Industry Stats: Broadband is an American Success Story
Internet service providers have always delivered open, unrestricted service. Consumers enjoy web content and applications of their choosing every day. In today's dynamic market, broadband providers offer consumers more competitive choices, faster speeds, and affordable prices.
Cox Continues Online Safety Efforts for Cox Mobile
As a longtime leader in internet safety, Cox Communications is bringing that commitment to their expanding mobile service. Earlier this year, the broadband provider released the results of “Generation Screen: Parenting and Mobile Safety, a Cox Mobile Survey,” which focused on parents’ safety habits for their kids’ cell phone use. “While providing kids with greater access to technology enables many positive connections and benefits, the reality is that real dangers can exist just one tap or swipe away,” Mark Greatrex, president of Cox Communications, said. “As our customers’ trusted
Broadband Stats: The Internet is Fast, Open & Fair
Internet service providers have always delivered open, unrestricted internet service. Consumers everyday enjoy the web content and applications of their choosing. Broadband providers continue to deliver consumers an internet with more competitive choices, faster speeds, and lower prices than ever before.
Establishing a Safer Internet Experience for Children
Internet Safety Month may be wrapping up, but cable providers continually strive to keep everyone, especially children, safe online. And with many kids at home more for the summer, it's an important time for families to brush up on internet safety skills. The cable industry recognizes how critical it is to empower parents and to help them oversee their children's online experiences. That’s why cable ISPs offer an array of tools, resources, and services designed to assist parents in monitoring their children's online activities effectively. Here are a few ways that cable providers are helping
How Cable Providers Fend Off Cyber Attacks
Cybersecurity Awareness Month continues through October, but the cable industry's efforts to keep its networks secure and people safe online never ends. Today's Biggest Cybersecurity Threats Cybercriminals' most common attacks include: data breaches, phishing schemes which lure users to give away confidential information, denial of service attacks which prohibit users from gaining access to a service, ransomware, espionage, and botnets. An example of a recent botnet is the Mirai cybersecurity attack, which took place in 2016. A group of devices were compromised, and the wireless service attack
Empowering Families to Create Safer Internet Environments for Kids
As millions of children across the country return to classrooms for the start of another school year, there is no better time than now for families to brush up on internet safety. The explosion of connected devices over the past several years has opened up tremendous opportunities in education, with the pandemic also accelerating the critical need for internet connectivity in the home. But with this continual growth in digital learning and internet usage also comes greater societal responsibility to ensure that the youngest population stays safe online. Fortunately, the cable industry has long
Michael Powell Speaks at The Media Institute
Earlier this week, NCTA President & CEO Michael Powell participated in a virtual Q&A at The Media Institute on the state of the cable industry, the future of gigabit networks, net neutrality, rural broadband, and more. Check out some of the highlights below: When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, an unprecedented number of people quickly transitioned their work, school and personal lives to be entirely online. Thanks to the decades of investment and thoughtful network planning, America’s broadband networks were a success story. With the influx of federal infrastructure dollars, the U.S. has an
Safer Internet Day 2022: Improving Well-Being Online
Today is Safer Internet Day, and NCTA is proud to once again be a sponsor of the initiative in support of a better and more informed internet experience for children and their families. This year, the theme for Safer Internet Day is "Improving Well-Being Online," with programs, videos and other resources focused on a variety of topics, including: cyberbullying, youth activism, misinformation, social comparison, fear of missing out, body image, extended reality and the metaverse, and free speech and moderation. Safer Internet Day began in Europe in 2004, but the advocacy event became more
How the Cable Industry Mitigates Cybersecurity Risks
Cybersecurity Awareness Month may be wrapping up as October comes to an end, but the cable industry continues to work every hour of every day to secure its broadband networks and users from harm. With more people going online during the pandemic than ever before, the fight against cyberattacks has never been more critical. "Cable plays a very big role in critical infrastructure," said NCTA Vice President of Technology Matt Tooley. In fact, the Department of Homeland Security identified communications as one of the 17 roles of America's critical infrastructure, and the cable industry falls
NCTA Statement Regarding FTC Report on ISP Privacy Practices
“The FTC’s report provides a highly distorted view of ISP data collection policies and inappropriately attempts to lump broadband providers into the same category as the Big Tech platforms. Cable broadband providers take seriously their responsibility to safeguard the personal information of their customers and do not surveil their customers or sell their location data. Viewed objectively, today’s presentation is a broad attack on online advertising generally, not specific ISP actions. And what is further missing from today’s report is the much larger story about Big Tech platforms that are
