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(From The Wall Street Journal)  Many Internet service providers have laid claim to the title of "fastest" broadband speeds over the years. But who's right?  By most standards, it's hard to argue with Verizon Communications Inc. Its FiOS service offers faster Internet service than other major providers—up to 150 megabits per second, compared with the highest advertised from a cable operator of 105 Mbps offered by Comcast Corp.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is often referred to as "Startup Nation," thanks to its long history of high-tech breakthroughs produced by scrappy little companies. But in one critical area, the speed of Internet connections, Israel has fallen behind other tech-savvy countries. In the coming months, Israel's state-owned electric company hopes to change this by rolling out a nationwide, high-speed broadband network. Exploiting the small size of the densely populated country, the effort aims to put Israel at the forefront of the next generation of Internet technology.

“Back in my day, you called the phone company, we hooked it up, gave you a phone book and left,” said Paul Holloway, an area manager based in Denton, Tex., and a 30-year employee of Verizon, which offers phone, Internet, television and home monitoring services through its FiOS fiber optic network. “These days people are connecting iPhones, Xboxes and 17 other devices in the home.”  Read the story in the New York Times.

(DALLAS, TX) - For the first time, a Canadian telecom service provider will be represented on the board of directors of the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council, a non-profit organization of more than 250 companies and organizations dedicated to expanding the deployment of all-fiber networks throughout North America.