on handsets.
All the ISPs are struggling to migrate subscribers to high-speed access, which will likely put a crimp on growth in the short term.
Rather than subsidising village broadband, funds should be used to provide high-speed access at a district level, says Juan Navas-Sabater of the World Bank.
From downloading files to streaming video or surfing the latest social networking sites, T-Mobile's faster network provides a richer-than-ever mobile data experience, with anytime high-speed access to the data and information customers need and desire.
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Many rural communities are several miles from a telephone exchange - too far for high-speed broadband to work - while satellite connection for high-speed access is very expensive and carries the risk of added technical problems.
All users within a couple of hundred feet of the base station who have an inexpensive Wi-Fi device in their PCs or PDAs can then share low-cost, high-speed access to the Internet--without having to pay individually for more expensive dedicated DSL or cable modem service.
"By partnering with SES, Gogo aims to provide the reliable and seamless satellite coverage our current and prospective airline partners must have to meet airline passengers' demands for high-quality, high-speed Internet access on the fly, " said Gogo president and CEO Michael Small.
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He also saw the need to modernise our infrastructure in order to catch up with the rest of Europe - everything from high-speed train networks and motorways to nuclear power plants and high-speed internet access.
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The cable industry has been successful so far poaching voice customers from phone companies with one-bill bundles of TV service, high-speed Internet access and cheap, all-you-can-eat VoIP.
Bill Gates has a long history of making investments in cable companies with the hopes that it will secure Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people) software a significant role in the technology used for high-speed Internet access and for cable set-top boxes that deliver interactive TV.
Because of its progress with chip technology to handle so-called "3G" services like high-speed wireless access, Qualcomm (nasdaq: QCOM - news - people ) is a core holding of Gilder's.
As an example of this collaboration, the City of Seattle has proposed implementation of the Great Student Initiative, an effort to form new partnerships with information, communication and technology companies including Microsoft, Comcast, One Economy and lenders to provide low-cost, high-speed Internet access, computer, software and services for low-income students in the Seattle Public Schools.
Compaq also announced its new Triple Play broadband Internet access program, which offers customers a choice of three high-speed Net access options: cable modem, DSL, and satellite.
Meantime, local phone companies are starting to sell high-speed Internet access through digital subscriber lines.
The first 3G mobile services were introduced in 2012, allowing high-speed internet access through mobile phones.
Brand X Internet later this month, it may radically change how businesses sell high-speed Internet access.
One sign that the gorgeous eight-storey, sugar-white hotel has kept up with the times: free high-speed Internet access in all rooms.
By comparison the high-speed internet access BT is starting to roll out only runs at 512 kilobits per second.
They convinced the regional telephone company to provide high-speed Internet access, a necessity for many of these new businesses.
After SGI, Hartz co-founded Connect Group, providing hotel guests with high-speed Internet access, that LodgeNet (LNET) acquired in 1998.
Satellite providers on their own can't offer high-speed Web access or voice services.
Communities that are keen to obtain fibre-based broadband are being asked to publicly declare their desire for high-speed net access.
In other words, Comcast can only offer a full diversity of programming if it offers its users high-speed Internet access.
With networks of wire already running into homes all over the country, cable companies can now deliver high-speed internet access.
They point out that only around half of America's cable systems are modern enough to offer consumers high-speed Internet access.
Alcatel holds a dominant position in the digital subscriber line (DSL) market, which provides high-speed Internet access over conventional phone lines.
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