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Pirate ISP Stirring Controversy in Europe
[2010-07-23] The long running struggle between internet pirates and ISPs, has taken an interesting turn this week. A new start-up provider, Pirate ISP, has launched in Sweden. The provider is hoping to make a statement to other ISPs concerning privacy, and their staunch adherence to copyright law.
Best Buy To Launch Mobile Broadband Service
[2010-07-02] Best Buy has confirmed that it will launch a Best Buy branded mobile broadband Internet service called Best Buy Connect on July 11.
Will Net Neutrality Cost Billions, and Lead To Job Loss?
[2010-06-18] 'The sky is falling, the sky is falling', it's a tactic used by lobbyists and organizations whenever legislation being introduced might be bad for business. The keyword being 'might'. A study released by New York University Law School has proposed that the FCC's regulation of high-speed internet could cost $62 billion, and lead to 502,000 job losses. All of which would happen in a span of five years.
FCC Pushing For Better Broadband Speed Awareness
[2010-06-04] 'How fast is your broadband connection speed', that's the question the FCC asked numerous people in their latest survey. Surprisingly, or perhaps not, most people had no idea how much faster their connection speed is, but most are pleased with their service. The survey is but a small portion of the FCC's overall initiative to increase awareness in US consumers regarding their internet service.
Independent ISPs Making Waves In The News
[2010-05-21] When one thinks of ISPs, the mind shifts towards the big companies - Verizon, AT&T, or regional companies. With the onward debate of net neutrality, could independent ISPs be the wave of the future? Two indy based ISPs have made it into the news the past couple of days, one of them being taken down while another has just now surfaced.
FCC Looking For More Power To Regulate ISPs
[2010-05-07] It has been a little over a month since Comcast won it's court battle against the FCC. A U.S. Court of Appeals decided the FCC had no authority to restrict Comcast from blocking users trying to access P2P services. Now, the FCC is striking back and looking to gain more authority for establishing rules to help regulate ISPs.
More Details Emerge On ACTA
[2010-04-23] The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been one hot piece of international legislation. Late last year, I wrote about whispers that ACTA would come down hard on ISPs for internet piracy. It appears that in the latest draft released to the public, this is not the case. In fact, the draft concludes an agreement has not been reached as to what liability an ISP should have in terms of copyright infringement.
Free Press Wants Windstream Investigated For Unwanted Re-directs
[2010-04-06] With the battle of net neutrality raging on, stories such as the 'Free Press calling on FFC to Investigate Windstream's Search Practicies' doesn't do the service providers any favors. Windstream is a decently sized ISP who has been accused of routing Firefox's search bar to a Windstream endorsed search result screen. Now, Free Press wants the FCC to begin an investigation into the matter.
Compromising With ISPs Regarding Net Neutrality
[2010-03-26] For staunch supporters of net neutrality, they're keeping a close eye on the FCC's broadband plan. If executed, there would be a massive shift in the way internet is provided in the US.
Industry Study Shows ISP Could Benefit From Music Services
[2010-03-12] A new study titled "Is There A Commercial Argument For ISP Music Services" commissioned by the BPI and carried out by industry analyst Ovum, concludes that if the if the top ISPs in the UK embraced music subscriptions, they could generate new revenues of £103 million ($106M US) by 2013.
Is Google Acting As An ISP Really A Good Thing?
[2010-02-26] Back in the early days of the Internet, there was a lot of talk about ISPs (Internet service Providers) and the power they had. They still have power today but they do not have the same pizazz. Having a connection to the Internet is not special today because it seems as if everyone has access in some way or another.
Google To Test ISP Waters
[2010-02-12] Google has been pretty active in the early part of 2010. Today, they announced Google Buzz, a social media platform directly integrated into GMail. On the heels of that announcement, is the latest news bombshell -Google is looking into the ISP market. If the idea of Google developing ISP technologies sounds weird, don't worry you're not alone.
