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more about #isps more comments → Curves: I guess I have to download and archive all my juicy e mails from Yahell to protect them. $60 would be a very low price for all the dirt thats in there. more » Hello Mister Walrus: The only thing I really use Yahoo for is the email address that I get all my spam sent to. I guess they can have that if they want. Sometimes there is... more » elementary: Oh. My. God.If the authorities ever get ahold of the seedy goings-on of my fantasy football league, they could put me away for a long, long time. I'm... more » Jake712: Hmm, what if I offered them $61 to not give the info out? more » Hearthatvoiceagain: Wonder what Google charges? more » BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: 30$ for a half & half (half of the account username and half of the password), 60$ for the full shebang. Yahoo's such a dirty (easy) skank more » Monty: So, can I give them sixty bucks to not give away my information? Clearly Yahoo is willing to whore themselves out for cheap, but I am curious if they... more » Jakooboo the Whedonite: Let's see... I've got $43.25. You're going down, Stevedave. more » Robotronic: This is really scary. Definitely staying away from Yahoo. more » Rejexted: Good thing no one uses Yahoo any more...hahaha more » whiteflea: I can build and repair computers all day long, but I'm lost when it comes to networking. So, I have a question: Going to the speedtest at SpeakEasy, I... more » Thomas Osborne: I think many confuse the bandwidth hogging with actual data downloaded. Their servers are already set to constantly move data regardless, so it doesn'... more » Thangka: I can tell you, having worked as an systems engineer for a high profile MCSE contracting for and during Comcast's HSI rollout and afterward, the hog i... more » madog: @mmmiles: How is there traffic abuse though? I think that's the point of this article. You can't use any more speed than what you pay for (of which on... more » phill.meredith: Jesus, 50GB a month is classed as being a hog?? I have just got Virgin 50MB uncapped and I download 100-200gb in a day sometimes. more » -
#security
Yahoo Will Divulge Pretty Much Anything for $60
On one hand, it's reassuring to know that Yahoo will work with law enforcement to bust criminals, digging through their private messages to get the job done. On the other, $60 is a low price for our privacy. More » -
#netneutrality
Is the 'Bandwidth Hog' a Myth?
Every ISP's discussions of pricing plans, net neutrality or piracy invoke the same faceless villains: the bandwidth hogs. Benoît Felten, analyst and blogger, has been working in telecom for over a decade, and he wants proof these monsters even exist. More » -
#piracy
Time Warner Hijacked My Browser Because of Piracy
Time Warner, perhaps hip to the fact that I haven't bothered to check my meat space snail mail mailbox in the last three weeks, took matters into their own hands and inserted this warning directly into my browser. More » -
#comcast
Comcast Delivering Two More Apps For The Holidays
Continuing Comcast's big day, Zats has learned that the cable provider will be rolling out two more customer apps (in addition to their data usage meter) in the near future: Xfinity and remote DVR scheduling. More » -
#comcast
Comcast Data Usage Meter Begins Rolling Out To Customers
Starting today, Comcast subscribers in the Portland OR pilot market area will begin receiving notifications that they can access a usage meter via their online accounts to help avoid data overage charges. More » -
#blockquote
White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer Compares Censorship In China To American ISPs
AT&T did not take kindly to remarks made by White House Deputy CTO Andrew McLaughlin comparing oppressive Chinese censorship to the practice of American ISPs. More » -
#netneutrality
Losing Net Neutrality: The Worst Case Scenario
It's alarmist, over-the-top pro-net-neutrality propaganda, sure, but this chart goes a long way to explaining why the IT dude at the office wears that "All Packets are Created Equal" shirt to work every Thursday: because tiered ISPs are scary. More » -
#broadband
Attention Portuguese People: You're About to Get the Fastest Broadband in the World
Portuguese ISP Zon Multimedia will devlier one gigabit of bandwidth to broadband customers come September. One gigabit! So, if you want a truly fast internet connection in 2009, you're better off moving to the Azores than, say, New York City. More » -
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#broadband
Congress Readies Bill to Bring an End to ISP Data Caps6
Eric Massa, a Congressman in western New York, has readied a bill that would force ISPs to justify economic need for data caps and volume-based usage fees. This would effectively bringing those practices to an end (for the time being). More » -
#questionoftheday
Would You Rather Have an HTPC or a Set-Top Box?
Yesterday I purchased a Home Theater PC to supplement my existing DirectTV hardware—although I hope to ditch cable TV/satellite providers all together sometime in the future. What I'm interested in knowing is what kind of setup you guys prefer. More » -
#fios
Second-Tier FiOS Providers Undercut Verizon, Are Verizon
Verizon FiOS, which can pipe the internet into your home at 50mbps, is something like bliss. It's also hideously expensive. Luckily, smaller ISPs are offering the same service for less. The exact same service. More » -
#cable
Cable Industry Starting To Realize That They Need To Let Go Of the Box
An interesting article published on the CableFax industry webpage argues that vendors and suppliers need to loosen their grip on the set-top box in order to keep up with our increasingly open source culture. More » -
#isps
Time Warner Cable Putting Superfast DOCSIS 3.0 Internet On Hold Because We Don't Like Bandwidth Caps
It looks like the folks at TWC are bad losers. They are now considering dropping the planned rollout of DOCSIS 3.0 high speed citing that it was part of their plan for consumption based billing. More » -
#isps
Outrage Prompts Time Warner To Drop Tiered Pricing Until We Can Be Educated
Score one for the consumer—Time Warner Cable has decided to temporarily shelve their tiered pricing plan in response to . More » -
#netneuterality
Your ISP Hates You: They're Probably Working With RIAA
Remember how the RIAA was getting ISPs to help battle copyright infringers after they gave up lawsuits, and AT&T was all "no comment"? Now AT&T confirms they're working with the RIAA. UPDATED. More » -
#comcast
Comcast's Internet Slowdown System Fully Armed and Operational (and Avoidable)
Comcast's bandwidth throttling system that slows you down for using too much bandwidth is now fully armed and operational in all markets. Here's how it works, and how to not get stuck on the short bus. More » -
#notbeingevil
Google Wants to Install Servers at ISPs, Not So Sure About That 'Net Neutrality' Thing After All
The Wall Street Journal reports that Google has has approached ISPs with a plan to install servers within their networks, providing a "fast lane" for the famous supporters of net neutrality Updated 1:30p EST
