isps in comment and analysis
ISPs and the fight against viruses
Comment ISPs have today caught the ire of the anti-virus community for not working hard enough to rid the web of viruses. David Perry, director of public education at Trend Micro, called for ISPs to start delivering "clean water at the tap" for computer... [17 Sep 2001]
419 scam emails: ISPs - admit you have a problem
Comment Many of you have blamed ISPs for taking a lax approach towards policing this problem, accusing them of having a 'couldn't care less' attitude. Having spoken to ISPs it is clear most are taking the problem seriously but they cannot deal with reports... [04 Mar 2003]
Leader: ISPs must be forced to stop spam
Leader Australia's announcement that it is to get tough on internet service providers (ISPs) by requiring more from them in the fight against spam should resonate around the world. ISPs have always been loathe to step up on this issue because being seen... [30 Mar 2006]
ISPs huff and puff - but BT could blow their house down
Comment Last week, ISPs reacted angrily to BT's announcement that it plans to launch a pay-as-you-go, ISP-less Internet access service. So why are ISPs so angry about the scheme - and will their ire get them anywhere? [26 Jun 1998]
The Bloor Perspective: Sun on Wall Street, Microsoft on desktop, and the lost dreams of free ISPs
Comment Just as the world was looking to the UK to lead the way in the free Internet Service Provider market, the ISPs appear to have dropped the baton. ISPs in the UK started the free trend and now have little choice but to deliver on it. [25 Oct 1999]
Free ISPs vs AOL: who will have the last laugh?
Comment And we'll stop hearing so much about free ISPs. The latest jockeying for position in the UK Internet service provider (ISP) market will only have an impact on home users and small businesses as consumers of Internet services. [17 May 1999]
Legal Eye: Is it wise to hit ISPs over file-sharing?
Comment Politicians are threatening ISPs with penalties if illegal downloading doesn't stop. But legal liability cannot rest solely on ISPs' shoulders, argues lawyer Simon Levine. Certainly, ISPs should discourage illegal activities - and indeed should... [22 Feb 2008]
Value-added ISPs: when the Net is not enough
Comment For ISPs it is no longer enough to simply connect businesses to the Internet. But six months later it decided to spin off the virus service as a separate business and is now looking for other ISPs to partner with. [09 Dec 1999]
The Bloor Perspective: Boo's back baby, ISPs go global and Microsoft's Whistler
Comment What is more, this expansion can be achieved through collaboration, rather than through massive investments in technology that would put them into direct competition with the other ISPs. Seven ISPs from around the world - @nifty (Japan), EarthLink... [06 Nov 2000]
ISPs take heed: the customer is always right
Comment Using the example of ISPs, dropped packets may only have a slight affect on a business, but there will be times when shortcomings are critical. It isn't surprising most of the ISPs we tried to talk to had little to say about iowatch's service. [15 Nov 2000]
Dear silicon.com... iPlayer vs ISPs, rip off outsourcing, social networking…
Comment BBC hits back at ISPs over iPlayer usage In my view, throttling back and any form of 'traffic shaping' are simply ISPs breaking the law in many ways. Social networks to stamp out sex offenders This may have good intentions but will be easy to bypass. [10 Apr 2008]
Leader: Are download services the new free ISPs?
Leader When The Sun starts dabbling in tech you know it must be in an area that must have become totally ordinary. A few years back, around the height of the dot-com boom in February of 1999, this publication broke the story of how that tabloid, as well... [23 Jul 2004]
Libel on the Net: have the legal floodgates opened?
Comment ISPs are still reeling this week after Demon Internet settled its case with Dr Laurence Godfrey out of court. But David Barrett, partner with UK law firm Arnold and Porter, said ISPs are simply being held liable under the same laws as distributors... [05 Apr 2000]
Cyber Sherlocks need to tread softly softly
Comment The heads of the National Crime Squad gathered in Birmingham earlier this week and wagged their collective fingers at ISPs for being slack at monitoring their servers for illegal material, and so breaking the law. [16 Feb 2001]
Wireless operators start to see through the MISP
Comment Too many free ISPs? All this comes against a backdrop of seemingly endless ranks of free ISPs, where the difference between them can be hard to spot. Don Pearce, principal consultant at Netcom Consultants, said: "A lot of the operators will have to... [08 Oct 1999]
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