Even with an increasing base of wireless Internet users, companies can fall behind if their technologies don’t stay alongside of the days. That is what has happened to Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR ) . The corporate that when dreamed of dominating the wireless Internet service space is now struggling to draw investors, failing to retain customers, and …
Tag Archive: internet service providers
Sep
24
2011
Internet Providers Asked by U.S. to Set Virus Defense Standards
Internet-service providers including AT&T Inc. (T) and Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) could be asked to create an industry standard for fighting computer viruses referred to as botnets under an offer from U.S. regulators. The Homeland Security and Commerce departments are looking for comments through Nov. 4 at the creation of a voluntary program that might “reduce …
Jul
29
2011
Internet Providers to avoid wasting User Data Under Child-Porn Bill
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee approved a measure today that might require Internet-service providers to save lots of subscriber information to help investigations of kid pornography. The bill, HR 1981, was approved on a 19-10 vote. It’d obligate Internet providers to retain customers’ Internet Protocol addresses for a year. ISPs “routinely purge these records, sometimes …
Jul
11
2011
New Anti-Piracy Tactic Turns ISPs Into Copyright Cops
For over a decade the recording industry attempted to crack down on peer-to-peer file-sharing using threats and lawsuits. But digital music piracy continued to bloom as users grew familiar with content they might easily download at no cost. Now, the industry is making an attempt a brand new tactic by enlisting internet service providers to …
Jun
21
2011
Uses of the .NET and ASP.NET Infrastructures by Shannon Margolis
Microsoft’s .NET technology is a technology designed to attach. What to attach? Well everything that may be connected through software – people, systems, computers, and other things and devices. A more thorough definition of .NET can be that this can be a top level domain, initially designed for use by Internet Service Providers, but now …
Jun
21
2011
Dish spent $190K in 1Q lobbying US government
{“s” : “dish”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} On Monday June 20, 2011, 7:12 pm EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — dish network Corp., the nation’s second largest satellite TV company, spent $190,000 within the first quarter to lobby the government on rules governing fee disputes between pay TV operators and native broadcast stations among other …
Jun
20
2011
Uses of the .NET and ASP.NET Infrastructures by Shannon Margolis
Microsoft’s .NET technology is a technology designed to glue. What to glue? Well everything that may be connected through software – people, systems, computers, and other things and devices. A more thorough definition of .NET could be that it’s a top level domain, initially designed for use by Internet Service Providers, but now it has …
Jun
20
2011
Uses of the .NET and ASP.NET Infrastructures by Shannon Margolis
Microsoft’s .NET technology is a technology designed to attach. What to glue? Well everything that may be connected through software – people, systems, computers, and other things and devices. A more thorough definition of .NET will be that this can be a top level domain, initially designed for use by Internet Service Providers, but now …
Jun
16
2011
Uses of the .NET and ASP.NET Infrastructures by Shannon Margolis
Microsoft’s .NET technology is a technology designed to glue. What to attach? Well everything which might be connected through software – people, systems, computers, and other things and devices. A more thorough definition of .NET will be that this is a top level domain, initially designed for use by Internet Service Providers, but now it …
Jun
16
2011
BitTorrent and Comcast are Engaged on Technology to administer P2P Traffic
BitTorrent and Comcast are Engaged on Technology to regulate P2P Traffic by: BeetTV Running Time: 29 seconds Published: 2–26 :: Half Internet traffic is carried on peer-to-peer networks. For Internet Service Providers handling this traffic, new network management technologies are being explored and implemented. After highly publicized “throttling” of P2P traffic by Comcast and subsequent FCC …