Elizabeth Clampet

Internet Service Providers believe most of their projected revenue growth will come from business customers, according to the results of a recent survey. Conducted by KPMG and Planet Direct, a localized content provider for ISPs, the survey polled close to 250 ISPs throughout the month of February, with a 15% response rate. The results show […]

IBM Corp. unveiled today at ISPCON in Baltimore new e-business solutions targeting Internet Service Providers. Using the technology developed for the official 1998 Winter Olympics Web site, these new IBM Solutions for ISPs are designed to help providers improve services such as Web hosting and to generate more revenue. One of these technologies, code-named “Nagano,” […]

One of Toronto’s largest Internet service providers has asked Canadian Minister of Industry John Manley to consider calling a Parliamentary inquiry into alleged predatory trade practices by Bell Canada. “It is the position of Internet Direct that Bell Canada has been using its monopoly in local phone services to cross-subsidize its own Internet business services,” […]

Gemini, the world’s first transatlantic network, designed to carry Internet, multimedia, and voice services on a city-to-city basis, is now online. The 60 gigabit-per-second network has been completed ahead of schedule by Gemini Submarine Cable System Ltd., a joint venture of Cable & Wireless and WorldCom. In a statement, the company said that its huge […]

ModaCAD Inc. signed an agreement with EarthLink Network Inc. to jointly develop back-end Internet services for ModaCAD’s emerging e-commerce initiative. The companies said they will work together to jointly provide access to ModaCAD’s first e-business content manager, which is being developed to bring numerous fashion retailers and manufacturers together at one Web site by utilizing […]

America Online stepped up its anti-spam campaign today on the heels of yet another lawsuit filed this week against a pornographic spammer. America Online CEO Steve Case, during a speech delivered at the Jupiter Consumer Online Conference today, unveiled “AOL’s 10 Most Wanted Spammer List,” and said the company may seek federal legislation in an […]

Microsoft Corp. introduced today an Internet Service Provider support program for those ISPs that have licensed Internet Explorer for distribution to their customers. In conjunction with the launch of an online support Web site, Microsoft released a cross-platform version of the Internet Explorer Administration Kit, an ISP deployment guide, and instructional video training. The Internet […]

Verio Inc. announced today it acquired Northern California-based Internet service provider NSNet. The acquisition serves to help strengthen Verio’s presence in the Northern California region, enabling it to extend its services to the area’s small- to mid-sized businesses, the company said in a statement. “With its infrastructure, focus on business customers and top-quality products, NSNet […]

Hewlett-Packard announced today HP OpenView Firehunter, the company’s new service management solution targeted at ISPs. Unveiled at HP’s OpenView Universe ’98 conference, the company said the Web-based solution provides ISPs with an end-to-end, real-time monitoring and managing tool for their networks and mail, news, and Web services. “The skyrocketing growth of ISPs has outpaced the […]

Internet telephony service provider IDT Corporation announced today a new $.05 per minute rate for its long-distance customers using its Net2Phone Direct service. The rates will be effective for those customers placing calls across the U.S. Rates have been lowered for international calls as well, with charges for dialing London starting at $.09 per minute, […]

U S WEST Communications has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revise its current regulatory restrictions that are blocking the company’s efforts to bring high-speed Internet access across state lines to residential and rural communities. U S WEST stated it is working with other computer and networking firms to develop and deliver high-speed ADSL […]

The Internet Factory Inc. delivered Merchant Builder 3.0, a scaleable commerce hosting environment built from the ground up as a revenue-generating tool for Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The product allows ISPs to offer low-cost, full-featured storefronts to new and existing Web hosting customers, said the Pleasanton, CA-based company. This version is a new product based […]