While Wi-Fi and wireless internet are often conflated as the same thing, your Wi-Fi not working may not necessarily mean you have no internet. Here's why.

The premise is simple: You’re already paying your wireless carrier for mobile data, so why not use the same company for your home internet, too, and potentially get a discount? If, like many other ...

Troubled UK wireless broadband firm Liberty Broadband has been taken over by fellow ISP Firstnet. Liberty Broadband customers were informed over the weekend of the change, which will see the ...

Most people use the word “Wi‑Fi” when they really mean “internet,” and that mix‑up quietly shapes how we shop for service, troubleshoot outages, and even argue with our providers. The real split is ...

Fixed wireless internet uses radio cell towers to deliver broadband to homes, offering a competitive alternative to cable and fiber. Major providers like T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T offer plans ...

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For years, if you wanted the highest-speed and most reliable internet service, you needed to be connected to fiber optic cable. But lately, the major carriers and some of the smaller ones have begun ...

Fast Internet service is the norm for many homes and offices in the Triangle, but there are limitations when you want to take that service outside the home or office, until now. Shannon Mosley is ...

Traditionally, high-speed residential internet service has entered homes through wires. The Comcast broadband service my family has relied on for decades arrives at our St. Paul house via coaxial ...

AMES, Iowa – A wireless tower at Iowa State University’s Ag Engineering/Agronomy Farm west of Ames is loaded with hardware sending radio waves across the countryside, creating wireless internet ...