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RSS ISPsBT kicks off London fibre pilot
News Service providers participating in the pilot include BT's retail arm and other ISPs such as TalkTalk, Sky and O2. BT began a fibre broadband pilot on Monday in the north London suburb of Muswell Hill and the Cardiff... [06 Jul 2009]
How realistic is Digital Britain's broadband plan?
News It will ask whether the 2Mbps universal baseline broadband speed is ambitious enough, and will also investigate whether ISPs are providing the speeds they promise to consumers. A parliamentary select committee is to... [01 Jul 2009]
Thwarting E-mail Spam Laundering
White Paper The facility of breaking spam laundering and deterring spamming activities close to their sources, which would greatly benefit not only e-mail users but also victim ISPs, is in great demand but still missing. [30 Jun 2009]
Protect Your Ability to Deliver Valued Services
White Paper The rising tide of spam and malware challenges service providers of every type: Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Managed Service Providers (MSPs), mobile operators, Application Service Providers (ASPs), and others. [30 Jun 2009]
'Don't let European telecoms law get axed', says Ofcom
News Instead, other methods - ranging from letter writing to the blocking or throttling of certain types of traffic - will have to be used by ISPs to discourage their users from breaking intellectual property laws. [26 Jun 2009]
Cheat sheet: Project Canvas
Cheat Sheet While it's seen as a vital step in the evolution of on-demand TV by the organisations involved, other companies - such as device makers, ISPs and broadcasters - have also been invited to participate in the project... [23 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.06.09
Round-Up Digital Britain also put the mockers on illegal file-sharers, with tougher sanctions and ISPs having to fork out to monitor and police all their activities. Under plans unveiled in the report, ISPs and... [19 Jun 2009]
Web snooping plans unworkable, say critics
News The government has proposed that ISPs use deep packet inspection, in which every data packet is opened and examined, to derive a picture of who is communicating with whom at any one time. A government plan to allow the... [18 Jun 2009]
Critics slam Digital Britain over file-sharers and tax plans
News The report outlines a process where ISPs will send warning letters to copyright infringers. He added that the report keeps up the pressure on ISPs to police their users, which then places them in a "bad... [18 Jun 2009]
£6 broadband tax to fund fibre for all
News In addition, it recommends ISPs should be armed with "a suite of technical measures" to combat repeat P2P offenders - such as bandwidth throttling. The government has announced plans for a 50p per month levy on all fixed... [16 Jun 2009]
BT calls for end of 'free ride' for BBC's iPlayer
News The idea that ISPs will continue to pick up the bill is unsustainable. All ISPs are not in the same market situation, the spokesperson added. Internet service provider BT has admitted to throttling... [12 Jun 2009]
Brown enlists web father to open up gov't data
News Berners-Lee is a strong proponent of citizens having secure control over their own data, and has criticised the UK government for seemingly condoning the use by ISPs of techniques such as deep-packet inspection. [10 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo Only slightly less contentious is the Interception Modernisation Programme, the government proposal for ISPs to retain details of all communications over the internet, including email and social networking activity, in a... [10 Jun 2009]
Webwise re-Phormed with 'discovery engine'
News Branded 'Webwise Discover', and aimed at web publishers and ISPs, the technology uses deep packet inspection (DPI) to build up a whitelist profile of the web-surfing habits of users, to serve them content based on their... [03 Jun 2009]
Europe votes for net-neutrality reforms
News The legislation also compels European telecoms and internet service providers (ISPs) to notify their customers of any personal data breaches, the first time they have been required to do so. On the net-neutrality issue,... [07 May 2009]
