The FCC votes 3-2 to reinstate the US' net neutrality rules, expanding government oversight of ISPs and aiming to protect consumer access to the internet
Oh right, there wasn't one. Telecomms are fuming about the restoration of rules that prevent them from gouging their customers. Us. … Chuck Darwin / @cdarwin@c.im : FCC votes to restore net neutrali...
FTC study on the six largest ISPs finds that some fail to fully inform consumers on how their data is monetized, such as using browsing history to serve up ads
The importance of the internet in the daily lives of consumers cannot be overstated. Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Security News This Week: An International Operation Knocked a Notorious Ransomware Group ...
FCC launches the Broadband Data Task Force to collect data and develop more precise maps of US broadband availability, which currently rely on ISP-provided data
You can't fix a problem you don't understand. And for decades the US has refused to accurately measure the full scope of US broadband market failure.
North Idaho ISP Your T1 WIFI will block Facebook and Twitter for customers that request it after it received complaints over censorship
Your T1 WiFi, an internet service provider based in northwestern Idaho, will implement firewalls that restrict access to Facebook and Twitter at its customers' requests.
Parler CEO confirms that Amazon will suspend Parler's AWS account on Jan. 10 at 11:59PM PST, says Parler may be unavailable on the internet for up to a week
from apps down to infrastructure — the higher the bar for banning content/users. Amazon booting Parler off AWS > Apple/Google banning Parler from app stores > Twitter banning Trump Would be more worri...
Comcast is the first ISP to join Firefox's Trusted Recursive Resolver program to deploy encrypted DNS lookups on the Firefox browser
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Comcast is the first ISP to join Firefox's Trusted Recursive Resolver program to deploy encrypted DNS lookups on the Firefox browser
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FCC may move ahead with a $16B plan to boost rural broadband access, even without a clear picture of service gaps, as ISPs' coverage data lacks granularity
or can't—get true broadband, and data from internet-service providers is flawed. https://www.wsj.com/... Drew FitzGerald / @drewfitzgerald : 1. FCC data show wireless ISP covers rural area 2. ISP says...
Netflix, YouTube, and Amazon Prime Video say they will reduce their streaming quality in EU to reduce traffic on the network, as millions are confined at home
for Now Mark Sweney / The Guardian : Amazon Prime Video to slow streaming to fight broadband overload Charlie Osborne / ZDNet : YouTube follows Netflix in limiting streaming quality amid coronavirus o...
Some European mobile traffic was rerouted through China Telecom due to a BGP leak at a Swiss colocation company which was accused of a similar mistake in 2018
It was China Telecom, again. The same ISP accused last year of “hijacking the vital internet backbone of western countries.”