Lawmakers question another ISP about NebuAd service ...InfoWorld: 0 views since Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 01:08 PMThree powerful U.S. congressmen have questioned a Kansas Internet service provider's apparent decision to test a controversial behavioral advertising service that tracks users' Web activities, without notifying its customers of the test. Representatives John Dingell, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee; Edward Markey, chairman of the committee's Subcommittee on ...
UK govt to monitor all telecoms ...ZDNet Australia: 0 views since Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 07:39 PMUK internet service providers will be invited to tender for a British government scheme to monitor all internet communications and telecommunications.
Internet Service Providers Move Against Child Pornography ...The Christian Post: 0 views since Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 03:26 PMPro-family groups were encouraged this week with the news that two major companies would join a growing number of Internet service providers that are working to curb the proliferation of child pornography on the Internet.
Bandwidth Limits Make a Comeback ...PC World via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Monday, July 14, 2008 at 05:00 PMMajor cable operators are cracking down on bandwidth hogs, either by throttling speed or adding surcharges--and DSL providers may follow suit.
FCC and Comcast: Reasonably Vague ...CircleID: 0 views since Monday, July 14, 2008 at 03:02 PMSo, the FCC will recommend that Comcast be "punished" or receive "sanctions" for its peer-to-peer throttling practice. And the network neutrality debate goes on, as does its ambiguities and vagueness.
ISP-Planet - News - Cloudmark Re-Launches Innovative Service ...ISP-Planet: 0 views since Monday, July 14, 2008 at 09:42 AMCloudmark's recently announced ActiveFilter service fights spam in a way that, as far as we know, is unique. Botnets can infect the world in fifteen minutes, and these days, that's about all the time they have.
Business takes sides in net neutrality debate ...Toronto Star: 0 views since Monday, July 14, 2008 at 04:53 AMFor most of the past two years, the net neutrality issue, which focuses on equal treatment of Internet traffic, was limited to academics and consumer groups pointing to the dangers to the public of a two-tier Internet.
US Senate's Response To Online Privacy Laws For Advertising ...WebProNews: 0 views since Friday, July 11, 2008 at 12:31 PMThe US Senate is holding a series of hearings on online advertising, behavioral targeting and privacy to determine whether they should consider legislation protecting consumers online in these areas. The Senate has turned to Google, Microsoft, the FTC, Facebook, privacy watchdogs and others for their opinions in the matter. Some, like Google, welcomed a ?comprehensive privacy law that would ...
Comcast Facing FCC Penalty Over P2P Practices ...WebProNews: 1 views since Friday, July 11, 2008 at 06:54 AMBy engaging in traffic shaping to slow down heavy users of its Internet service, Comcast may be on the brink of receiving a penalty from the Federal Communications Commission. read more
PC Advisor's Broadband Survey 2008 now online ...PC Advisor: 1 views since Friday, July 11, 2008 at 05:10 AM£4,000 worth of prizes up for grabs Broadband internet service providers (ISPs) had better watch out: PC Advisor readers are about to start having their say about what really makes them fume when it comes to getting online.
AG Cuomo Adds More ISP's to His List of Those Pledging to Drop Child Porn ...WTEN Albany: 0 views since Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 12:14 PMAttorney General Andrew Cuomo is adding more internet service providers to a list of those who agree to combat online child pornography. AT&T, the nation's largest internet service provider, and AOL, the nation's third largest, have both agreed to purge their servers of child porn websites.
Win £4,000 with PC Advisor's 2008 broadband survey ...PC Advisor: 0 views since Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 04:29 AMReaders run the rule over 50+ UK ISPs Broadband internet service providers (ISPs) had better watch out: PC Advisor readers are about to start having their say about what really makes them fume when it comes to getting online.
Netstream Selects Entone For Swiss IPTV Deployments ...PRWeb via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 03:01 AMEntone, Inc., the IPTV connected home company, today announced that their Hydra? HD IPTV video gateway and Amulet? HD IPTV receiver have been selected by Netstream for their operator's high-definition (HD) IPTV service deployments in Switzerland.
CDT Charges ISP Ad Scheme Might Be Illegal ...InternetNews.com: 0 views since Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 07:22 PMNew legal analysis questions whether Internet service providers using NebuAd's system are on the wrong side of federal and state wiretapping laws.