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NEWS ABOUT: ISP

ISP stories: 17 news summaries

We Might Need Google Neutrality, Too

Net Neutrality isn't a cure-all; the internet is full of choke points

Oct 29, 09 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Net neutrality is back in the headlines, but it might not be as important as its champions might hope. Essentially, the net neutrality fight is over price discrimination—the ISPs want to charge extra fees to big companies that could afford to pay them, explains Ars Technica . Companies of all... More »

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Google • Internet • net neutrality • search • ISP

(Newser) - Minnesota has dropped a bid to cut off access to online gambling after a legal challenge from an industry group, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The state had petitioned Internet service providers to block the sites. Whether the lobby “ultimately would have prevailed in court is unknown,” a... More »

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Internet • lawsuit • Minnesota • ISP • Internet gambling • industry group

 Spammers Bounce Back
 After Host Shutdown 

Zombie spam-sending computers reactivated from foreign ISPs

Nov 27, 08 8:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Spammers are surging back onto the Internet again, 2 weeks after being dealt a body blow by a server shutdown, CNET News reports. Spam volumes dived 80% after the California-based McColo hosting firm was pulled offline. They remained flat until a few days ago but have now risen to around... More »

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Internet • spam • ISP • computer security • malware • botnet

Domain Name Bug Worries Web Providers

Firms race to fix flaw in Internet's architecture before crooks find it

Jul 30, 08 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - ISPs worldwide are racing to patch a flaw in the design of the Internet that could allow criminals to steal personal and financial details of Web users by diverting them to fake sites. The flaw resides in the procedures of the Domain Name System, which translates URLs into numerical Internet... More »

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Internet • Microsoft • domain names • Internet security • ISP • DNS • World Wide Web

Comcast Bends Under Net Neutrality Pressure

Promises new system for managing network, probably by end of year

Mar 28, 08 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comcast is changing the way it manages Internet traffic after an intense public and FCC outcry over its blocking traffic from BitTorrent users. To cut use during peak hours, the Internet provider will stop targeting specific applications and instead slow its highest-bandwidth users’ traffic, reports the New York Times.... More »

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Internet • Comcast • FCC • net neutrality • ISP • bandwidth usage

Web Inventor: Don't Track
Me, Bro

Internet creator decries spyware: 'You can't have' my data

Mar 17, 08 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - He may have created a web that's worldwide, but Internet founder Tim Berners-Lee is very proprietary when it comes to tracking programs, such as Phorm, that allow ISPs to monitor their customers. Berners-Lee says he’d drop any company caught mining his data. “It’s mine—you can’t... More »

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Internet • online privacy • ISP • Internet service providers • Internet advertising • Web tracking • Tim Berners-Lee • Phorm • private data

Comcast Stooges Pack FCC Hearing

Cable and ISP giant accused of hiring seatfillers to silence critics

Feb 27, 08 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The future direction of the Internet could be at stake in the FCC's decisions on net neutrality, but one of the ISPs concerned did its best to keep opponents out of a hearing on it, Portfolio.com reports. Advocacy group and fierce Comcast critic Free Press says the firm hired... More »

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Comcast • FCC • net neutrality • ISP

FCC Ready
to Defend
Net Neutrality

Agency says it will
step in to stop ISPs from blocking access

Feb 26, 08 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - FCC boss Kevin Martin told a hearing yesterday that the government was "ready, willing, and able to step in" to stop Internet service providers from restricting traffic sent by rivals, the Wall Street Journal reports. Comcast is accused of acting improperly by slowing or blocking access to file-sharing sites.... More »

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Internet • Comcast • FCC • broadband Internet • file sharing • net neutrality • ISP • Kevin Martin • Internet access

The Broadband Police Are Coming

Analysts fear impending crackdown on high bandwidth users

Feb 15, 08 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Enjoy your broadband while you can, because it won’t be this way forever. Consumer advocates think ISPs will soon have claim to have no choice but to crack down on high-bandwidth users or applications, in order to keep their networks afloat. Already Comcast has drawn fire for slowing file... More »

