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Over a million Brits have wasted around six hours setting up or dealing with problems connected to their broadband service, reports O2 broadband.

The idea of laying fibre along sewer lines has been sloshing around the networking business for years. Now a UK firm claims today's broadband will seem a trickle compared to the torrents of data it'll soon offer.

On Tuesday, the pay-cable network unveils HBO On Broadband, featuring 400 hours of movies and original series that can be downloaded to computers.

According to a report released by the China Internet Network Information Centre, the number of Internet users in China has reached 210 million.

Report describes CA broadband rollout trends, maps availability, and recommends deployment strategy. In a very wired state, there are still some flaws. Here's how to learn from them.

According to a leaked memo, Time-Warner Cable will be trialling a new billing system with tier-based bandwidth caps, called "Consumption Based Billing." The trial will be rolled out in the Beaumont, TX area sometime in Q1.

Network neutrality is a completely mis-framed debate. It assumes that the user has access to a single telco product: pre-paid (by the user) ISP access. The real market will be vastly more complex, with users having access to many “virtual” networks...

BT will dip its toe in the rapid waters of fibre-to-the-home broadband this year, when it'll run optic cables to 10,000 new homes being built at Ebbsfleet in Kent.

Tuesday, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin used a CES discussion as pulpit to address the FCC's stance on complaints that put Comcast into a boiling cauldron of bad PR in the fall. Ironically, as the FCC investigates Comcast. They'll be under investigation too.

Depending on what you read and who you talk to, the state of the US broadband market is either great or terrible compared with the rest of the world.