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- EarthLink’s email leakage; ISP quality of service and support in decline?
- Not in decline--already thereIn May, the Louisville branch of a well-known regional ISP lost a server--hard. What was supposed to be a few hours' "routine maintenance" turned into a weeks-long headache of all-day hold times and clueless, condescendi
- Tags: customer service, isps, e-mail, gmail, networking, internet, FSR, Leee, Internet Service Provider, QoS
- Discussion threads 2006-12-11
- Should cities be ISPs?
- Should cities be ISPs?article rootShould cities be ISPs?Lobbyists in Washington, D.C. are pressuring Congress to resolve the question of whether governments or private companies do a better job as Internet service providers. The stated primary goal of municipal broadband services is to provide Internet access to low-income people. However, some...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, government, tax, isps, Sonja Thompson, networking
- Discussion threads 2005-06-23
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- Should ISPs be accountable for overall Internet security?
- Jonathan Yarden recently read an article about the role that Internet service providers ISPs play in making sure the Web stays secure. As an employee of a local ISP, he felt that the article failed to represent the ISP's side of things. Find out why he says ISPs shouldn't bear...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, Jonathan Yarden, Internet, Internet service providers (ISPs), Business services, Internet service, service provider, Internet security, Internet Security Focus Newsletter, Customer
- Technical articles 2005-12-16
- Should ISPs be accountable for overall Internet security?
- Should ISPs be accountable for overall Internet security?article rootGateway to HellISPs are the gateway to individual users. The majority of infected users don't know they are and the ISP should be more responsive to any given situation and block certain outgoing traffic types that simply aren't normal for consumer users.I...
- Tags: fanjet@..., Internet, Internet security, Internet Service Provider, isp virus spam, security
- Discussion threads 2005-12-16
- ISPs versus the zombies
- ISPs versus the zombiesarticle rootISPs versus the zombiesAccording to the Federal Trade Commission, zombie-fed threats such as phishing are a serious problem, and ISPs need to assume more responsibility for cleaning up their networks. If an ISP doesn't measure up on security, members could flee to a rival provider or,...
- Tags: internet, Internet Service Provider, isp, IT enthusiast, security, Sonja Thompson, zombie, zombies, zomby
- Discussion threads 2005-07-19
- ISPs grumble over Video On Demand
- Internet service providers ISPs in the UK are complaining about the amount of bandwidth used by video on demand services. Tiscali's Chief Executive Mary Turner commented in the Independent on Sunday and today's Financial Times saying, "The Internet was not set up with a view to distributing video. We have been...
- Tags: Bandwidth, VoD, Internet, Internet Service Provider, Service Provider, Internet Service, Justin Fielding
- Blog posts 2007-08-13
- Performance Modeling on the Interaction of ISPs
- This paper considers interactions of Internet Service Providers ISPs and how these interactions can affect the overall traffic and resource allocation between ISPs. In particular, the paper considers a simplified two-level hierarchical model wherein there are a single tier-1 ISP and N>1 tier-2 ISPs. Each tier-2 ISP needs to pay...
- Tags: Performance, Internet Service Provider, Service Provider, Chinese University Of Hong Kong, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Internet
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Are ISPs' doing enough to combat the fight against online predators?
- Seeing a few episodes on NBC regarding the topic of online predators who troll the chat rooms looking to have sexual relations with minors, that got me thinking about what the responsibilites are of the ISPs' who run these chat rooms. Usually, it would require teams of people from...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, monitor, off-topic, online predators, Why Me Worry?
- Discussion threads 2006-09-26
- Economics of Network Pricing With Multiple ISPs
- This paper examines how transit and customer prices and quality of service are set in a network consisting of multiple ISPs. Some ISPs may face an identical set of circumstances in terms of potential customer pool and running costs. This paper examines the existence of equilibrium strategies in this situation...
- Tags: Network, Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet
- White papers 2006-12-01
- The OSS Guide for Telecom Service Providers and ISPs
- Operational Support Systems OSS are now key to the competitive strategy of modern service providers. ‘Big pipes' are old news - customers know you can give them the bandwidth they expect. But can you give them the service they expect? If you can't offer seamless integration and interoperability over a...
