When a small group of university scientists began linking computers on different campus sites at the very end of the 1960s, they had no idea that their work would one day spiral into a globally-accessible network in which the total number of pages is measured in the tens of billions. Such has been the Internet’s [...]
Broadband
AT&T to test monthly cap on broadband users
Following the lead of cable giants Comcast and Time Warner, AT&T – the largest broadband provider in the country – has begun a test in Reno that will set monthly limits on broadband users and charge them if they exceed the caps. The trial, which began Saturday, at first will affect only new DSL users, [...]