A DSL standard that combines fiber and copper to reach gigabit speeds was approved today by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The next step for the new G.fast standard is certifying ...

Brightspeed offers fiber and DSL internet service across 20 states in the eastern and midwestern United States. With plans starting at $29 a month and top speeds reaching 2 Gbps, Brightspeed is a ...

Some critics have said that DSL is just an interim technology until the carriers finally get smart and install fiber-optic cable to each home. The industry has dreamed of doing this for years, but the ...

AT&T has deployed fiber-to-the-home internet to less than 30 percent of the households in its 21-state territory, according to a new report that says AT&T has targeted wealthy, non-rural areas in its ...

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The Federal Communications Commission’s sixth annual “Measuring Broadband America” report wastes little time in reminding phone-based digital-subscriber-line (DSL) technology subscribers that they’re ...

A 22-year-old Verizon promise to bring fiber Internet or “comparable technology” to its entire service area in Pennsylvania has instead left more than two million homes with nothing but slower DSL or ...

Are you reading this over AT&T DSL right now? If so, you might have to upgrade or go shopping for a new ISP soon. AT&T quietly stopped selling new traditional DSLs on October 1st, though they will ...