Tag archive: Jim Killock

Hull, on the east coast of England, is a little different. It’s the only city in the country that doesn’t use British Telecom, instead having its own, unique telecoms system, and that includes its own ISP, Karoo. However, Karoo has been somewhat ruthless with illegal file sharers, cutting them off without warning. Now it’s scaling back to adopt a three-strikes-and-you’re-out policy, although even that is more… Read More

In the wake of the 7/7 London bombings in 2005, the European Union began drawing up plans to keep tabs on people. As of yesterday, those measures took effect, as ISPs now have to store data on all user e-mails and Internet phone calls for a year. The content itself isn’t kept, but merely a record of the connection. It’s a contentious move, joining another already in force throughout the EU that says phone records must be kept… Read More