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ISPCON Keynote: Donny Smith Alex Goldman
[November 21, 2008] At ISPCON, the guy who's been the talk of the hallways and the ISP CEO session finally presented his plan to bring fiber to rural Minnesota in a keynote.

ISPCON Keynote: John Todd Alex Goldman
[November 20, 2008] This was the open source keynote at ISPCON.

ImageStream: Who Needs to Read Encrypted Traffic? Alex Goldman
[November 11, 2008] At ISPCON, ImageStream will be demonstrating new products and technologies. Perhaps the most iconoclastic is PUFQ.

ISPCON: An ISP Industry that Processes Credit Cards Alex Goldman
[November 11, 2008] Charles Wu and Layne Sisk say that ISPs can now serve a greater number of small businesses and cut out the credit card middle men.

A Partnership for Our Video Future Alex Goldman
[September 29, 2008] Two industry veterans team up to deliver high value content over infrastructure that can handle next generation bandwidth requirements.

Partnership Wireless, LLC and BuzNet Communications, Inc. merge to form Partnership Broadband
[September 29, 2008] In this press release, the companies announce that they have formed the largest provider of fixed wireless broadband services in North Texas.

Cisco's Broadband Study Alex Goldman
[September 19, 2008] Cisco says that the world's networks aren't ready for the demands of the future, and its director of government affairs has some ideas on how to remedy the problem.

ARIN Warns on AS Number Change ARIN
[August 1, 2008] The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) asks all ISPs to upgrade their routers and software to handle four byte AS numbers.

An Update on Hughes Network Systems Alex Goldman
[July 31, 2008] Satellite broadband has found a niche in the U.S. market, and has plenty of room to grow.

Cloudmark Re-Launches Innovative Service Alex Goldman
[July 14, 2008] Cloudmark's recently announced ActiveFilter service fights spam in a way that, as far as we know, is unique.

Rackspace Unveils Bundle of PCI Compliance Joy Richard Adhikari
[July 7, 2008] Rackspace tries to put an end to the guessing game behind PCI solutions.

Covad Communications Adds Cities Through New Edge Networks Alex Goldman
[June 18, 2008] Covad Communications is working with the EarthLink-owned rural network specialist to grow its footprint, a key differentiator with small business customers.

Mass. Man Avoids Malware-Induced Child Porn Trial Michael Hall
[June 16, 2008] "The case of Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents investigator Michael Fiola has some chilling ramifications for unwitting, innocent users."

Vyatta Aims Higher Alex Goldman
[May 23, 2008] With the release of Vyatta Community Edition 4 and the nascent channel program, Vyatta is ready to take on Cisco in the data center.

Rohan Jayasekera, Director of Tucows E-Mail Service Alex Goldman
[May 12, 2008] With a new and evangelistic director of e-mail, Tucows is focusing on perfecting the basics of e-mail.

Procera Reloaded Alex Goldman
[May 12, 2008] The company fires most of its staff, hires new people, and introduces what it claims is the most accurate Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) available today.

Ikano Communications Opens Google and Microsoft Channels Alex Goldman
[May 8, 2008] The infrastructure provider to ISPs is adding an impressive array of services, something we've been advising ISPs to do for years.

ADTRAN Adds Benefits for Mid Tier Channel Partners Alex Goldman
[April 29, 2008] ADTRAN has a three tier partner program, and the middle tier just got better.

Sandoval County Claims Broadband Bamboozle Jim Thompson
[March 13, 2008] This New Mexico project promised to bring extreme broadband to places that don't even have phone services, but several years in, the project has resulted in lawsuits, allegations of corruption and a loss of more than one million dollars. Is Sandoval Broadband a case of good intentions gone wrong or is it the poster child for a flawed model and an industry in trouble?

Windows Server 2008 for Webhosts Alex Goldman
[November 14, 2007] Microsoft says the latest iteration of Windows Server 2008 has been designed with feedback from webhosts, and has extensive channel support.

Doing a Lot Alex Goldman
[November 13, 2007] Multifunction appliances have aided this WISP in unexpected ways, and also solved the problems they were bought to solve.

