Internet

This week, the FCC held a public hearing in Boston to investigate allegations that Comcast has been blocking Internet traffic. Media Minutes traveled to the event to find that Comcast had paid people to fill the seats - leaving many interested citizens shut out in the cold.

The ways that Internet Service Providers are approaching heavy bandwidth use underscores the need for improved networks. And several Michigan towns are suing Comcast for attempting to move their PEG channels from the basic analogue to a digital tier.

Dave Hughes, the Cursor Cowboy, hangs up his Web access spurs after providing Internet service for 23 years and hooking up rural and remote areas to the wireless Web all over the world. And the 700 MHz spectrum auction could pry open the wireless market.