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Internet service providers stories: 23 news summaries

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 Swine Flu-Wary 
 Telecommuters 
 Could Floor Internet 

Report finds surge in demand might make telecommuting unfeasible

Oct 28, 09 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Telecommuters hunkering down at home because of swine flu could overwhelm Internet networks in the coming weeks, a federal watchdog reports. The report earlier this week found that no guidelines are in place to deal with any surge in demand caused by a spike in workers telecommuting and students going... More »

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Internet • Department of Homeland Security • Government Accountability Office • telecommunications • Internet service providers • pandemic • telecommuting • swine flu • H1N1 virus

On Net Neutrality, Feds Go With Google, Against ISPs

Proposed new rules wouldn't allow bandwidth-hogging services to be blocked

Sep 18, 09 7:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Consumers stand to benefit under a proposal, coming Monday, from the Federal Communications Commission that would mandate so-called net neutrality, forcing Internet service providers to treat all Web content equally and not restrict access to sites and services that take up more bandwidth. The Obama administration is siding with the... More »

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Google • net neutrality • Skype • Internet service providers • AT&T • bandwidth • wireless carriers

(Newser) - The FTC has taken the rare step of shutting down an Internet Service Provider that it says was a haven for child pornography and malware run by Eastern European criminals, MSNBC reports. The case gives "a rare glimpse into the seediest parts of the web," writes Bob Sullivan.... More »

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Internet • fraud • Eastern Europe • Estonia • Ukraine • child pornography • Internet service providers • Federal Trade Commission

(Newser) - Minnesota wants Internet providers who serve customers in the state to block access to Internet gambling sites, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Officials say the practice is illegal in the state, but how prevalent it is is unclear. “It's hard to know that," a gambling regulator said.... More »

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casino • Minnesota • illegal activity • Internet service providers • online gaming • Internet gambling • state governments

(Newser) - Time Warner is scrapping plans to test a new way of billing for Internet access in the wake of a furious backlash from consumers and politicians, BusinessWeek reports. The No. 2 cable provider had planned to bill people in a handful of test markets based on how much bandwidth they... More »

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Internet service providers • billing • Time Warner Cable • Internet access

(Newser) - The French legislature has put a stop—for now—to an anti-piracy law that would deny Internet access to repeat offenders, AFP reports. The law, a pet of President Nicolas Sarkozy, would deal the ultimate blow to illegal downloaders after three strikes, and replace the current regime of fines and... More »

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Internet • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • online privacy • piracy • French Parliament • Internet service providers • illegal downloading • 3 strikes

Supreme Court Strikes Down Web Porn Law

Overturns Child Online Protection Act on 1st Amendment grounds

Jan 21, 09 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The US Supreme Court closed the door today on legislation designed to protect children from Internet pornography, the New York Times reports. The legislation, which was signed into law in 1998 but never took effect, was repeatedly struck down on First Amendment grounds. It set strict fines and jail time... More »

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Bush administration • Internet • pornography • children • Clinton administration • Internet service providers • US Supreme Court • minor • Child Online Protection Act

Music Industry to Dump Download Lawsuits

RIAA takes new tack in battling online file sharing

Dec 19, 08 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - After five years of suing everyone from single mothers to teenage girls for illegally sharing music files, the recording industry is dropping the legal campaign that has ensnared 35,000 individuals, the Wall Street Journal reports. Instead, an industry group is making deals with Internet-service providers to warn those sharing... More »

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music industry • piracy • copyright • file sharing • RIAA • Internet service providers • illegal downloading • litigation

analysis

Comcast Web Caps May Signal End of an Era

Though limits affect only 1% now, high-def video will change that

Sep 2, 08 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Comcast setting a limit on Internet usage beginning next month, the end of the Internet as we know it may be at hand, as ISPs move toward usage-based models like public utilities. Comcast, the second-largest US Internet provider, was careful to say that the bandwidth limit is so high—... More »

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Internet • Comcast • telecom industry • net neutrality • Internet service providers • bandwidth usage • Time Warner Cable • Frontier Communications

Comcast to Put Brakes on Bandwidth Hogs

ISP decides to slow down users rather than P2P programs after FCC scolding

Aug 21, 08 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comcast plans to reduce Internet connection speeds for heavy users, Bloomberg reports. The company's "FairShare" system will slow users down for 10 to 20 minutes during peak periods. Comcast was recently scolded by the FCC for improperly blocking file-sharing programs like BitTorrent in an effort to manage Web traffic.... More »