Everyone.net Embraces Web Services Alex Goldman
[November 7, 2007] There's a slick new Web 2.0 AJAX-based GUI, and also new services that the better back end makes possible.

ISPCON Keynote: Dave Schaeffer, Founder and CEO of Cogent Communications Alex Goldman
[October 19, 2007] This was the rabble rousing keynote at ISPCON. Schaeffer wants to shake up the industry, and in the keynote, he discussed the changes he'd like to see.

SOLERA Says CALEA Equipment Can Do More Alex Goldman
[October 18, 2007] The company understands that ISPs find the investment painful and is showing that a packet capture system can do more than CALEA compliance.

A Better Path to the SMB for Asterisk Alex Goldman
[October 17, 2007] This ISPCON announcement shows how an acquisition and a change to an existing product will help ISPs sell Asterisk-based services to small business customers.

Vyatta Announces Gains in Service Provider Market Alex Goldman
[October 16, 2007] Open source routers have enabled service providers to better tailor their services to their customers.

RackSpace Gets Webmail.us Alex Goldman
[October 2, 2007] Webmail.us is eager to do more in the business services space, taking webmail to the next level.

ImageStream and PowerCode Announce Partnership Alex Goldman
[September 24, 2007] The router maker and OSS software developer have begun a beautiful friendship, encouraged by their WISP customer base.

CloudShield Predicts Bright Future With New Investment Alex Goldman
[September 17, 2007] With a carrier class investor, and a flexible product, the company aims for cash flow positive next year.

ISP-Planet's Blog: Access Alex Goldman
[August 3, 2007] Check it out and let us know what you think of it.

SingTel's Bets on Southeast Asia are Paying Off Alex Goldman
[July 31, 2007] The company is growing fast, and says it's here in the U.S. not to win business from the ILECs, but to help carriers provide access to the fastest growing nations in the world.

As SunRocket Dies, VoIP Providers Must Differentiate Themselves Alex Goldman
[July 18, 2007] In the VoIP industry, the FUD is winning as message board threads spiral out of control in the wake of SunRocket's sudden demise.

CALEA Veteran Offers Hosted Service Alex Goldman
[June 11, 2007] Aqsacom has been helping telcos handle CALEA since 1994. Now, through a joint venture, it can help you too.

Roadstar Internet Hosts Armenian Public Service Regulatory Commission Members David Hughes and Marty Dougherty
[June 6, 2007] The wireless ISP has been visited by international delegations since being recognized by former FCC Chairman Michael Powell.

Internet.Com Adds Google Enterprise Search Feature Alan Meckler
[May 31, 2007] I had promised several changes at Internet.Com—our Online Media division. Our site search function is now much faster and accurate as we dropped Autonomy Search and have added Google Enterprise Search. Try it.

Tucows Has Work to Do Alex Goldman
[May 25, 2007] In its ISPCON vendor session, Tucows described the company's product road map, which focuses on a better and faster product development cycle.

How to Sell VoIP to Small Business Customers Alex Goldman
[April 17, 2007] A VoIP provider is announcing that it has developed a marketing program for its channel partners to help them sell VoIP to small business, getting past the "don't waste my damn time" objection.

ImageStream's CALEA Solution Alex Goldman
[April 6, 2007] ISP-Planet Exclusive: ImageStream is putting together a free update for its routers that will enable ISPs and other providers to become CALEA compliant.

Preview: The Freedom To Connect Conference Alex Goldman
[February 26, 2007] A gathering of thinkers and legislators (and even some who are both) will discuss the future that nobody's ready for, the next round of disruptive changes, even as those changes are already beginning.

Working With Digium Alex Goldman
[February 20, 2007] Digium is serving larger customers than ever, and now has a partner program that could provide ISPs large and small with valuable sales leads.

GameRail Could Give Gamers What They Want Jim Thompson
[February 16, 2007] Some latency-sensitive traffic may soon be leaving your network and traveling over Level 3's thanks to this new service.

