Residents of a Surrey village are still without broadband and landlines more than a week after underground copper cables were stolen by thieves.
For those of you without kids or who live on a remote island without a broadband connection, Minecraft is a legitimate worldwide phenomenon, a building block video game that launched in 2009 and now has over 8 million paying customers and a total of 40 million users worldwide, its own conference, and a legion of YouTube stars.
Adding in the most conservative estimates of mobile broadband availability, the actual number of Americans without access to broadband drops from 19 million to 14 million.
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By 1600 today they hope to have restored 50% of connections, leaving 50, 000 Broadband customers without connectivity.
But not just walkie-talkies: Motorola Solutions is betting on the growth of ubiquitous broadband but without the consumer focus of Motorola Mobility.
"By 800 this morning we had restored 30% of that service leaving 7% of our total Broadband customers without connectivity, " said an Orange spokesperson.
Ultimately I realized that without modern technology like broadband, streaming video and smart mobile devices, it would be nearly impossible for us to pull off our usual Sunday service.
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We already know the FCC isn't best pleased about the fact 93 million Americans are making do without access to home broadband, and this latest event was an opportunity for it to dish some more info on its forthcoming National Broadband Plan.
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Consumers can switch between cable, fiber optic broadband or ADSL without having to reconfigure their home network or replace their router.
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Without a balanced solution, online media and broadband are unlikely ever to take off.
They can make a broadband antenna with ultra high bandwidth but without a steerable dish.
Some felt that most people could now afford broadband, even if it meant doing without something else, but others felt the government should help those on low incomes to get online.
"You can bring fast broadband to everyone in the country, but without the education to use it, it won't mean much, " he says.
This allows MSA-T to establish and maintain a broadband satellite connection on the go, anywhere in the world without any moving parts.
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Experts now say that no country can do without landlines because there is much one can do through them - like delivering broadband - that cannot be done by the mobile network.
Stunning progress in liquid crystal displays, graphics processing and broadband are finally bringing 3-D displays into homes and offices--without the need for goofy red-and-blue tinted glasses.
Small cells are critical to the future of wireless broadband by enabling operators to continue to provide high-quality, consistent services to customers without the need to build costly, and sometimes logistically challenging, cell towers.
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Jeffords' move could doom a major piece of House legislation, the Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001, which would allow the Bells to offer high-speed Internet access without first opening their markets to local competition.
Pacific Crest Securities Senior Research Analyst Steve Clement said that the new mobile broadband company is a pretty good deal for Sprint because it will retain majority control of the entity without having to contribute any cash into the venture.
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