Internet access

Mobile Internet Access — No Strings Attached

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on March 20 at 5:09 pm PT

NetZero, known for offering free dial-up access in exchange for watching ads, is back and is applying its budget-conscious approach to mobile broadband.

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Egypt Restores Internet; Army Calls for End to Protests

Margaret Coker, Charles Levinson and Jonathan Weisman, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 2, 2011 at 2:24 am PT

Egypt’s army called on protesters to return home Wednesday, and Internet connections were restored, as the government moved to return to some normalcy after a wrenching week of protests.

Internet Access Viewed as Fundamental Human Right

John Paczkowski in News on March 8, 2010 at 1:31 pm PT

Is unfettered Internet access a fundamental human right? Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton believes it is and said as much during a speech on Internet censorship earlier this year. And it appears that this belief is widely held. The BBC put the question to more than 27,000 adults in 26 countries and got a yes from four out of five, which is nice to hear.

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New Zealand Reconsiders Three-Strikes Rule on Internet Use

Marisa Taylor, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 26, 2009 at 10:25 am PT

New Zealand agreed this week to reconsider a controversial law that cut off Internet access to people accused of copyright violations. The country’s parliament passed Section 92a of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act in 2008, also known as the “three-strikes” rule, which would have come into play in February 2009. If an Internet user was even accused of file-sharing or otherwise violating copyright laws, his or her Internet-service provider would cut off service.

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Earthlink: Why Haven't They Bought AOL's Dial-Up Unit?

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's Tech Trader Daily in News on February 5, 2009 at 2:49 pm PT

Earthlink is an odd company: It continues to generate more and more cash from the terminally ill (and steadily shrinking) dial-up Internet access business. Its coffers are bursting at the seams. Judging by the company’s valuation, the Street doesn’t see a whole lot of value in the core business. But there certainly is intrigue over the cash–including whether the company will eventually buy the AOL dial-up access business.

A 40 Percent Drop in Spam? Too Bad It's Temporary…

John Paczkowski in News on November 12, 2008 at 1:35 pm PT

Wow. Global spam volumes plummeted today after two ISPs disconnected a Web hosting firm outed by the Washington Post as harboring some truly unsavory clients. Denied Internet access by Global Crossing and Hurricane Electric, bot hosting network McColo is clearly having trouble spewing out spam and malware. There has been a 41 percent drop in spam volume since the Washington Post story broke.

A 40 Percent Drop in Spam? Too Bad It’s Temporary…

John Paczkowski in News on November 12, 2008 at 1:35 pm PT

Wow. Global spam volumes plummeted today after two ISPs disconnected a Web hosting firm outed by the Washington Post as harboring some truly unsavory clients. Denied Internet access by Global Crossing and Hurricane Electric, bot hosting network McColo is clearly having trouble spewing out spam and malware. There has been a 41 percent drop in spam volume since the Washington Post story broke.

O3b. That's Short for (An)other 3 Billion Google Users

John Paczkowski in News on September 10, 2008 at 11:26 am PT

Google services are near-ubiquitous in mature markets, but in emerging ones? Not so much. That will soon change, however, thanks to an ambitious plan to bring affordable Internet access to some three billion people in Africa and other emerging markets.

O3b. That’s Short for (An)other 3 Billion Google Users

John Paczkowski in News on September 10, 2008 at 11:26 am PT

Google services are near-ubiquitous in mature markets, but in emerging ones? Not so much. That will soon change, however, thanks to an ambitious plan to bring affordable Internet access to some three billion people in Africa and other emerging markets.