PHILADELPHIA -- High-speed Internet access over ordinary telephone lines is a technology that was to pave the promised information superhighway -- but for most consumers it's become a road to nowhere.

Then, in August, Covad announced that it was filing for bankruptcy. While executives promised that customers’ service would not be interrupted, business owners had reason to worry. ‘We took our ...

In late March, NorthPoint Communications suddenly shut down its nationwide DSL network, leaving over 100,000 consumers and businesses stranded without high-speed Internet access. Considering the ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ASSIA® Inc., the leading provider of high-performance Dynamic Spectrum Management (DSM) software tools that are revolutionizing Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) ...

That well-worn buzzword “convergence” is taking hold in broadband access, as cable and telephone companies begin nibbling into one another's markets, and it's prompting technology tweaks on both sides ...