The Register - Comms: NetworksBiting the hand that feeds ITProperty slump hits Carphone Warehouse- June 12, 2008 Broadband deployments drag down figures Carphone Warehouse hasn't been connecting as many ADSL customers as it had hoped, though apparently it's all the fault of the housing slowdown and booming sales of mobile broadband.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/12/carphone_warehouse_results... France gets closer to 'three strikes' downloader web ban- June 12, 2008 International war on pirates part deux The globalisation of internet law continues apace, as French legislators press ahead next week with the "loi Hadopi". The purpose of this proposed law is twofold: to clamp down on internet piracy, and to shift the responsibility for this clampdown firmly on to the shoulders of ISPs.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/12/france_music_law/ ASA slaps down Vodafone 'unlimited' data claims- June 11, 2008 Plus a change Vodafone has today been ordered to withdraw an advert for one of its data packages which falsely implied customers could get unlimited mobile web access.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/11/voda_asa_unlimited/ Hacker cops to $70k botnet rampage- June 11, 2008 'I'll take 2 years in the clink' A 21-year-old American has admitted to using a potent botarmy to wage a relentless campaign of destruction on two volunteer websites as part of a scheme to punish the operators for behavior he thought was unfair.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/11/botherder_admits_to_ddos_a... New York talks net giants into child pornography crackdown- June 10, 2008 Time Warner torches newsgroups After discussions with the New York Attorney General's office, three big-name American ISPs - Time Warner Cable, Sprint, and Verizon - have agreed to a sweeping crackdown on child pornography.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/10/new_york_isp_crackdown/ MPs urge action as spooky caller ID-faking services hit UK- June 10, 2008 'Be anyone you want to be' Exclusive Communications watchdogs have today been pressed by MPs to investigate a new service that allows people to fool caller ID systems into displaying a fake number, amid fears it will be abused by ID fraudsters and other conmen.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/10/spookcall_launches_uk_call... EU mulls intervention over BT's secret Phorm trials- June 10, 2008 Your views sought The European Commission is considering intervening over the failure of UK data watchdogs to punish BT for the way it secretly co-opted tens of thousands of customers into trials of Phorm's profiling system to serve them targeted advertising.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/10/eu_bt_phorm_trial/ Cavalcade of privacy watchdogs bark for data pimping probe- June 6, 2008 Deep packet inspection goes to Washington Fifteen privacy watchdogs - yes, fifteen - have tossed a letter at Congress, urging the House Telecommunications Subcommittee to hold public hearings on the use of so-called behavioral ad serving technologies. They want further scrutiny of ISPs pimping customer data to the likes of Phorm, NebuAd, and Front Porch.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/06/letter_congress_over_chart... Dotcom icon ISP Breathe inhales Fast4- June 6, 2008 Suck it up Breathe Networks Limited (BNL) has acquired small ISP Fast4 for an undisclosed sum.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/06/breathe_fast4/ Comcast rolls out brand new bandwidth throttles- June 5, 2008 Faces new suits for bagging BitTorrents Update: This story originally quoted from a piece from The New York Times. But The Times has largely rewritten its story, and after several calls, Comcast has responded to our requests for comment, so we have removed all quotes from The Times.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/05/comcast_blacklists/ |