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Unstable Connection

The Affordable Connectivity Program Kept Them Online. What Now?

Millions of people relied on the federal Affordable Connectivity Program to stay online and access work, health care, and school. Now that the program has expired, some fear being cut off.

Lauren Goode

broadband

Net Neutrality Returns to a Very Different Internet

Dell Cameron

On/off

Screen Time for Kids Is Fine! Unless It's Not

Matt Reynolds

zoom zoom

The FCC Now Says Broadband Speed Should Be at Least 100 Mbps

Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica

can you hear me now

An AT&T Outage Is Wreaking Havoc on US Cellular Networks

Brian Barrett

That’s Personal

Comcast’s Xfinity Stores Your Sensitive Data. You Can Kind of Opt Out

Reece Rogers

lobby hobby

Cable Firms to FTC: We Shouldn’t Have to Let Users Cancel Service With a Click

Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica

Under Fire

Reporters in Gaza Turn to Radios and Generators to Keep the News Moving

Tom Bennett

Crowded Skies

This European Satellite Giant Is Coming for Starlink

Morgan Meaker

Hooked Up

This Man Built His Own ISP. Now He’s Getting $2.6M to Expand It

Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica

Left Behind

The Digital Divide Is Coming for You

Chris Stokel-Walker

Space Race

How Starlink Scrambled to Keep Ukraine Online

Tom Simonite

Policy

Why ICANN Won’t Revoke Russian Internet Domains

Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica

Surveillance

Myanmar’s Fight for Democracy Is Now a Scrap Over Phone Records

Morgan Meaker

Fly Safe

Why Airlines Are Fighting the 5G Rollout

Reece Rogers

Speed Boost

Faster Home Broadband Should Be Enshrined in Law

Chris Stokel-Walker

Dropped Call

There’s $2B for Broadband on Reservations. It Won't Be Enough

Sidney Fussell

Online

Facebook Renews Its Ambitions to Connect the World

Lauren Goode

Facebook and Google’s New Plan? Own The Internet

James Ball

This is how the landline phone will die

Natasha Bernal

What really went down when the internet went down

Chris Stokel-Walker

Speed capped

An FTC Lawsuit Says Frontier Lied About Internet Speeds

Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica

Buyer's remorse

AT&T Is Spinning Off WarnerMedia to Focus on Telecoms Again

Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica