For Apple, the expansion into streaming music underscores a competitive issue: one of its chief rivals, Google, has long had robust Internet services, like Gmail and Google Apps, while over the years it has gotten better at designing the software and hardware for its phones and tablets.
The Ninja project seeks to enable the broad innovation of robust, scalable, distributed Internet services, and to permit the emerging class of extremely heterogeneous devices to seamlessly access these services.
Before you switch, consider the downsides: since VoIP services need a robust Internet connection, you'll still need to buy broadband, which could cost more if you buy it separately than if you bundle it with a landline phone plan.
He also said Sony was likely to gradually adopt Google's software, which he cited as more robust and comprehensive than the company's own Bravia Internet service, for its other Internet-connected TVs.
The availability of the MiFi 2200 will further deliver on Sprint's promise to offer businesses and consumers a faster and more robust Internet experience in cities across the nation than any other wireless service from a national carrier.
Finally, the proposed robustness indices and robust prioritization are demonstrated in a case study conducted on the ADSL-based high-speed internet service.
Further plans that have already been agreed with the four largest internet service providers - TalkTalk, Virgin, Sky and BT - include more robust family-friendly filters, including filters that are connected to all devices around the home.
The United States continues to suffer from less-than-robust bandwidth, which Mr. Woodcock attributes to inadequate government attention and limited competition between Internet service providers like AT&T and Comcast.
The top three countries, along with six others in Europe, have sufficiently robust Internet connections to allow the average broadband customer to take advantage of these kinds of services already, according to the survey.
The proposal simply would set a minimum level of Internet service that ensures "all users have access to an Internet experience that is sufficiently robust, fast and effectively usable". As part of that, Comcast, Verizon Communications Inc. and other providers would be prohibited from slowing the speed of Internet service below the level the user had contracted for.
