Google: Internet Access

Google testing new tool to check internet speeds directly in search results

Powered by Measurement Labs, Google's latest widget was surfaced via a search for "check internet...

Amy Gesenhues | Jun 28, 2016 at 10:46 am ET

Study: Google Adds 1,200 Search Sites & 750 ISP Client Networks In Less Than A Year

A study published by researchers at the University of Southern California unintentionally discovered Google has dramatically increased the...

Amy Gesenhues | Oct 28, 2013 at 12:03 pm ET

Google’s April Fools’ Day 2013 Joke-A-Thon: YouTube Shutdown, Google Nose & More

April Fool’s Day is pretty much like a national … err, international holiday for everyone that works for Google. It seems that...

Matt McGee | Mar 31, 2013 at 3:17 pm ET

Google Selects Kansas City For Superfast Broadband Network

A little more than a year after announcing its plans to build a superfast, experimental broadband network somewhere in the U.S., Google has...

Matt McGee | Mar 30, 2011 at 5:25 pm ET

Google Hires Georgia Tech To Build Internet Monitoring Tools

Ars Technica reports Google has given a $1 million grant to a team at Georgia Tech in order to build tools to help users around the world...

Barry Schwartz | Mar 23, 2011 at 9:32 am ET

Google Buying The “VoIP Infrastructure” Out From Under Competitors

Google rarely does anything with a single objective in mind. There are almost always multiple goals or possibilities involved in most of its...

Greg Sterling | May 18, 2010 at 10:13 am ET

Topeka Changes Its Name To Google, Kansas (Temporarily)

What would you do to get Google to build a super high-speed broadband network in your hometown? If you’re the city of Topeka, Kansas,...

Matt McGee | Mar 2, 2010 at 12:50 am ET

Google To Develop Superfast “Experimental Fiber Network”

Google continues to flirt with being an ISP or carrier. Several years ago the company was part of the aborted municipal WiFi bid for San...

Greg Sterling | Feb 10, 2010 at 11:19 am ET

Google Starts Public DNS Project

Google is introducing their own public DNS (domain name system) today named Google Public DNS. DNS is basically the Internet service that...

Barry Schwartz | Dec 3, 2009 at 11:42 am ET

Google Wants The Web To Go Faster

Google wants to make the internet faster. By speeding up the “most important computing platform of our time,” Google believes that...

Greg Sterling | Jun 23, 2009 at 7:37 pm ET

Google Promotes New “Small Business Network”

Although it’s been around for a little while, Google is doing some promotion of its new “Small Business Network.” Believe it...

Greg Sterling | May 13, 2009 at 9:40 am ET

Tech Companies Win ‘White Spaces’ Airwaves Decision

The US Federal Communications Commission approved a plan to allow unlicensed broadcast TV spectrum to be used by companies to create wireless...

Greg Sterling | Nov 5, 2008 at 10:21 am ET

Google To Help Bring Internet To Africa & Beyond Through New Satellites

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Barry Schwartz | Sep 9, 2008 at 1:07 pm ET

Google May Launch Balloons Across World To Provide Mobile Access

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Barry Schwartz | Feb 21, 2008 at 8:48 am ET

Google Unity Project To Build Submarine Cables Across Pacific Ocean

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Barry Schwartz | Sep 21, 2007 at 2:38 pm ET

Google Explains The ‘White Space Coalition’ And Its Push For Unused TV Spectrum Internet Access

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Greg Sterling | Aug 17, 2007 at 9:55 am ET

Microsoft And ‘White Space’ Coalition To Try Again On Internet Access Plan

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Greg Sterling | Aug 13, 2007 at 9:11 am ET

Microsoft, Google Suffer Setback On ‘White Space’ Internet Access Plan

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Greg Sterling | Aug 6, 2007 at 9:45 am ET

FCC: Nice Ideas, Google — But We Don’t Like All Of Them

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Barry Schwartz | Jul 25, 2007 at 9:43 am ET

Google Offers $4.6 Billion Incentive So The FCC Can Approve Wireless Spectrum Proposal

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Barry Schwartz | Jul 20, 2007 at 12:47 pm ET