The Register - Comms: NetworksBiting the hand that feeds ITVirgin Media rubbishes P2P throttling rumours- June 23, 2008 Secret testing denied Virgin Media has today strongly denied a charge it is running secret tests with a view to introducing new bandwidth throttling hardware to target peer to peer and Usenet downloaders.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/23/virgin_media_application_t... Virgin Media collects customer banking details on CD, then loses it- June 20, 2008 If only they had some sort of network instead... Virgin Media is conducting an internal inquiry into why 3,000 customers' bank details were burned to a CD which was then lost, it emerged today.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/20/virgin_media_banking_loss/ How the iPhone puts a bomb under mobile networks- June 20, 2008 Jesus Phone scarier than anyone thought - analysts If you think everything that could have been written about the iPhone already has been written, prepare to be surprised. One vital aspect of Apple's strategy has been overlooked - with multi-billion consequences for complacent network operators.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/20/iphone_sets_the_standards/ Yahoo! email! fans! get! more! domains!- June 19, 2008 'A happy user stays with us for life' Yahoo!s free online email service is to grow new tentacles with the company planning to add two domains alongside its existing yahoo.com addresses.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/19/yahoo_email_domains/ Vodafone hangs up on Tiscali auction- June 19, 2008 Mamma mia! Vodafone has done an about-face on its ambition to acquire Tiscali's broadband punters, according to a report.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/19/voda_tiscali_auction/ Phorm failed to mention 'illegal' trials at Home Office meeting in 2007- June 18, 2008 Just fancy that! Exclusive The Home Office held a private meeting with Phorm in August last year, but BT's interception and profiling partner did not disclose that it had completed an allegedly illegal trial of its technology on tens of thousands of unwitting broadband subscribers just weeks earlier.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/18/home_office_phorm_meetings... UN calls for single child helpline- June 17, 2008 One number to help them all UN telco branch the International Telecommunications Union has called on member nations to standardise their child helpline numbers, to help jet-setting ankle-biters remember who to call.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/17/single_childline_number/ AT&T brainstorms Time Warner-like bandwidth cap- June 16, 2008 'It's inevitable' Like Time Warner Cable and Comcast, AT&T is mulling overage charges for American bandwidth lovers.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/16/att_mulls_bandwidth_caps_t... UK's first caller ID-spoofing service shuttered after five days- June 13, 2008 Spookcall spooked Spookcall, the UK's first caller ID-spoofing service available to the general public, has decided to close less than one week after launch.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/13/spookcall_shutdown/ Google preps net neut dowser- June 13, 2008 'If Comcast wont tell you, find out yourself' Innovation 08 In an effort to identify traffic discrimination by American ISPs, Google is prepping a suite of network analysis tools for everyday broadband users.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/13/google_network_management_... |