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T-Mobile Misleads Home Internet Customers, Employees Say (Update)

By Brandon Hill published 2 September 22

Company's support reps apparently incentivized to give customers false excuses and get them off the phone.

Michigan Man Builds Own ISP, Gets $2.6M From Government to Expand

By Mark Tyson last updated 17 August 22

Jared Mauch’s rural FTTH service quickly expanded from 1 to 30 customers and currently has 70. But he now has $2.6m of government funding to allow provisioning for nearly 600 customers.

T-Mobile Home Internet: How and Why I Switched

By Brandon Hill last updated 30 July 22

T-Mobile promises fast internet speeds at just $50 per month–if your address is eligible.

Vodafone’s Gigafast Broadband Advert Challenged By Virgin Media in the UK

By Zak Storey published 17 April 19

The UK ISP Vodafone has had its "Gigafast" broadband package advertising pulled after Virgin Media complaints to Advertising Standards Agency

AT&T Will Test 5G Networks, Expand Fiber, And More In 2017

By Nathaniel Mott published 4 January 17

AT&T revealed plans to field test 5G wireless networks, expand high-speed internet access, and trial a technology which could offer multi-gigabit wireless internet access via power lines in 2017.

AT&T Plans To Trial 400GbE Data Speeds In 2017

By Nathaniel Mott published 28 October 16

AT&T business customers rejoice: The company announced plans to offer 400GB Ethernet data connections on a trial basis in 2017. But when will consumers see the same benefits?

Alphabet Eyes Wireless Networks As Google Fiber's Rollout Halts

By Nathaniel Mott published 26 October 16

Alphabet's Access subsidiary announced that it's "pausing" the expansion of the fiber-optic internet service commonly known as Google Fiber to focus on developing new technologies.

Opposing Comcast's Internet Bandwidth Cap (Opinion)

By Joe Pishgar published 11 October 16

Comcast's recent bandwidth cap was bad enough; now the ISP is trying to convince users that this is totally fine.

Frontier Of Failure: Verizon FIOS Fumble Costs An ISP The Game (Opinion)

By Fritz Nelson published 22 April 16

Verizon ISP Review & Reader Survey Results

By Derek Forrest published 6 February 16

We asked readers to rate their Internet service provider based on price, performance, reliability and support. Here are the results for the only ISP in our series with mainstream availability of fiber-optic networks for high-speed Internet: Verizon.

Time Warner ISP Review & Reader Survey Results

By Derek Forrest published 30 January 16

Tom’s Hardware's ISP round-up puts the power in the hands of our readers, who gave us their opinion of the nation's top Internet service providers. And now it's time to take a closer look at Time Warner Cable.

Comcast ISP Review & Reader Survey Results

By Derek Forrest published 23 January 16

Tom's Hardware's ISP review series continues with Comcast, one of the industry's largest cable Internet providers. It's time to see what our readers thought of Comcast's performance, price, reliability and support.

AT&T ISP Review & Reader Survey Results

By Derek Forrest published 21 November 15

We asked readers to rate their Internet Service Provider based on price, performance, reliability and support. Here are the results for one of the country's oldest communications companies: AT&T.

With ZyXEL's New Residential Gateways, ISPs Can Give Their Customers Wireless AC Wave 2 Performance

By Tom's Hardware News Team published 18 November 15

ZyXEL just enabled service providers with the capability to distribute Wireless AC Wave 2 residential gateways to their ISP customers.

Rate Your Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

By Derek Forrest published 5 September 15

Whether your ISP is a match made in heaven or a vicious ball-and-chain you can't seem to get away from, Tom's Hardware wants to know what you think.

FairPoint, Connect America To Expand Internet Access Across 14 States

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 19 August 15

FairPoint will expand Internet service to rural areas in 14 states, but at speeds slower than broadband.

FreedomPop Launching Free Mobile Service In UK, Offering 'Jetsetter' 100 MB Roaming SIM

By Seth Colaner published 13 May 15

Verizon Prepares For Uncertainty Regarding Potential FCC Rules

By Seth Colaner, Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 6 February 15

Following the recent FCC auction for the AWS-3 spectrum bands meant for use in wireless telecommunications, Verizon is selling off large parts of its business.

Verizon, The Unintended Catalyst Of Strong Net Neutrality Laws (Op Ed)

By Lucian Armasu published 5 February 15

Verizon, one of the biggest rivals of net neutrality rules, is actually the one that made strong net neutrality rules happen.

FCC Bumps Baseline Broadband Definition To 25Mbps

By Seth Colaner, Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 29 January 15

The FCC voted to raise the minimum standard for what constitutes "broadband" Internet speeds to 25Mbps, up from 4Mbps.

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