It’s official: We’re all out of Internet addresses. But don’t panic, this doesn’t mean the end of the Internet. It just means an end to the current naming system, known as Internet Protocol version 4. Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is standing in the wings ready to fill our daily Internet demands. As we highlighted [...]

President Obama is pushing for high-speed Internet access as part of a larger plan to bolster the American economy. In fact, his goal is for 98 percent of the country to have access to broadband Internet. The announcement was part of Obama’s State of the Union address last month and calls for making “500 megahertz [...]

Small businesses are spending about $95 a month on broadband Internet services with large businesses spending upward of $600 a month, according to a survey by the Federal Communications Commission. And cost remains a concern for businesses when considering whether to upgrade Internet services. Cost is a barrier to upgrading for 50 percent of businesses [...]

For most people, gone are the days of tying up the telephone line while accessing a sluggish dial-up Internet connection. Now it’s all about streaming video and music, sending dozens of e-mail messages and chatting online via videoconferencing. A number of individuals and small businesses – as well as people who work from home – [...]