- Tags: Telecommunications Service Provider, Service Provider, OSS, BWCS, Operational Support Systems, Business Services, Telecom & Utilities, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecommunications, Internet
- White papers 2002-02-02
- Negotiation-Based Routing Between Neighboring ISPs
- This paper explores negotiation as the basis for cooperation between competing entities, for the specific case of routing between two neighboring ISPs. Inter-domain routing is often driven by self-interest and based on a limited view of the internetwork, which hurts the stability and efficiency of routing. The paper presents a...
- Tags: University Of Washington, Internet Service Provider, Negotiation, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Free Trade, Internet, Finance
- White papers 2007-01-01
- How can i use 2 public Ip address from different ISPs in one home machine.
- I have one home machine in which i would like to use two different ISPs provided internet connection. I have one onboard network card and i have installed another PCI network card. Both have different IP addresses configured; provided by ISPs.What exactly are you trying to do?On the surface I...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), NETWORKING, Network technology, Internet Service Provider, network, home machine, public IP address
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
- 2 ISPs and 1 LAN: Bridging? Or what?
- I'm a part-time Net Admin who now has TWO ISPs with fixed IPs coming into my shop. My boss wants them both on my LAN providing in/out access. I have a SBS2003 PC available and all the NICs I need. The SBS2003 PC will also be providing...
- Tags: Internet, isp, LAN, networking, POSTER, RonKoch, router
- Q&A 2005-09-06
- Switching ISPs: A case study
- If you're considering migrating ISPs, then you'd best use caution and take pains to make plans. In this Daily Feature, Robert McIntire offers up plenty of advice for dealing with this often heinous task.With the wave of failing dot coms and ISPs, should you be thinking about changing your ISP?...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Network technology, Robert McIntire, Internet Service Provider, T1
- Technical articles 2001-07-23
- HPTP: Relieving the Tension Between ISPs and P2P
- Measurement-based studies indicate that there is a severe tension between P2P applications and ISPs. This paper proposes a novel HTTP-based Peer-To-Peer HPTP framework to relieve this tension. The key idea is to exploit the widely deployed web cache proxies of ISPs to trick them to cache P2P traffic. This is...
- Tags: P2P, Internet Service Provider, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet
- White papers 2007-01-27
- Mutually Controlled Routing With Independent ISPs
- This paper presents Wiser, an Internet routing protocol that enables ISPs to jointly control routing in a way that produces efficient end-to-end paths even when they act in their own interests. Wiser is a simple extension of BGP, uses only existing peering contracts for monetary exchange, and can be incrementally...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), BGP, Internet, Networking
- White papers 2007-02-22
- A Modeling Framework to Understand the Tussle Between ISPs and Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Users
- Recent measurement studies have shown that traffic generated by Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file sharing applications has started to dominate the bandwidth consumption on Internet access links. The prevailing use of P2P applications carries with it significant implications for Internet Service Providers ISPs: on the one hand increased levels of P2P traffic...
- Tags: P2P File Sharing, P2P, Internet Service Provider, Service Provider, Internet Service, Modeling, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Peer To Peer (P2P), Business Services, Internet
- White papers 2007-02-26
- Anonymous Data Broadcasting by Misuse of Satellite ISPs
- Satellite ISPs connect users to the Internet by means of satellite communication. This paper discusses how to misuse satellite ISPs to allow any subscribed user to broadcast arbitrary content to a group of anonymous receivers. Exploiting the fact that the satellite downstream signal, containing the data requested by a user,...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, Broadcasting, Satellite, University Of Bochum, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Technology, Internet, Networking
- White papers 2005-12-01
- Can ISPs and P2P Users Cooperate for Improved Performance?
- Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems, which are realized as overlays on top of the underlying Internet routing architecture, contribute a significant portion of today's Internet traffic. On the one hand, this is a problem for Internet Service Providers ISPs, as they have no control over the structure of the P2P system and...
- Tags: Performance, P2P, University Of Paderborn, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet
- White papers 2007-01-09
- Pricing in the Shadow of Firm Turnover: ISPs During the 1990s
- This paper examines the relationship between changes in price levels and the evolution of the market for dial-up ISPs in the United States from November 1993 to January 1999. This was a period of much entry and exit and new product introduction. The paper shows that new firms enter the...
- Tags: Northwestern University, Internet Service Provider, Price, Pricing Strategy, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Pricing, Marketing Research, Internet, Marketing
- White papers 2007-04-26
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