Comcast launches dead web page redirection service on their network
Comcast has announced that they have now implemented their Domain Helper program on their entire network.
This program forwards any request to a non working web page to a customized Yahoo search result page which of course also contains advertisement.
The company said that the [...]
AT&T blocked access to 4chan
US based internet service provider AT&T had recently announced that they were blocking access to the popular online destination 4chan.org.
The company said that this blockage is not a form of censorship as it has been claimed in the media.
Instead, they had to block access to the service because of the [...]
Virgin Media and Universal launches a new music subscription service
Richard Branson owned Virgin Media has announced the launch of a new music subscription service in collaboration with media industry giant Universal.
This service would allow Virgin Media’s broadband customers in Britain to download and listen to as many music files as they want for a fee. [...]
Time Warner close to spinning off AOL
Time Warner has hinted that they are close to finding a future plan for their subsidiary AOL.
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes said: “We believe AOL will then have a better opportunity to achieve its full potential as a leading independent Internet company.”
This is just another way of saying that [...]
Cablevision set to launch 101Mbps connection for USD 100 a month!
Cablevision has announced that they are soon going to offer their fastest internet package yet.
This new connection would offer speeds of 101Mbps downstream and 15Mbps upstream for $99.95 a month.
This would potentially make it the fastest internet connectivity being provided through cable services.
No other [...]
Time Warner Cable to expand trial of bandwidth limit
US based internet service provider Time Warner Cable has announced that they are now going to expand the number of cities where they are going to put a limit on downloads by their customers.
These customers would be asked to pay more if they transfer more than a [...]
Eircom to disconnect pirate web users
Irish ISP Eircom has announced that they have signed a deal with four major record companies as part of a settlement.
They would now disconnect their customers who are found to be part of the online piracy.
Market sources say that this is the first deal of its kind signed [...]
Comcast now offering 22 Mbps and 50 Mbps broadband plans
US based internet service provider Comcast has announced the launch of two super fast internet plans.
These plans are available in speeds of 22mbps and 50mbps.
The company already has slower plans in speeds of 768 Kbps, 4 Mbps, 6 Mbps, 8 Mbps and 16 Mbps.
Comcast are calling [...]
Comcast provides detail on their new traffic management mechanism
US based internet service provider Comcast has already said that they are testing out new traffic management system in some cities and the results have been excellent.
The company has now revealed more on what is in store for their customers in the US market.
Comcast said that the [...]
Comcast reveals data usage policy for home internet users
Comcast has finally made it official that there is a limit for their home internet customers when it comes to data transfer.
The limit is set to 250GB of data per month which comes to around 8.5GB per day.
This new policy is now published on the company website. [...]
