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AT&T doubles down on high-speed internet in Silicon Valley as Google Fiber arrives

The fiber fight rages on.

Google Fiber is the most audacious part of the whole Alphabet

Forget self-driving cars and drones. Five years later, where is Google's broadband business going?

The FCC won’t let Charter/Time Warner put data caps on internet plans

Thanks, FCC!

Google Fiber wants to beam wireless Internet to your home

If Craig Barratt can make it work, it's going to be big news for Internet users.

Google Fiber is ending a free-Internet offer in its first city

What the changes in Kansas tell us about Alphabet unit's ambitions.

Understanding the FCC's Move to Protect Broadband Users' Privacy

Tom Wheeler has proposed rules to require broadband providers to get consent from customers before making use of most types of data.

White House Initiative Pledges Broadband to 20 Million More People by 2020

One component: A proposed broadband subsidy for poor households.

Google Fiber Has Only 54,000 TV Subscribers, and Sign-Ups Are Slowing

Wall Street is starting to get antsy with Alphabet's most expensive unit.

Google Fiber Swings Back at AT&T Over Attempt to Stonewall Google in Louisville

There's a fiber fight in Kentucky.

New Satellites Will Deliver High-Speed Internet to Remote Areas

ViaSat's next generation of satellites will be able to deliver 100 Mbps residential service.

Starry CEO Chet Kanojia Wants to Attack Broadband Monopolies From the Air

"There are no legal issues in this. The Internet doesn’t belong to any entity."

Why Starry Faces an Uphill Battle in Its Quest to Shake Up Home Internet Service

It has been tried before and hasn't worked all that well.

Aereo's Founder Is Back With Starry. This Time He's Going After Broadband, Not TV.

Starry promises superfast broadband that will compete with Comcast, Verizon and the rest of the Internet gatekeepers.

Meet Sidewalk Labs, Google's Company That's Trying to Fix Cities and the Internet All at Once

A planned citywide network of super-fast Wi-Fi nodes hints at wider urban objectives at the Google-backed outfit.

Day After AT&T Announcement, Google Fiber Says It's Coming to Its Two Biggest Cities Yet

L.A. and Chicago get on the Google Fiber docket.

AT&T Promises to Bring Fiber to Places Where Google Isn't

It's adding service in 38 cities over the next year, including San Francisco, Detroit and Cleveland.

Starting Up the Broadband Economy

On the eve of the Telecom Prom, we still have a long way to go to fix the lack of competitive choices for broadband access.

Meet Access, the Google Unit That’s Taking On Comcast and the Rest of the Cable Biz

The hodgepodge empire of one of Larry Page's favorite entrepreneur-execs.

Now You Can Hate Google Like You Hate Comcast

Rarely is the hatred toward a cable company more tangible than during outages at national sporting events.

Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg Explains How He's Going to Connect the World to the Internet on 'Re/code Decode'

Vestberg also talks cars, why Ericsson bailed on hardware and more.

Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg, Code/Mobile and Google Search

Ericsson is maybe the largest communications technology company on the planet. This week, CEO Hans Vestberg tells Kara Swisher about the view from the top, and why he’s excited about connectivity in the developing world and in cars. Later on, The...

U.S. Revising Dozens of Policies to Promote High-Speed Internet Access

The actions come as a result of the Broadband Opportunity Council's first report on expanding broadband access.

FCC Set to Approve AT&T's $49 Billion DirecTV Purchase

Approval would come with conditions requiring expansion of high-speed fiber-to-the-home and barring preferential billing treatment for AT&T's own video services.

U.S. Leads in 4G Wireless Networks, but Speeds Are Just Middling

The U.S. leads the world in customers using LTE networks, but performance is roughly on par with Germany and South Korea.

Comcast Sells Its Own Cord-Cutting Service -- Which Requires Comcast's Cord

Broadcast TV + HBO, on the Web, for $15 a month. But you might be better off paying for cable TV anyway.

Winter Is Coming to the Cable Industry

The fight for the Iron Throne will be televised. And recorded. And downloaded. And streamed.

Comcast Is Now an Internet Company

Comcast ended March with 22.4 million TV subscribers and 22.4 million Internet subscribers.

Why Comcast Needed an Excuse to Turn Its Attention Elsewhere

Despite the obvious egg on the face, Comcast executives will soon realize that losing this deal is one of the better things to happen in a long time.

Blocking Comcast Is a Start. But if We Want Better Broadband, We Need Much More.

Broadband competition in the U.S. comes in two varieties: Slim and none. That won't work. Maybe Google can help.

Reality Check for Carly Fiorina on Open Internet Policy

In a recent op-ed, the tech exec and potential presidential candidate displays an alarming lack of policy depth.

Google's Pay TV Push Is Slow. Google's Broadband Push Is a Question Mark.

After three years, Google Fiber has more than 10 percent of the Kansas City pay TV market. We don't know about broadband, though.

In a Five-City iPhone Speed Test, AT&T Tops Verizon

My latest cellular speed test has made me consider something I never thought I would contemplate, after a few years of horrible service in the iPhone's early days: Switching back to AT&T from Verizon.