The highly controversial program by cable company and broadband ISP Charter Communications, which would have tracked subscribers data in order to serve up some targeted shilling, is officially dead in the water. The plan was killed due to outrage from consumer groups as well some not-so-friendly interest from the government....
Many small-business owners shell out big bucks for high-speed Internet access. The savings in time are usually rewarded with higher productivity. If your high-speed system happens to be running slower than a clogged drain, don't complain just yet. There are many outside influences that can cause slow-surfing problems. The Internet...
The Global Infrastructure Alliance for Internet Safety GIAIS is a group of Internet service providers working together to create a more secure Internet environment for worldwide consumers. It needed a space to hold their semi-annual conference, but the Microsoft executive briefing facilities they previously used were unavailable. Microsoft worked with...
As compared with independent Internet service providers, European Telcos have certain advantages that helped them gain and hold greater market share than their US counterparts, which were left in the dust by strong independent ISPs such as AOL and EarthLink. The article reports that on-line subscription services for newspapers, music,...
Infosys is helping a company, a world leader in interactive services, at all stages of the SDLC life cycle in a number of projects, from requirement specification to development to quality engineering and post-launch support. The company had been facing stiff competition from small time companies providing ISP services at...
MILAN (Reuters UK) - Alitalia AZPIa will receive a capital injection of 700 million to 800 million euros from Italian businessmen as part of a plan to save the ailing carrier, newspaper Corriere della Sera reported on Sunday. The paper, without citing sources, said some 10...
MILAN (Reuters) - Alitalia AZPIa will receive a capital injection of 700 million to 800 million euros from Italian businessmen as part of a plan to save the ailing carrier, newspaper Corriere della Sera reported on Sunday. The paper, without citing sources, said...
When the history of the Web's early years are written, one critical chapter will be the multiple ways government agencies have tried to censor, tax and otherwise inhibit the Internet, mostly unsuccessfully. But today's NYT report that three big ISPs -- Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable...
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...
