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FCC Releases Mobile Usenet Access Speed Tester

The mobile version of the Consumer Broadband Test is available in the Apple iPhone App Store and the Android App Market. Using this tool alongside your portable newsreader can help determine and tweak Usenet access speeds.

March 12, 2010

Technology Uncategorized

FCC Wants 100Mbps Usenet Access For All

The FCC's "100 Squared Initiative" would bring Internet data transmission speeds of 100 megabits per second to 100 million homes by 2020, a significantly higher speed than what many homes get now.

February 16, 2010

General Technology Usenet

FCC Broadband Plan May Effect USENET Access For Some

The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday laid out a rough draft of its national broadband plan after weighing through 66,000 pages of written comments, 27 public notices, 100 items posted on its “blogband” web site, and 700 blog comments posted...

December 17, 2009

General Technology

FCC Net Neutrality May Help USENET

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced today new Net Neutrality” rules that would require carriers to deliver broadband in a non-discriminatory manner and to disclose their network management policies in a transparent manner. While the FCC is a US-only...

September 21, 2009