The personal details of a number of TalkTalk customers have been stolen. In some cases, the details have been used to scam…
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Delta to install Gogo’s faster in-flight internet in 250 planes
Next year Delta Airlines flyers will start noticing their sluggish inflight internet connections getting a lot faster. Delta announced on Wednesday that…
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Gogo issues fake security certificates to block in-flight streaming
If you’re looking for another reason to hate Gogo, the much-criticized ISP of the skies, then it just provided one. Neowin revealed…
Read MoreSwedish ISP protects customers from surveillance with free VPN
Bahnhof was the last Swedish ISP to resist the enforcement of a data retention law that is arguably illegal under EU law. Now it's technically giving in, but it intends to make the retained data useless to spies and law enforcement.…
Read MoreWill the FCC be tempted by AT&T’s suggestion of internet ‘fast lanes’ run by users?
What if the FCC could solve net neutrality in a way that pleased both industry and consumer advocates? User-directed fast lanes hold out that promise in theory -- but might be a different story in practice.…
Read MoreMobile ISP Karma plans a move into home broadband
Karma's pocketable mobile hotspot is already used by 100,000 people looking for connectivity on the go. But Karma wants its mobile broadband service to become its customer's primary source of internet access.…
Read MoreThe Bay Area gets the European internet exchange model Netflix hopes will spread
The Amsterdam Internet Exchange putting up a point of presence in Digital Reality's San Francisco data center signals the rise of an alternative to the current model of peering in the U.S.…
Read MoreHolding onto the triple play: How costs, caps and contracts will keep ISPs flush
Many ISPs will see an erosion of their pay TV subscribers as broadband provide more entertainment options. ISPs know this, and here's how they plan to stay in business while the market shifts.…
Read MoreAmazon Fire TV bug provides another reason why data caps are anti-consumer
Bandwidth caps are a bad idea, but a story from earlier this month shows how our love of connected devices and the increasing prevalence of caps could lead to consumer angst.…
Read MoreThe FCC just launched its peering investigation with a call for data
The FCC is taking on the interconnection battles between Netflix and several large ISPs with a call for data. It already has the agreements between Netflix and two large ISPs.…
Read MoreAmazon, Netflix and tech giants defend net neutrality in letter to FCC
Big names in the tech scene have gathered together to sign a letter protesting the proposed net neutrality rules the FCC is considering ahead of its May 15 meeting.…
Read MoreReinventing the internet: How do we build a better network?
In this part of our special report on reinventing the internet, a look at how its growth of the internet, in terms of connected devices, content and its importance, has researchers and analysts searching for new business models and technical ways to improve the network.…
Read MoreMozilla’s crazy plan to fix net neutrality and turn broadband into a utility – and why it could work
Mozilla thinks it has found a way to ensure true network neutrality without going back and reclassifying broadband. Will its regulatory sleight of hand find support?…
Read MoreHere is Level 3’s plan to make interconnection fees a network neutrality issue
Should ISPs be able to charge transit providers and web content companies for access to their end users? Are they actually doing this? The FCC may have to decide.…
Read MoreVerizon CEO Lowell McAdam just took us on a tour of the next-generation internet: telco-style
February 2014 will mark a turning point for the internet thanks to a historic peering agreement and the FCC capitulating on net neutrality. Let's let Verizon's CEO share what the future internet will be.…
Read MoreSources: Netflix and Comcast have reached a peering agreement
It looks like Comcast and Netflix have resolved their peering dispute, but it's unclear how. Comcast customers should rejoice because the quality of their video streams should get better.…
Read MorePopular cable smart home platform iControl opens up
The company behind many popular cable home automation systems is opening up to outside devices and developers. For now, a limited number of devices work with iControl's OpenHome Partner Program, but it's a start.…
Read MoreWith help from Netflix, a Internet exchange that can change the American bandwidth landscape
Netflix said it would be the first customer of a new European internet exchange in New York. The news covers two trends -- the growth of the European exchange model and the launch of an effort to bring that model to U.S. shores.…
Read MoreBoingo supports the troops with IPTV, winning contracts to connect U.S. military bases
Boingo’s(s wifi) acquisition of military base ISP Endeka appears to paying dividends. Boingo revealed this week that it has won contracts with…
Read MoreInflight texting and calling arrives with new Gogo app
Gogo will release an app next year that will route phone calls and texts over its inflight Wi-Fi networks, even when planes are above clouds. Calls on domestic flights, however, will probably still be prohibited.…
Read MoreComcast backs challenger to mayor who brought gigabit broadband to Seattle
The Washington Post followed the trail of Comcast’s campaign donations in the Seattle mayoral race and discovered that the ISP was backing…
Read MoreU.S. cable company turns to a three-year-old startup to solve its Netflix problems
Mediacom, a U.S. cable company, has turned to Qwilt, a three-year-old startup to solve its over-the-top video woes. Qwilt thinks it can cut costs and solve the business problems of delivering online video.…
Read MoreVideo isn’t breaking the internet: The industry giants are
Video isn't breaking the web, the way that the web's biggest players are trying to optimize their costs at the expense of the best consumer experience is.…
Read MoreThe beast is back: The FCC’s net neutrality case gets its day in court
Verizon is arguing its net neutrality lawsuit Monday, and the case is important for consumers, web service providers and could even call the FCC's ability to regulate the internet into question. This is big.…
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