Comcast To Begin IPv6 Trials In April
[2010-01-29] It's hard to believe the internet is running out of IPv4 addresses, but according to experts it won't be long before the IPv4 bucket is full. Therefore, Comcast is finally getting around to publicly testing IPv6, which is known by some as the 'next generation IP'.
Commerce Department Broadband Chief Looking For Better Competition in Market
[2010-01-08] It's a widely known fact: Competition is good for innovation. The best way to evolve a business is making sure there's someone who they have to be better than. This is good for the company, the consumers, and the evolution of technology in general.
Australia To Mandate an ISP Filter in 2011
[2009-12-18] If you have any knowledge of Australia, you'd know they take censorship and classification ratings very seriously. There are many times when something is released in America, and Australia will deny it classification resulting in it being kept out of the country down under.
NCTA Enacting Broadband Access Program For Underprivileged Children
[2009-12-04] When ISPs are brought up in a discussion, most people think of greedy types selling under powered and over priced internet connection. The validity of that thought process can be debated, but you can't argue the latest program implemented by the NCTA (National Cable & Telecommunications Association) has a positive feel to it.
ISPs Will Likely Implement P4P Whether They Want To Or Not
[2009-11-12] If you were to go around to various ISPs and ask about P4P technology, you'd be met with a mixed bag of reactions. If you've never heard of P4P, let me provide a brief summary. P4P technology is a means to optimize peer-to-peer connections (P2P). These connections eat up a massive amount of bandwidth, but with P4P, the amount is lessened. Which provides ISPs a more efficient manner of handling P2P connections.
ISPs To Be Liable For Piracy Under New Trade Agreement
[2009-11-06] 'A can of worms' is the only saying I can think of when pondering about the latest proposal for the fight against internet piracy. A new international anticounterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA), would allow for ISPs to be liable for piracy conducted by their users.
Understanding The Real Focus Of Net Neutrality
[2009-10-23] As the new proposals for rules and regulations start to show up regarding net neutrality moving forward it is apparent that politics and political wrangling will rule this one. A very real possible result of this could be that common sense is shelved. Why do I say this? Go ahead and read the article from Macworld discussing this very subject and see if you come to another conclusion.
Comcast Warns Users About PC Infections
[2009-10-09] People with ties to the ISP industry may want to ask themselves how helpful is too helpful. Comcast announced yesterday that it will reach out to customers with infected PCs, which has some people saying "aww, thanks" while leaving others a little more worried.
Web Hosts Hijacking Your 404 Pages
[2009-09-18] Some web hosting companies have now taken it to a new low: they are monetizing (making money) from your web site without your knowledge. Web hosts are now hijacking their customers' 404 error pages and putting up a slew of paid ads: advertisements, when clicked, make the company money. And most web site owners don't even know that this is happening to them.
With ISPs Tracking Bittorrents Has Pirate Bay Finally Lost?
[2009-09-04] After losing the court case, after the multiple attacks against the site, after the buyer for the site waffling, and now with the loss of its primary ISP, is it time for the Pirate Bay to simply fade into Bittorrent lore? I know this will upset many who use Bittorrent, but it is a question worth asking, is the fight still worth fighting.
New ISP Patent To Reveal Geolocation Information
[2009-08-20] Quova recently announced that they were awarded a patent for various methods which improve geotargeting accuracy and capability. My understanding is that Quova has been using these methods for quite some time already, prior to receiving the patent.
Domain Theft Finally Prosecuted For the First Time
[2009-08-07] When it comes to the Internet, reputation management, branding-your entire Internet presence-begins with your domain name. Start enough websites or talk to enough people, and you're sure to find someone who's had a domain registered right out from under them. Having your locked, registered domains transferred out of your account without your permission is an even bigger nightmare.
Americans Value Broadband Highly
[2009-07-24] Consumers receive more than $30 billion of net benefits from the use of fixed-line broadband at home, with broadband increasingly being viewed as a necessity, according to a new study by Compass Lexecon, conducted on behalf of the Internet Innovation Alliance.
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