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.

One of America’s largest internet providers is uploading its oldest broadband technology into the sunset. On Oct. 1, AT&T stopped selling digital-subscriber-line connections, stranding many existing ...

Millions of Americans live in broadband deserts with no access to anything resembling modern Internet service. But few people have it as bad as those who must rely on AT&T’s ancient DSL network.

DSL appears to be winning out over cable as the most popular broadband connection method of choice. The number of DSL subscriptions worldwide has grown 39 percent over the past year to pass the 150 ...

AT&T quietly rolled out standalone DSL broadband service for the first time this week, giving consumers the choice to drop their home phone land lines. But before you get rid of your home phone line, ...

EchoStar Communications and SBC Communications are packaging satellite services with digital subscriber line (DSL) Internet access in an effort to better compete with cable companies for customers of ...

As more U.S. households unplug their dial-up Internet service for a speedier broadband connection, their choice of provider remains a question of price, according a new study. Seventy-one percent of ...

Most broadband customers get the speeds ISPs advertise -- but some don't, and they're likely to be DSL users, says an FCC report. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering ...

I, Cringly is back in action, this week prophesying the death of broadband and DSL. I can't say that I agree with him. AT&T has been doing a very good job in supporting and promoting broadband in my ...

Until recently, all DSL lines were provided with standard equipment by BT. As of 15th January 2002, this is no longer the case, with the wires-only/self-install option now on the cards with several ...

LONDON — European take-up of broadband using DSL increased by 17.5 million subscribers, or 45 per cent, in the year to the end of June , making the region the top user of DSL , according to the DSL ...

LONDON — The European Union (EU) has narrowly taken over from Asia Pacific as the number one DSL region, with a total of over 23 million subscribers, around 11 million of them joining in the last 12 ...