ISP News

Third Undersea Cable Damaged in Mideast (2008-02-01): The Middle East has been suffering from Internet and phone outages ever since two cables were cut offshore from Egypt.

Time Warner to Test Tiered Internet Access Charges (2008-01-18): The Associated Press is reporting that Time Warner Cable is going to experiment with a new pricing structure for its high-speed Internet access where heavy bandwidth users will be charged more.

AOL Launches Open Ride Software (2006-10-06): AOL has launched new Windows software for using the Internet called Open Ride.

AOL Offers Free Services in Pursuit of Ad Money (2006-08-07): In a dramatic switch AOL is freeing up some of its services so that it can garner more advertising revenues.

AOL Considing Offering Free Services to Broadband Subscribers (2006-07-10): The New York Times reports that AOL is considering to offer a free option to its broadband subscribers.

Higher Fees for Heavy Bandwidth Users? (2006-02-01): An article from MediaChannel.

U.S. Broadband Expensive and Slow (2005-11-09): U.

Broadband Growth Slows to a Crawl (2005-09-25): A article from TechNewsWorld says that the growth of broadband has slowed to a crawl.

Using Your Neighbor's Bandwidth (2005-08-10): Should you be a cheapskate and piggy-back on your neighbor's broadband connection by secretly connecting to their wireless network? A CNN Money article says that a Jupiter Research study found that 14 percent of wireless network owners have accessed their neighbor's connection.

United States Falling Behind in Broadband (2005-04-14): 73% of South Koreans have broadband access while 20% of U.

AOL Tries to Keep Subscribers During Broadband Storm (2004-06-01): USA Today reports that AOL is trying to retain its 24 million of subscribers, despite the lure from new Broadband providers and cheap dial-up services.

Broadband Use Dependent on Income (2004-04-23): The most affluent Americans are the fastest demographic to switch to broadband internet connections.