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News However the survey also shows evidence of dissatisfaction with the dongle experience: 11 per cent of respondents said they plan to continue to use their home ISP and cancel mobile broadband, and 18 per cent are unsure what they will do. [20 Aug 2008]
UK spam mountain just got bigger
News Its spamming index said the worst hit were customers who had Orange as their ISP, where spam accounted for more than 96 per cent of all emails received between April and June. The amount of spam stuffed into UK inboxes has quadrupled over the past... [12 Aug 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News Virgin Media recently became the first ISP to voluntarily address the problem of file sharing by agreeing to send out letters to households where music is being illegally downloaded or shared. He said in a written answer to MPs: "It would be very... [18 Jun 2008]
Broadband speed: ISPs accept 'code of practice'
News But while an estimated line speed is "a useful starting point", Fairman said an independent throughput test to measure each ISP's performance would be the best option, adding that O2 is keen to work with Ofcom to establish such a test. [05 Jun 2008]
Council plugs free internet for tenants
News Internet access will be delivered to the buildings over a wireless connectivity service called RedKite, provided by ISP CI-Net. The residents of the eight multi-storey buildings around North Solihull, near Birmingham, will be able to get internet... [21 May 2008]
'Noisy' anti-Phorm tool developed
News The AntiPhorm site said: "It appears we can't stop your ISP tracking and selling your surfing behaviour but one solution could be to make the data they do collect absolutely worthless to their clients. [20 May 2008]
Security experts criticise Phorm
News A browser request is first sent via a switch to a machine on the ISP network, which then redirects the user to the Phorm Webwise server to have an anonymised cookie attached to it, allowing Phorm to serve targeted ads to the user. [18 Apr 2008]
Phorm defends 'traffic-analysis' methods
News The company behind an ISP-based web advertising user-tracking system has denied claims what it is doing is illegal. Intercepting traffic for spam-filtering purposes or for blocking denial-of-service attacks was a different matter, Clayton added... [11 Apr 2008]
Yo!Sushi cuts copper in favour of MPLS
News He said in a statement: "It means we no longer have to deal with BT, an ISP, a router company and so on. Sushi is forecasting a two-year return on investment on an MPLS (multi protocol label switching) network installed to support its plans to grow... [07 Apr 2008]
BBC hits back at ISPs over iPlayer usage
News He said doing so would mean users wouldn't know which content works well through their chosen ISP or which content is throttled due to non-payment by content providers. Other ISPs said they were less concerned, although Ofcom has admitted it could... [04 Apr 2008]
IT chiefs cutting back on contractors
News Steve Clarke, director of systems and operations, at ISP AOL Broadband said: "We have significant downward pressure on contract costs but it's going to be more likely we will replace contractors with permanent heads than cutting those heads... [28 Mar 2008]
Police e-crime funding set for green light?
News It will be police officers working in partnership with industry so we all benefit from sharing our knowledge - you will have cops sat next to ISP employees, sat next to somebody from the banking system. [12 Mar 2008]
Confusion over Office streaming service
News Earlier this week, the UK-based ISP and hosting company started selling a version of Microsoft Office which it advertised as being "streamed to your PC". Jeffries, in an email to silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk, said: "Fasthosts customers are... [11 Feb 2008]
Is online TV throttling broadband networks?
News Tiscali, which also owns Pipex, has been the most vocal ISP on this subject and has stated in the past it believes content providers such as the BBC should foot the bill for upgrading networks to cope with the content they're now churning out. [28 Jan 2008]
Government deal for 'best buy' telecoms suppliers
News The 12 categories covered by the TNF include voice calls and lines, dark fibre, wireless data infrastructure, networking equipment and ISP services. BT is the sole supplier to be awarded a framework agreement across all 12 categories, according to... [02 Jan 2008]
