Archive for the ‘ISP News’ Category

Earthlink Redirection Service Under Fire

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Earthlink has a problem on their hands. The company, who is no stranger to controversy, is now under fire for their attempt to redirect typos of URLs into advertising dollars. The vulnerability was in a service called Barefruit, which Earthlink has been using since August 2006 to return ...

1 Million Users Use LG Powercomm 100Mbps Internet service

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

LG Powercomm has announced that they've signed up 1 million users to their 100Mbps Internet Service. The service is much faster than traditional means of accessing the internet, and people are signing up in droves. LG Powercomm is Korea's largest ISP and 54 percent of its' estimated 1.82 ...

TalkTalk Broadband Service Stands Up To Music Industry

Friday, April 4th, 2008

The music industry wants ISPs to police their customers, and one broadband isp says that is clearly not his job. Carphone Warehouse runs the TalkTalk service, and they say it isn't their job to prevent users from downloading music. "Our position is very clear. We are the conduit that ...

BBC Decides To Get Tough On ISPs

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

In a move that has been expected for awhile, the BBC has gotten tough with ISPs. But instead of giving the ISP’s a sympathetic ear the BBC’s Director of Future Media and Technology, Ashley Highfield has been reported as posting a blog which could only be described as “Threatening” as he ...