[Op-Ed] When Your ISP Fails You And There Are No Other Choices

I pay just under $60 per month for internet service, compared to some users in other parts of the country that price would be fair for 12Mbps download speed, unfortunately my ISP provider (Mediacom - http://mediacomcc.com) could ... continue

Canadian internet privacy getting another screwing by the Harper government

Over the years of the Harper Conservative government in Canada there has been a constant push to give the police more power when it comes to getting information about you from your ISP. For the most part ... continue

Those wacky Brits now with movie-style Web rating

I can't count the number of time over the years that I have been on the Web where some bright politician or bureaucrat has this great suggestion about applying some sort of ratings system for websites on the ... continue

Google’s real buzz – the shot across the bow of broadband providers

I have for the longest time proposed that if we ever want real innovations and world class Internet connectivity it would take a company with the balls to be happy just being a dumb pipe. I said ... continue

Analyst challenges ISPs to prove ‘bandwidth hogs’ exist

For the longest time broadband providers claimed that there was a pending doomsday of Internet congestion where the Internet would breakdown because of all the traffic. Unfortunately for these broadband providers that claim has been dis-proven six ways of ... continue

The Internet Robber Barons

Anyone who has taken even a modicum of history will remember the age of the Robber Barons in the United States. What it boiled down to in exceedingly simplistic terms was vast amounts of wealth and power ... continue

Virgin’s solution to piracy not sitting well with all record companies

Well color me surprised but not all of the record companies are happy with UK ISP Virgin Media’s planned subscription service for downloading music. The UK company believes that consumers want to be ... continue

FTC swoops in and smacks down rogue ISP Pricewert

The United States FTC issued a statement today announcing a rare takedown of rogue ISP Pricewert, LLC. (Aliases include 3FN and APS Telecom.) Besides sounding vaguely like an obscure German-industrial band, Pricewert stands accused of actively recruiting and ... continue

Metered broadband will kill online video

I have said this before and I will say it again without a second of hesitation – metered broadband is bad for the Internet. It is bad for innovation on the web and it is ... continue

RIAA makes your ISP the judge and jury

So, the RIAA is getting much press about how it has figured out that suing grandmothers, dying children and single mother’s on the poverty line isn’t such a great idea. At least that is how it seems ... continue

Opening door to Internet censorship under guise of Saving the Children

Good or bad, the Internet has always been about the free flow of information; regardless of its format. If you are caught with something that is considered to be illegal on your own machine that you downloaded ... continue