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Internet Service Providers

Internet Providers Are Now The Most Hated Companies In America

The Huffington Post | Betsy Isaacson | Posted 05.23.2013 | Technology

Time Warner. Comcast. AT&T. If the names of these Internet service providers make you cringe, you're not alone. On Tuesday, the American Customer S...

AT&T Among Internet Providers Not Delivering The Speeds They Advertise: FCC

The Huffington Post | Gerry Smith | Posted 02.15.2013 | Technology

Some Internet providers, notably AT&T, are still not delivering the speeds they advertise to consumers, according to a new report by the Federal Commu...

The Internet Is Not Free

Lowell Peterson | Posted 04.10.2013 | Technology
Lowell Peterson

In the ceaseless debate about whether information yearns to be "free" on the Internet, it seems to me that one important fact is overlooked.

'We Must Not Place Limits': HuffPost Readers Voice Concerns Over Cable Industry's Shift Toward Metered Billing

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.04.2013 | Technology

Cable companies are considering moving from a flat-fee Internet service model -- where every user pays the same price for Internet access, regardless ...

There Is No Internet Freedom Without Internet and Broadband Competition

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 02.05.2013 | Business
Bruce Kushnick

Net Neutrality only became an issue once the phone and cable companies got the government to protect their businesses from competition by blocking who could use the wires.

Infographic: Most Important Law Protecting Internet Speech

Craig Newmark | Posted 10.23.2012 | Technology
Craig Newmark

Folks, there's this law called CDA 230 which is a major free speech protection on the Internet. It also protects much of the business on the Net, which involves engagement with regular people. It's a really big deal. Maybe the most important law protecting Internet speech.

Hacker Given 3-Year Sentence For Helping Thousands Steal Internet Service

The Huffington Post | Gerry Smith | Posted 06.29.2012 | Technology

Internet service providers are increasingly looking for ways to charge customers more money for faster speeds and access to more data. For years, h...

Comcast Told To Stop It With The 'We're The Fastest' Stuff

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 06.14.2012 | Business

A recent exchange in the advertising world has gone something like this: Comcast XFINITY: "It's official. We're the fastest." The Better Busines...

To My Internet Service Provider: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, But I'm Doing It!

Lori Day | Posted 05.27.2012 | Comedy
Lori Day

So I say to the worst Internet service provider in the world, to whom I have given dozens of hours of my time over the years dealing with their incompetent customer service and tech support professionals and their highly unstable platform, goodbye and good riddance.

What's Behind Washington's About Face On Internet Piracy

Kevin Bermeister | Posted 03.27.2012 | Technology
Kevin Bermeister

Behind the SOPA legislative scene a very different and highly competitive industrial-scale battle is being fought by publishers of the web's content, Internet service providers (the final distributors of content) and copyright owners, including Hollywood.

The 10 States With The Slowest Internet Speeds

The Huffington Post | Cooper Smith | Posted 10.02.2011 | Technology

Pando Networks, which specializes in cloud-based media delivery, has completed a six-month "Nationwide ISP and Network Study" to determine the fastest...

Top 10 States With The Fastest Internet Speeds

The Huffington Post | Cooper Smith | Posted 09.29.2011 | Technology

As part of a study conducted between January and June 2011 by Pando Networks, a company that provides online "content delivery solutions," examined w...

White House Will Defend Net Neutrality From House GOP Bill

AP | Posted 06.04.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The White House is threatening a veto against a House Republican bill that would overturn new federal rules aimed at ensuring equitable ...

The Real Internet Censors: Unaccountable ISPs?

Ars Technica | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

[A] new report suggests that nations are slowly turning ISPs into the off-duty information cops of the world. Eager to placate politicians in order to...

Justice Department Wants Web Providers To Hold On To Your Data

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Internet service providers may soon be required to hold on to your data. The Department of Justice is moving for new data retention policies due to in...

Freedom vs. Corporate Authoritarianism: The FCC and Net Neutrality, Apple and WikiLeaks

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Michael J.W. Stickings

I'll give the FCC a single cheer, maybe a cheer and a half. But with Republicans frothing at the mouth, it'll take much more from Democrats to make net neutrality a reality.

Why Are ISPs Terrified of Being Reclassified

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Ramon Nuez

We are weeks away from Genachowski presenting to Congress the National Broadband Plan, designed to address the lack of broadband availability in many under-served and economically depressed areas.

"Don't Be Evil": How Larry Page and Sergey Brin Really Think and Should We Worry About Google's Dominance

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Anis Shivani

We shall see if Larry and Sergey's collective brain can keep up with the spontaneous evolution of the Internet.

The Day of Sharing

Wayne Kramer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Wayne Kramer

That the recording industry is in the toilet is no surprise. How is it that artists don't see the solution?