Posts Tagged with ‘cablevision’

ISP-led Manipulation of Bittorent Traffic Now An International Concern

Paul Glazowski

You’ve heard the saying. “There are two sides to every story.”
Such is the case with BitTorrent. A technology used by millions, both for legal and illegal purposes, it has been celebrated by a great many people – and has also been castigated by a great many authorities, from police forces to government bodies. (I’ll leave you to determine the difference between the two.) But are you aware of just how many parties in total there are around the world that [...]

Net Neutrality, Brought To Light Once More

Paul Glazowski

When you hear or read the term “Net neutrality,” what do you think? “Yes, please?” “We still talking about that stuff?” Perhaps you don’t really care one way or another.
Whatever your opinion on the subject might be, the fact of the matter is that we’ve got a ways to go before it’s a dead one. With members of the US Senate Commerce Committee now looking into cases involving ISPs and charges against them having to do with inaccurate (and maybe [...]

US Justice Dept Comments Against Net Neutrality

Paul Glazowski

The topic of Net neutrality was recently looked into by the US Justice Department, after the battle in the states over pros and cons reached noise levels warranting its comment on the matter. Unfortunately, the promoters of an equal-for-all Internet landscape for content owners, content distributors, and content consumers alike have seen Washington’s legal department play its hand opposite their own. While the decision is hardly set in stone (again, it was only a "comment"), it surely comes as a [...]

Municipal WiFi Projects In US Placed On Back Burner

Paul Glazowski

For years, companies and individuals involved with the development of both the business and residential infrastructures enabling the deployment of widespread Internet access in the US have been admitting that they haven’t quite constructed the most state-of-the-art network(s) in the world. Average speeds of downstream and upstream transfers are all but snail-like in comparison to those recorded in Japan, South Korea, and several countries residing within the European continent.
The most pressing issue facing the US in terms of technological advancement [...]