Category: Internet Providers
The Plague of the Zombies – An Open Letter from the FTC to ISPs and Networks
An Open Letter from the Federal Trade Commission to ISPs and Network Professionals: Dear Network professionals: We are writing on behalf of an international group of government agencies to request that your organization join a worldwide effort to prevent spammers from compromising consumers’ computers and using them as “spam zombies.â€?…
Yahoo Using Web Beacons to Track Users Across the Web
There is a hue and cry being raised across the web about Yahoo’s use of web beacons, which some liken to “super cookies”, and which allow the tracker to track a user’s movements not only within their own website, but even when the user has moved on to other, unaffiliated…
EarthLink Statement on FCC VoIP 911 Ruling (News Release)
ATLANTA, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The following statement is in response to today’s vote by the Federal Communications Commission requiring Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers to support E-911 services, and is attributable to Dave Baker, EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK), vice president of law and public policy. “EarthLink and other VoIP…
AIM Mail: AOL Jumps on the 2Gig Webmail Bandwagon with AOL Instant Messenger Mail
With the introduction of its new AIM Mail service, Internet giant America Online (AOL) has jumped on the “free webmail with 2 gigabytes of storage” bandwagon, but with an added twist: the new service is tied in to your AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) account. AOL Instant Messenger Mail (AIM Mail…
Yahoo Matches Gmail’s 1 Gig of Storage, But is it Too Little Too Late?
Yep, they’ve finally done it. Yahoo has matched Gmail’s watershed 1GB (gigabyte) of email storage. According to the splash screen at [Page no longer available – we have linked to the archive.org version instead] https://www.theinternetpatrol.com/brick-wall/, “By early May, all free Yahoo! Mail users will receive an email storage increase to…
Do You Suffer from Email Domain Shame? Many AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo and Other Users Do
Have you heard about “domain shame”? Do you, perhaps, even suffer from domain shame? Or maybe you are one of the legion of users who identify those who should suffer from domain shame? The term “domain shame”, recently coined by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Don Fernandez, refers to how you feel about and how others perceive that bit to the right of the “@” symbol in your email address.
Goowy Mail: It’s webmail! It’s a desktop client! It’s two, two, two look-and-feels in one!
From the fine people who first brought you Geocities comes Goowy mail. Goowy mail is, so far as Aunty knows, the first commercial scale web-based email application built on Flash. This allows Goowy to offer a free webmail service, which you can access from any Internet connection with a web…
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg Disses Verizon Wireless Customers: “The Customer Has Come to Expect So Much”
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg obviously hasn’t read How to Win Friends and Influence People, and clearly has a thing or two to learn about customer service and public relations. In a recently published interview he actually derided Verizon Wireless customers who want their cell phones to work in their house…
Comcast Experiences Widespread Outage, Again, and Again, and Again
Internet provider ComCast experienced a widespread outage today, knocking countless Comcast customers off the Internet for the duration. The notice on the Comcast website is short and to the point, acknowledging the outage by saying “Connection to the Internet is currently unavailable. Our technicians are aware of the situation and…
AOL Offers VoIP Service – VoIP Available to America Online Customers in 40 Cities
America Online (AOL) has announced that its new VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol telephony) service is online and available to AOL customers in 40 cities. Called the “AOL Internet Phone Service”, the new VoIP offering is available to AOL customers in Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Washington DC, New York City, and…
The ISPs Are Revolting! More ISPs Blocking Non-Native VoIP
Despite the FCC ruling that ISPs may not block VoIP, some ISPs are continuing to block VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services which do not originate with them. According to reports, ClearWire, a Washington state ISP, is now blocking Vonage, basing the action on their terms of service which allow…
VoIP Services Still Being Blocked by Competing ISPs?
VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) provider Vonage says that despite the FCC giving the smackdown to an ISP for blocking 3rd party VoIP services, Vonage’s VoIP calls are being blocked again, by both a cable operator, and a wireless broadband operator, although Vonage declined to name names in public. In…
AOL Coach – What is It?
A lot of people seem to be looking for information about AOL Coach lately. Usually, although not always, they are looking for the helper application called AOL Coach, although there is also “AOL Coaches”, which is AOL’s online self-help and life-improvement program. AOL Coach (singular) is the program which runs…
What Do You Think ISPs Should Do About Their Customers with Infected and Infested PCs?
We all know that a large amount of spam comes through personal computers which are connected to the Internet, and which have been hijacked – turned into “zombies” – by viruses, Trojans and the like. But did you know that, according to SpamHaus, nearly 70% of all spam comes from…
T-Mobile Sidekick in no Danger as Network Outage Frustrates Customers
T-Mobile Sidekick users across the country are suffering a Danger network outage which is leaving their Sidekicks unable to communicate across the Danger data network, rendering the T-Mobile Sidekicks just glorified T-Mobile telephones. The Danger network outage, which started yesterday, shows no signs of letting up as one day has…
