Blender magazine recently named the killing of Napster by the major labels the Biggest Record Company Screw-Up of All Time. While that's hardly news, it is interesting that the title was bestowed in a time when there is evidence that, seven years after Napster was squashed, big corporations are finally...
How do you manage sustained growth in a fast-changing field? Stay slow and steady, says Drew Kaplan, CEO of internet service provider ISWest. As a result, the company is one of the fastest-growing companies in Southern California, with clients such as Suzuki, J.D. Power and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Here, Kaplan...
An hour or so ago the Vermont House and Senate both gave final approval to a bill designed to make Vermont the nation's first e-state. As defined in Vermont, e-stateness means cellular and adequate broadband coverage – fixed and mobile – everywhere in the state...
This week's I, Cringely column, "When Being a Verb is Not Enough: Google wants to be YOUR Internet," is a must read. While Google's desire to acquire the dark fiber in the US is fairly well covered in the blogosphere, what they plan on doing with it is subject...
This week's I, Cringely column, "When Being a Verb is Not Enough: Google wants to be YOUR Internet," is a must read. While Google's desire to acquire the dark fiber in the US is fairly well covered in the blogosphere, what they plan on doing with it is subject...
The power behind EarthLink's customer-pleasing Update Manager, which deploys the award-winning ISP's software updates and other utilities, is Macrovision's FLEXnet Connect. Take a few minutes to download and read this short case study, which outlines the business requirements that drove Earthlink's decision to re-brand FLEXnet Connect rather than develop its...
With the continuing growth of the use of the Internet for business purposes, the consequences of a possible cyber attack that could create a large scale outage of long time duration becomes a more and more serious economic issue. In this paper, we construct a game-theoretic model that addresses the...
Companies such as mass-market retailers, sports television networks, youthoriented content providers, and ISPs recognize that taking their business wireless by becoming a Mobile Virtual Network Operator MVNO can deliver significant new value - recurring revenue streams, impressive returns, and strategic synergies. Yet prospective players also take on significant strategic and...
Some years ago, a prominent Australian hi-tech company launched a product called Maestro that bundles community-building features like chat rooms, file sharing and instant messaging into one application. The company envisaged smaller Internet service providers (ISP's) as their main target market for the software. The company president contracted with a...
The rise of DSL as a preferred Internet access technology is creating new challenges and opportunities for telecom operators and ISPs alike. DSL represents a significant source of additional revenue for incumbents and ISPs, but at the same time their traditional business is threatened by the rise of DSL Service...
The rise of DSL as a preferred Internet access technology is creating new challenges and opportunities for telecom operators and ISPs alike. DSL represents a significant source of additional revenue for incumbents and ISPs, but at the same time their traditional business is threatened by the rise of DSL Service...
Busy Internet is a Ghanaian Internet Service Providers ISP that uses satellite connectivity to bring Internet to West Africans. The operations of this ISP illustrate the reliability, versatility and efficiency of, VSAT, Very Small Aperture Terminal networks in delivering fast broadband Internet services. This paper discusses technical, economic and regulatory...
This paper studies the role of Internet Service Providers in the 56K standards war. 56K modems were introduced under two competing incompatible standards. The paper shows the importance of competition between Internet Service Providers in the adoption process. It shows that ISP's were less likely to adopt the technology that...
This document deals with one of the most topical issues for the telecommunications industry. Interconnect is a key element by which operators can control outgoing costs, increase profits, and improve profit margins. Interconnection issues are commonplace in todayÆs communications industry. Virtually every mobile telephone call made today depends on some...
This paper presents and analyzes the main aspects of the historical development and the current issues at stake in the South American Internet access market. This paper studies the interconnection schemes for the exchange of local and regional traffic in the South American region, trying to identify the main incentives...
In modern day times, concern about junk mail through letter boxes has been overshadowed by the rather more modern and high-tech curse of "Spam", which is seizing up people's email in-trays and threatening to overwhelm the abilities of internet service providers to provide a service. Today, paper based junk mail...
The article states that Pay-for-placement, paid inclusion, and other new ad formats appear to be sucking the life out of revenue generated by the banner. The would-be fate of banners has been the subject of much conjecture from industry soothsayers. Internet advertising had begun to travel down the birth canal...
What do the recently enacted Section 2307.64 of the Ohio Revised Code (“O.R.C.”) and an ancient form of Japanese poetry have in common? As will be shown, both are aimed at cutting back the ever-growing wave of unsolicited commercial e-mail (“UCE”) — or spam. Spam drains computer resources and infrastructure...
After the Gucci America v. Hall Associates case in 2001, the contributory trademark infringement with regard to Internet Service Providers ISPs has come up for discussion. In that case, the US district court for the Southern District of New York held that the Communications Decency Act CDA did not grant...
This article explains the confusing legal environment before the Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA was enacted and Congress’ reasons for passing the legislation. It then discusses the DMCA’s tumultuous legislative history and Congress’ attempt to balance the interests of copyright owners and ISPs. It will conclude with a discussion about...
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