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Time Warner • Comcast • broadband Internet • ISP • bandwidth usage

UK File Pirates Could Lose
Net Privileges

Proposed laws would disconnect
illegal downloaders

Feb 12, 08 12:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Legislation proposed in the UK would disconnect from the Internet people who illegally download or share files. Under a plan to be recommended in a paper from the government's Department of Media, Culture and Sport, file pirates will face a "three strikes" policy—the first offense gets an email,... More »

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United Kingdom • file sharing • ISP • illegal downloading • Internet access

Mistake Wipes Out 14,000 Email Accounts

Red-faced Charter Comm. apologizes for goof, offers credits

Jan 25, 08 12:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Embarrassed executives at Charter Communications have given $50 credits to each of 14,000 customers who had their email accounts accidentally wiped out, the AP reports. A company spokeswoman apologized for the technical error that saw active accounts erased in a routine clearout of unused email accounts.The cable company... More »

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Internet • email • ISP • cable operators • Charter Communications

AT&T's 4Q Numbers Bolstered by Cell Sales

Other operations lagging behind

Jan 24, 08 7:53 PM CST
(Newser) - AT&T's quarterly numbers indicate strong wireless sales, the Wall Street Journal reports, though unimpressive figures from its landline and Internet divisions have left some analysts and investors concerned. AT&T enjoyed a quarterly revenue of $3.14 billion—up from $1.94 billion this time last year—bolstered by... More »

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iPhone • Apple • earnings reports • AT and T • ISP • wireless industry • land lines • telephone

AT&T Might Filter Internet Traffic

Aim is to punish illegal file-sharing, but privacy concerns abound

Jan 23, 08 6:58 PM CST
(Newser) - AT&T is considering steps to filter the Internet traffic it provides in order to stop illegal file-sharing, the AP reports. CEO Randall Stephenson, speaking to the World Economic Forum today, likened the company's role as passive participant in copyright infringement to witnessing a crime: "It's like being in... More »

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Comcast • censorship • AT and T • ISP • Internet filtering

FCC to Test 'Net Neutrality' in Comcast Case

Service provider faces investigation over claims of traffic-blocking

Jan 9, 08 12:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The Federal Communications Commission will investigate allegations Comcast hinders file sharing by blocking internet traffic for some users, the AP reports. Reports last year showed Comcast interfered with popular BitTorrent file-transfer protocol. Comcast has denied blocking data, rather claiming it delays such transfers to maximize network efficiency for all users.... More »

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Internet • investigation • Comcast • FCC • file sharing • BitTorrent • ISP • probe

Canadian ISP Messes With Web Pages

Net neutrality's biggest boogeyman gets a test drive

Dec 11, 07 12:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Imagine for a second that your Internet provider could alter any webpage you viewed – injecting advertisements, or even censoring information. That scary scenario is possible, Ars Technica says, and the technology is already being test-driven by Rogers, a Canadian cable giant. Right now, the messages are just service... More »

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Comcast • Canada • net neutrality • ISP • Lauren Weinstein • packet filtering • web traffic

FCC Put to Test Over Net Neutrality

Consumer groups lodge complaint against Comcast file sharing interference

Nov 1, 07 4:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Consumer groups and legal scholars filed a complaint with the FCC today asking the agency to fine Comcast for interfering with subscribers' file transfers. The case will be the first major indication of the FCC's actual stance on Net Neutrality. The petitions call on the FCC to fine Comcast $195,... More »

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Comcast • FCC • net neutrality • BitTorrent • ISP • Internet service providers

DOJ Knocks Down 'Net Neutrality'

Says ISPs should be able to charge consumers more for priority traffic

Sep 6, 07 8:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Internet service providers should be able to charge a premium for customers who want certain content to load faster than others, the Justice Department said today. In a recommendation to the FCC, Justice claimed "net neutrality"—the idea that all websites should be equally accessible—could slow online... More »

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Internet • Department of Justice • broadband Internet • net neutrality • ISP

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