US regulators are set for a showdown over rules to ensure an open internet

The rules are intended to prohibit phone and cable companies blocking or discriminating against internet traffic over their broadband networks.

Net neutrality was one of the Obama administrations top campaign pledges to the technology industry.
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source BBC.com
By Maggie Shiels
Technology reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley

UK lags on broadband and mobile

Only a tiny percentage of UK homes have super-fast broadband and mobile speeds are slow compared to other nations, Ofcom has revealed.

In its annual International Communications Market report, the regulator said more needed to be done on fixed and mobile broadband.
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By Jane Wakefield
Technology reporter
source BBC.com