Internet Service Provider News

Internet service provider TalkTalk will not use behavioural advertising services from Phorm.

Dodo's broadband network performance and customer service woes have plumbed new lows, with the ISP's customers reporting cripplingly slow browsing speeds for the past two weeks.

Agencies and their service providers need better coordination to quickly stop the type of cyberattacks that recently targeted government Web sites, security experts say.

Germany's Justice Minister on Thursday called for foreign Internet service providers to remove neo-Nazi images, text and other content that can be viewed inside this country in violation of laws forbidding any Nazi symbols.

Canada's largest Internet providers are having a chilling effect on independent filmmakers by slowing down certain Internet technologies that enable producers to distribute movies and other programming online, federal regulators heard Wednesday.

The delivery of targeted ads on the Internet requires tracking individuals' surfing behavior, which raises privacy concerns that are not easily quelled by assurances from the trackers.

TalkTalk has said it will not launch behavioural targeting with Phorm, following plans by BT and Virgin Media to delay use of the technology.

Amid rising concern about privacy, BT Group, the British telecommunications company, said Monday that it would not adopt a technology that lets advertisers tailor their pitches to consumers based on interests revealed by their Internet use.

Consumer groups and technology firms squared off in front of federal regulators Monday on the issue of how Canada's largest cable and telecommunications companies manage the flow of web traffic on their networks.

BT began a fibre broadband pilot on Monday in the north London suburb of Muswell Hill and the Cardiff suburb of Whitchurch.

Federal regulators are preparing to investigate how the country's largest cable and telecom companies control the flow of Web traffic on their networks in a series of landmark hearings that are expected to have lasting implications for how millions of Canadians use the Internet.

BT will not deploy a controversial behavioral advertising system from Phorm, but said it is still interested in the technology, the company said Monday.

How Internet service providers deal with thousands of customers using their networks will come under scrutiny by the CRTC starting this week with public hearings on their policies to manage or shape the flow of user traffic.

True Internet is paving the way for next-generation cloud services, starting with the deployment of the Cisco Nexus TM 7000 Series Switch, a robust platform that will help True Internet transform the delivery of consumer and business applications to any place and device.

The expansion of broadband Internet to southeast Ohio recently made significant strides towards the provision of networks to both the healthcare industry and area residents.

The Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday that a federal judge shut down a rogue ISP , that knowingly participated in a wide array of illegal activity.

The new owners of Pirate Bay have revealed an ambitious plan to run the torrent site legitimately.

July 3 – The quality of New Zealand's broadband services edged higher in the first three months this year with new investment in the network by internet service providers in local caching or improved backhaul services.

New Zealand's broadband performance improved moderately in the March quarter, the latest quarterly report on broadband quality prepared for the Commerce Commission shows.

I used to get a buzz out of sitting in front of the monitors and watching the MRTG graphs never peaking.