EarthLink Protection Control Center 2.0 Alex Goldman
[January 29, 2007] Faced with new threats, the largest independent ISP in the U.S. upgrades threat prevention with technology from Sana Security.

The Planet's New Reseller Program Alex Goldman
[January 25, 2007] Having absorbed a big acquisition, the company prepares to grow its shared server products by growing the channel, which means working with you.

AASP Adds Filtering and Archiving Alex Goldman
[January 19, 2007] The ISP cooperative focuses its buying power on helping ISPs solve some basic security issues.

The Technology to Run a Massive Mail Operation Alex Goldman
[January 16, 2007] In a chat with the CTO, we learned about the technology used to manage 30 million mailboxes.

SlipStream Tells the World Alex Goldman
[December 8, 2006] With worldwide growth, and the validation of being acquired, SlipStream is here to stay.

ISPCON Interview: A Conversation with David Murray Alex Goldman
[December 7, 2006] The Propel co-founder says that the company's technology has improved to the point where the Propel can help broadband connections, wired and wireless, but he sees other opportunities too.

Putting Services on the Softswitch Alex Goldman
[November 28, 2006] There's plenty of innovation in today's announcement from Metaswitch: in-building BPL, triple play for college students, symmetric bandwidth, and fiber backhaul. But we think that the business case is in the services, not the hardware.

Jamcracker Evolves According to Service Provider Suggestions Alex Goldman
[November 22, 2006] It was all about SaaS at ISPCON, and one of the few survivors of the ASP boom talked to us about how the company has reinvented itself for a new trend in which service providers play a major role.

NextWeb Grows Inside Covad Alex Goldman
[November 21, 2006] A year ago, we said the acquisition of the massive regional WISP by the national CLEC made sense. Now, we can provide the details, from high level strategy down to what equipment the company prefers.

WSTA Seminar: Future Hot Technologies Alex Goldman
[November 20, 2006] Wall Street's IT trade association held a half day seminar on technology trends. We present the highlights.

Grid Provisioning for Service Providers Alex Goldman
[November 9, 2006] 3Tera is demonstrating what amounts to a new OS or provisioning system that will allow service providers greater flexibility than ever in configuring and delivering applications.

ISPCON: The People Alex Goldman
[November 3, 2006] We can learn from a website, but we go to conferences to meet people. Here are some great people you can meet at ISPCON, and some notes on a few companies as well.

Anti-Phishing Site Launches Jeff Goldman
[October 18, 2006] OpenDNS' new public phishing database is thorough, accurate—and free.

A Merger for Converged Communications Alex Goldman
[October 6, 2006] As Eicon acquires Dialogic, the new company sees massive opportunities in rapidly changing telephony and media technologies.

Digium's VON Announcements Part 1: Asterisk v. 1.4 Alex Goldman
[September 12, 2006] The new version of Asterisk is packed with so many features that we can only highlight the most important of them.

SIPBox Launches Alex Goldman
[September 12, 2006] A new company specializing in open source VoIP implementations announces itself at VON.

Telework Part 4: Jobs for Disabled Veterans Alex Goldman
[September 7, 2006] This is a cause that every ISP is in favor of, and one woman is setting up an organization to do the right thing.

EarthLink Offers Disposable E-Mail Accounts Alex Goldman
[August 28, 2006] We've been advocating disposable e-mail for years, and EarthLink's now offering it. But ISPs should take particular note of EarthLink's interaction with its own customers, which sets standards that nobody else in the industry can match.

Sidebar: A Second E-Mail Address for Your G-Mail Account Alex Goldman
[August 28, 2006] In failing to offer disposable e-mail addresses, we feel Google is denying users a vital anti-spam strategy.

Two Partner to Provide Security to Small Business Alex Goldman
[August 16, 2006] A security provider and a CLEC will announce a partnership tomorrow that will show how two companies can work together to benefit each other and their customers.

Paetec, US LEC Sign $1.3B Merger Ed Sutherland
[August 14, 2006] Paetec and US LEC will become subsidiaries of New Paetec, a holding company generating $1 billion in annual revenue.

