Tag archive: ISP

In a study released by a UC Berkeley research group, a group of Internet service providers in the United States are watching the keywords that a user types into a search engine and redirecting those users to the brand page to rack up affiliate revenue. While Charter claims to have stopped this behavior, companies involved include Frontier, Hughes, Insight Broadband, XO Communication, Cincinnati Bell, Megapath, Cavalier, DirecPC, Paetec, Cogent,… Read More

CenturyLink has announced it has completed its $12.2 billion all-stock acquisition of Qwest Communications, resulting in a new company with some 47,000 employees that's the third largest telco in the United States. Between Qwest's and CenturyLink's networks, CenturyLink now offers services in some 37 states, as well as wholesale connectivity to government and business customers via nearly 200,000 miles of fiber. The combined… Read More

The proposed net neutrality policy was shot down by the House of Representatives on Thursday. The legislation would have kept Internet service providers from blocking legal online content and given the FCC funds to ensure that these broadband owners could not ban competing services. According to House majority leader Eric Canter, the decision will “debunk the FCC’s harmful and partisan plan to regulate the Internet.” Republican representatives… Read More

Canadian industry minister Tony Clement announced that “CRTC must go back to the drawing board,” on his Twitter today, indicating that the recent metered Internet ruling will be undergoing some changes. Clement expressed concern over “how it would impact consumers, how it would impact Canadians generally, how it would impact small business, how it would impact on small business on our economy, on innovation.” Earlier this week, the Canadian… Read More

Our  neighbors to the north may now pay their Internet service providers based on how much they use the Web. Canadian telecommunications regulators made a ruling last week that would largely make it possible for smaller ISPs to continue to offer pay-per-month data plans. Currently, many smaller Canadian ISPs lease bandwidth from larger ISPs on a per-customer basis, which allows them to offer customers unlimited bandwidth, and bill them monthly.… Read More

Comcast has apparently decided it's as tired of its own corporate identity as many of its customers: the company has announced that it will be rebranding its Internet, cable TV, and phone services under a new “Xfinity” label starting next week in almost a dozen major markets. Eventually, the name change will be effective nationwide. “Xfinity represents the future of our company and it’s a promise to customers that… Read More

Peripheral and accessories maker iLuv has announced its forthcoming iSP200 speaker system, billing it as a 2.1 speaker solution for desktop and laptop computers. The company says the product has already been named a CES 2009 "Innovations Design and Engineering Award Honoree"…while might just have to tide potential customers over for a while, since it's not due to ship until June 2009. The iSP200 features two… Read More

Peripheral and accessory maker iLuv is known for its unique take on AV and portable media peripherals, and the company is showing its style once again with the new iSP100 portable speaker system. Designed to work with any media player, phone, or device that offers a stereo headphone output, the iSP100 isn't designed to blow out your neighbors' eardrums, but rather to deliver an immersive listening experience for an affordable… Read More

“Leadbetter was a customer of Comcast's High-Speed Internet Service and says no court authorized the cable ISP to violate her privacy, according to Reuters. The RIAA has filed numerous lawsuits in efforts to stem the growing tide of online music piracy. Using IP addresses obtained from users of P2P networks, the RIAA must contact the ISP to find the name of a specific accountholder. Unfortunately, the process is often riddled… Read More