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Comcast • FCC • P2P • Internet service providers • bandwidth usage • web traffic • Internet access • bandwidth

OPINION

 ISPs Should Stay
 With Flat-Rate Pricing 

Analyst argues metered service will halt innovation and stunt growth

Jun 5, 08 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cable companies are wooing Wall Street by saying they’ll offset expensive implementation of a new, high-speed software protocol by metering broadband Internet access. Bad move, Om Malik writes on GigaOm. Flat-rate high-speed access has enabled recent revolutionary innovation in the telecom business, which led to almost 70 million broadband... More »

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broadband Internet • telecom industry • Internet service providers • cable operators • telecommunications companies • Time Warner Cable • tiered broadband

Virgin May Try
'3 Strikes' for
File Sharers

Copyright holders pressure British ISPs
to unplug users

Mar 31, 08 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Virgin Media may become the second ISP to unplug users who share files illegally, the Register reports. The company is in talks with a UK record industry association over a  "three strikes" system, which would disconnect users who share copyright-infringing files after two warnings. "We are taking this... More »

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Virgin • file sharing • P2P • Internet service providers • British Phonographic Industry • Tiscali • peer-to-peer

Google Still Wants Unused TV 'White Space' for Wireless Web

Broadcasters remain fearful of interference

Mar 24, 08 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google is re-doubling its efforts to get the FCC to allow the development of unused space in the TV spectrum for wireless Internet service, the Wall Street Journal reports. "The vast majority of viable spectrum in this country simply goes unused," the tech giant wrote to the commission.... More »

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Google • FCC • WiFi • Internet service providers • spectrum • unused spectrum • TV 'white space'

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

In Surprise Turn, Verizon Embraces File Sharing

'The problem is not peer-to-peer technology, the problem is how you deploy it.'

Mar 14, 08 5:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Verizon announced today that it plans to use peer-to-peer software to speed the deployment of legitimate content over its networks, in a break from the industry’s usually negative stance towards file sharing, the AP reports. Working with a P2P company named Pando Networks, Verizon found that when an ISP... More »

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NBC • Verizon • file sharing • p2p • Internet service providers • television watching • copyright infringement • NBC Direct

 AOL Goes Social, Buys Bebo 

$850M acquisition for a company struggling to change roles

Mar 13, 08 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - AOL will buy Bebo.com for $850 million in an attempt to enter the social networking market, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bebo has 22 million unique visitors a month, well behind MySpace's 109 million, but the site’s strong European presence will give AOL access to key youth demographics... More »

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social networking • Time Warner • AOL • online advertising • Bebo • Internet service providers • Internet advertising

Repairs Begin on Cut Net Cable

Ship expected to reach 2nd severed undersea line today as well

Feb 5, 08 6:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Repairs have begun on a segment of undersea Internet cable reported severed off the coast of the United Arab Emirates last Friday, Reuters reports. FLAG, an Indian telecom, said that one of their ships had reached the cable, the most recently disrupted of three main lines to undermine access across... More »

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India • Egypt • Internet service providers • undersea Internet cables • FLAG

Mideast Web Woes Persist as 3rd Cable Is Cut

Repairs could take days or even weeks

Feb 1, 08 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - A third cable carrying Internet traffic to the Mideast was cut today off the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai, and web and phone service remained disrupted in large areas of the Mideast and India because of breaks in two cables in the Mediterranean Wednesday. The cables severed earlier carried as... More »

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Middle East • India • Dubai • United Arab Emirates • Internet service providers • web traffic

Sea Cable Damage Cuts Internet Service to Mideast

Egypt goes offline; India hit with severe delays

Jan 31, 08 6:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Damage to two underwater cables has huge swaths of the Mideast and South Asia offline and repair ships scrambling to restore internet service to millions. One of the cables has been completely severed, the Financial Times reports. Some 70% of Egypt's service was disrupted, including all of Cairo, and bandwidth... More »

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India • Verizon • Internet service providers • Mideast

Verizon Q4 Profits Ride Wireless Gains

Cell phones, Internet continue to shine as landlines decline

Jan 29, 08 1:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Verizon Communications, riding a wave of wireless and Internet growth, yesterday announced net income rose to $1.07 billion for the fourth quarter, up nearly 4% from $1.03 billion a year ago, reports the New York Times. Verizon Wireless, second to AT&T in the US, added some 2... More »

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cell phones • Verizon • corporate earnings • telecommunications • Internet service providers

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