DSL Prime: British Telecom Considering 100/100 Mbps Dave Burstein
[August 3, 2006] Telcos that face real competition will deploy, and BT has to worry about new startups fuelled by true line sharing as well as a potential wireless broadband competitor called James Murdoch.

Coming Next: ISP Services That Don't Require Internet Alex Goldman
[August 1, 2006] Delivering (some of) the benefits of broadband to those who don't have it.

US LEC Signs SunRocket Alex Goldman
[July 26, 2006] In addition to a big customer win, the VoIP wholesaler plans to deliver that VoIP feature that the FCC tried to destroy.

EarthLink Adds 23 GHz Radios to Muni Plans Alex Goldman
[July 25, 2006] The urban backbones for EarthLink's municipal wireless products will get 200 Mbps radios.

Wireless Plan to Bring 1 Gbps to Homes in Sandoval County Gerry Blackwell
[June 20, 2006] The guy who brought broadband to Tonga is ready to revolutionize the U.S. market by offering very very fast residential service.

Cogent Offer in New Markets Alex Goldman
[June 19, 2006] Cogent Communications, the low priced backbone its competitors love to loathe, makes a move immediately after raising capital.

Satellite Broadband To Drop in Out of WildBlue Ed Sutherland
[June 14, 2006] Exclusive deal follows pick as AT&T test satellite provider.

EarthLink Courts Controversy With Muni Franchise Offer to ISPs Alex Goldman
[May 26, 2006] The company told ISPCON attendees that there are so many business opportunities out there, it wants to offer franchises to WISPs in markets it's not pursuing itself.

MIMO Outdoors Eric Griffith
[May 26, 2006] A startup just out of stealth mode has a new solution for dense outdoor wireless deployments.

Verizon: Call Before You Dig Verizon Press Release
[May 24, 2006] In a press release today, Verizon urges landowners to notify it when they modify their property.

Preparing for Disaster: The Katrina Story Alex Goldman
[May 23, 2006] Sigmund Solares and Donny Simonton told ISPCON attendees the story of how they survived Katrina while operating a data center.

ISPCON LaunchPad Mike Cassidy and Tom McCafferty
[May 15, 2006] The people who put together the LaunchPad part of the show talk about what's new at ISPCON.

Planet ISPCON Alex Goldman
[May 12, 2006] Let ISP-Planet be your other ISPCON guide.

Verizon Dumping Landlines? Ed Sutherland
[May 10, 2006] Verizon is reportedly in discussions to sell up to 5 million phone lines in seven states.

Announcing EarthLink Business Solutions Alex Goldman
[May 1, 2006] For years, EarthLink has been losing webhosting customers, but the recent acquisition of New Edge Networks allows the company to build on an area that has been a corporate weakness for many years.

Dialup Shutdown in Massachusetts Alex Goldman
[April 26, 2006] In the long run, it may mean the return of per-minute dialup pricing. In the short term, non-Verizon dialup customers are cut off in parts of the United States.

Dedicated Dialup for $100 Per Month Alex Goldman
[April 19, 2006] ISPs can learn from this new business service offer from ISP veteran New Edge Networks, part of EarthLink, precisely because no new technology is involved.

Wikipedia 2.0 Alex Goldman
[April 3, 2006] The next web-based encyclopedia will be a more perfect source of information and includes an unusual affiliate deal that will benefit VISP network providers.

Cogent's Latest Price Drop Alex Goldman
[April 3, 2006] While most internet companies are trying to charge more for their services, Cogent takes advantage of price deflation, charging less for burstable bandwidth.

MSN Replies to AOL Price Rise Alex Goldman
[March 31, 2006] Local ISPs tend not to worry about promotions from the big companies because of all the hidden fees and the lengthy contract commitments, but MSN's latest offer has neither.

EarthLink's DSL Plus VoIP Offering Alex Goldman
[February 6, 2006] Currently in local trials, EarthLink's DSL plus phone service competes on features as well as price.

180solutions Spyware Practice Far From Perfect Roy Mark
[January 24, 2006] CDT fingers the online advertising firm for causing 'immeasurable' harm to consumers.