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 Biting the hand that feeds IT Copyright: Copyright 2008, Situation Publishing Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:43:46 +0200 UK.gov promises legal explanation for secret trials this monthAfter its share price slumped to a new low, Phorm today sought to allay investor fears about the ISP-level adware business by repeating assurances that a critical third trial with BT will go ahead.… Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:08:46 +0200 Pakman eats dots, avoids ghostsThe boss of Apple’s iTunes nearest rival eMusic has warned that recent deals struck between the music industry and UK internet providers could threaten the existence of legal sites.… Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:44:40 +0200 Thanks, FCCComment Peer-to-peer file sharing just got a lot more expensive in the US. The FCC has ordered Comcast to refrain from capping P2P traffic, endorsing a volume-based pricing scheme that would “charge the most aggressive users overage fees” instead. BitTorrent, Inc. reacted to the ruling by laying-off 15 per cent of its workforce, while network neutrality buffs declared victory and phone companies quietly celebrated. Former FCC Chairman Bill Kennard says the legal basis of the order is “murky.”… Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:10:36 +0200 Buyer reveals company already bought (mostly)Thus, the company formerly known as Scottish Telecom and owner of the Demon Internet brand so beloved by an aging demographic, has recommended its shareholders accept an 180 pence offer from Cable & Wireless that will result in the delisting of the business.… Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:03:42 +0200 Is 120 movies a month enough?The Network Neutrality pigeons are coming home to roost, with Comcast formally announcing a British-style capping regime.… Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:59:08 +0200 Olympic delay for iPlayer tweakBBC engineers have solved a mysterious, long-running bug that has meant iPlayer and live TV streams have frequently prompted the BT Home Hub, UK's most common router, to reset itself.… Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:03:31 +0200 To Guam and beyondIt looks like Google is prepping another underwater comms cable.… Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:43:16 +0200 I'm sorry Dave, I can't turn that kettle onHomePlug, the networking standard for sending data over mains wires, is to implement ZigBee's Smart Energy protocol, allowing utilities to reach out and the thermostat turn down, or up, when power is short.… Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:11:34 +0200 Don't ask the operatorsIn the next few weeks (hint: CTIA is in three weeks) I'm expecting mobile operators to be offered a new tool, which will allow them to work out what on earth their mobile broadband customers are doing.… Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:23:33 +0200 High definition network freezes out the little guyThe BBC is facing more criticism that the way it delivers iPlayer traffic will make it harder for smaller ISPs to survive.… Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:05:44 +0200 Order, orderHaving put the company in the stocks two weeks ago, the FCC heaped a load of rotten vegetables over US cable giant Comcast yesterday.… Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:20:54 +0200 'Hello, hello, can you hear me? Give me £200,000'Regulators today signalled a crackdown on scammers who use 070 numbers to con people into calling premium lines in the belief they will be charged at the normal mobile rate.… Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:33:10 +0200 FCC to consider petitions, analysis and dancing phonesGoogle has launched another round in the PR battle over American white space, with a new website asking visitors to sign a petition to convince the FCC to allow unlicensed use of the spaces between TV channels.… Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:31:43 +0200 All our records are safe - honest!Human error is the "official" reason for a two-day outage of a web-based customer account management system used by America's second-largest long-distance phone company.… Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:46:27 +0200 Download or pay £4.99BT will shutter its free 2GB online storage service and press users to take a £4.99 per month 50GB package, it said today.… Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:53:49 +0200 Disabled customer marooned by sudden withdrawalA wheelchair user faces losing vital security and independence because his broadband provider Be Unlimited is withdrawing a recently launched network CCTV service.… Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:40:57 +0200 Tucows: Silly name, silly systemsVirgin Media says engineers are working to restore full email service to its ADSL subscribers after a hardware failure at partner Tucows downed the system.… Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:02:04 +0200 2005 hot spot trials exposedExclusive Phorm has also deployed its behavioral ad targeting technologies in the US of A.… Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:41:21 +0200 Commission's data pimping quiz-o-gram leakedExclusive The government has failed to meet a deadline to respond to European Commission questions over the UK's handling of BT's allegedly illegal secret trials of Phorm's ISP-level adware and its planned rollout of the system to millions of subscribers, The Register has learned.… Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:40:51 +0200 'Our users trust us'Google wants you to know that in targeting online ads, it doesn't use Phorm-like deep packet inspection. But it still refuses to acknowledge its own massive threat to the privacy of humankind.… Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:55:37 +0200 Would you trust these men with your network security?Exclusive BT's long-held claim that legal advice said its Phorm trials did not breach wiretapping laws came under renewed scrutiny today, as documents revealed the firm approached government experts after it had secretly co-opted 18,000 broadband customers into the advertising targeting system.… Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:15:07 +0200 AgainKCom, previously known as Kingston Communications, lost all internet access on Saturday afternoon at 3pm and was not able to restore it until 10pm that evening.… Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:20:20 +0200 With 5GB, you get termination - except that you don'tYet another American ISP is toying with the idea of a ridiculously low bandwidth cap.… Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:17:32 +0200 Linux escapes mail failBudget hosting provider 1&1 Internet has hit problems while updating its Microsoft email platform. Customers have been unable to access web mailboxes for more than 24 hours.… Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:51 +0200 RIM's first HSDPA 3G BlackBerry coming next monthT-Mobile will launch RIM’s first tri-band HSDPA 3G handset into the UK next month. Also dubbed the Bold, the network provider will release this on its Business 1-Plan.… Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:40:52 +0200 50Mbit/s by the end of the yearVirgin Media's recent move to push broadband to the centre of its offering is paying off. The firm announced strong underlying profits today and said it expects its forthcoming 50Mbit/s network upgrade to further distinguish it as a premium/expensive ISP.… Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:02:23 +0200 It's er, quality that countsVirgin is reporting a slight dip in customer numbers over the last three months, but reckons those customers are of a higher quality and that the operating loss of £333 million is just a temporary state of affairs.… Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:56:59 +0200 You're all hogs in their eyesBT is throttling all of its broadband customers' bandwidth at peak times, not just heavy users, according to independent monitoring data.… Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:02:05 +0200 Sussing out the spectrumOfcom is responsible for managing radio spectrum in the UK, but it's hard to do that when you don't know who's doing what and where. So by the end of 2008 a fleet of vehicles touring the country will finish doing for radio spectrum what Google is doing for street views.… Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:14:01 +0200 Lies, damn lies, and corporate PRComment According to narrow-minded ideologues on both sides of the increasingly childish debate over net neutrality, Comcast's infamous BitTorrent throttling is all about, well, net neutrality. But it's not. It's about Comcast lying to its consumers, the press, the FCC, and everyone else with even a passing interest in getting what they pay for.… Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:05:14 +0200 Can the American Phorm survive?Exclusive Now that Congress has put the freeze on its stateside ISP partnerships, NebuAd is slimming down.… Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:45:50 +0200 Troll the friendly skiesDespite a champion effort to nickel and dime its way to profitability, Delta Airlines knows there's still some loose money in customers' pockets to be won.… Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:04:23 +0200 Global Switch fingeredClaranet has blamed data centre Global Switch for a power failure early this morning which brought down many of its customers' websites.… Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:57:20 +0200 Putting metaphors to workAnalysis Regulators and network operators across the world will be watching events unfold in Washington DC with some astonishment today, as the US telecoms industry becomes embroiled in a bureaucratic farce.… Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:23:58 +0200 FCC slaps cable giantAs expected, the US telecoms regulator has censured Comcast for violating "net neutrality" principles laid down in 2005. And as expected, Comcast has strongly hinted it will challenge the decision, arguing that it violates the FCC's own rule making obligations.… Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:43:05 +0200 Oil superpower fails to pay domain subsDubai's government-owned airline, Emirates, forgot to renew its domain name this week, sending its website crashing offline on the same day it was trumpeting delivery of its first Airbus A380 superjumbo.… Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:29:35 +0200 As it dials down broadband targetsCarphone Warehouse's ongoing network integration prompted by its purchase of AOL's broadband business in 2006 could spell trouble for tens of thousands of customers, CEO Charles Dunstone warned today.… Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:22:20 +0200 Hits revenue targetsBT hit targets for the first quarter ended 30 June 2008 bringing in revenues of £5.1bn, up three per cent on last year. But the market is distinctly underwhelmed, marking shares down 10 per cent in early trading.… Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:19:29 +0200 Bad news for UsenetAfter a legal threat from New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo, Comcast has joined the grandstanding American politician's quixotic crusade against online child pornography.… Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:45 +0200 Hangs the monkeyIn a landmark decision, the FCC is set to censure Comcast for engaging in traffic management, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. While largely symbolic - Comcast will not be fined, the Journal reports - it marks an important victory for campaigners seeking greater regulation of the internet. The case was brought by P2P video network Vuze and activist group Free Press.… Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:02:03 +0200 It's wallet-emptying good...Google's strict code of secrecy calls for extra silence when the subject is AdWords, the epic money-making machine fueling the company's drive towards world domination. But sometimes, the truth slips out.… Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:11:43 +0200 UK a nation of web worrywartsBritons' fear of online crime has rocketed in the last ten years, according to BT.… Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:07:53 +0200 Could Orange become the UK's second iPhone carrier?It’s already been rumoured that the iPhone 3G’s turning red, but fresh speculation has it that the must-have talker will also turn Orange within months.… Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:02:03 +0200 National Freetard Register cancelled - but freetards don't noticeRejoice! "Three strikes and you're out" is dead in the UK. Music file sharers will no longer face the threat of seeing the household broadband connection severed. The plague that is currently endemic in France won't be jumping the English Channel.… Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:02:04 +0200 But gov ID may be set backThe UK moved one step closer to online ID for all last week as the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) decided to give accreditation to NetIDme’s age verification software. But for once this may be not cause for complete doom and gloom. Also added to the list are GB Group (with their URU product) and 192.com.… Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:55:45 +0200 26,000 tracked, 15 opt outHow much notice did American ISPs provide when testing NebuAd's Phorm-like behavioral ad targeter? Not as much as NebuAd CEO Bob Dykes would have you believe.… Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:07:58 +0200 El Reg headline kicks off legal rowTiscali has kicked off legal proceedings against BT, after the telecoms giant sent letters to the Italian-owned ISP’s customers earlier this month.… Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:18:09 +0200 'Back my empty rhetoric - or else'New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has threatened Comcast with legal action if it doesn't fall in line with his quixotic campaign against online child pornography. And the American ISP is set to do exactly what he wants.… Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:11 +0200 Is it too little, too late?Sky is launching a new music retail company in partnership with the world's biggest record company, Universal.… Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:36:23 +0200 Is anyone in charge around here?Next time you see websites brazenly pushing anabolic steroids, thank GoDaddy, Dynadot and a half-dozen other US-based registrars, which allow them to operate even though they're illegal, claims a new report.… |
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