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Archive for the ‘Broadband’ Category

Victor Keegan: The government must invest in faster broadband: “Victor Keegan: Helping children access the net is great, but the government needs to invest in faster broadband to aid the UK economy”

(Via guardian.co.uk Comment is free.)

Comcast users get UK-style capping, throttling: “

Is 120 movies a month enough?

The Network Neutrality pigeons are coming home to roost, with Comcast formally announcing a British-style capping regime.…

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(Via The Register - Comms.)

BBC iPlayer upgrade prompts new ISP complaints: “

High definition network freezes out the little guy

The BBC is facing more criticism that the way it delivers iPlayer traffic will make it harder for smaller ISPs to survive.…

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(Via The Register - Comms.)

BT slams bandwidth brakes on all subscribers:

You’re all hogs in their eyes

BT is throttling all of its broadband customers’ bandwidth at peak times, not just heavy users, according to independent monitoring data.…

(Via The Register - Comms.)

Users should check this in the UK too even though it is no secret that major ISPs throttle their network…..

New ‘Switzerland’ Software Exposes Bandwidth-Throttling ISPs: “Net neutrality advocate group Electronic Frontier Foundation releases a new open source application to detect any bandwidth-shaping practices your internet provider may be employing. Users can download the application, named Switzerland, and run it on their own computer to put their ISP to the test.

(Via Wired News.)

Gov responds on throttling petition: Choke on it: “

Red Arrows trump web users on nation’s worry list

The government has told an e-petitioners calling for an investigation into ISPs taking on too many subscribers and throttling bandwidth to get over it.…

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(Via The Register - Comms.)

Bits: An Imminent Victory for ‘Net Neutrality’ Advocates: “If regulators penalize Comcast for blocking some Internet file downloads, it would be a victory for advocates of an open Internet. But it could end up accelerating the move by Internet providers to make heavy users charge more

(Via NYT > Technology.)

Europe votes on anti-piracy laws: “Late changes to proposed European telecoms laws could see suspected copyright pirates banned from the net.”

(Via BBC News.)

Europe drafts law to disconnect suspected filesharers: “France has suggested an amendment to the pan-European Telecoms Package, which would bar broadband access to anyone who persists in illegally downloading music or films.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Virgin admits disconnection threat mistake: “Virgin Media has said that a threat sent out to 800 of its customers that they could be disconnected from the internet because of alleged copyright infringement was a mistake.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)