Jim Wagner

Rumors abound over reports @Home , the largest cable Internet service provider (ISP) in the U.S., will shut down its cable network on Friday, a move that could strand millions of high-speed subscribers. @Home officials, as well as officials from Cox Communications , Comcast Corp. and AT&T Broadband , were unavailable for comment. The three […]

Telecommunication equipment vendors that want to succeed in tomorrow’s market need to get out of the “one-stop-shop” mentality today or face certain failure, according to a new report by Gartner Dataquest. The report’s author, Bhawani Shankar, a principal analyst in the company’s worldwide telecommunications and networking group, said top manufacturers like Nortel Networks Corp. , […]

WorldCom is taking to the skies with a two-way Internet over satellite (IoS) service, geared for business use, through Hughes Networks, officials announced Tuesday. Officials at the nation’s most popular long-distance phone company are taking a chance that businesses will overlook some of the technology’s performance issues to see the potential cost advantages of a […]

In a nod to the futility of online advertising-subsidized Internet access, AT&T WorldNet officials are telling customers to switch their $4.95 a month service to a pricier service by Jan. 4, 2002, or have it switched for them. Since October, when WorldNet i495 customers fist heard about the switch, they’ve been able to switch to […]

Looking to benefit from their company’s collapse, two Winstar Communications executives have resigned in order to bid on the pieces of the company. The provider is set to go on the auction block next month. William Rouhana, former chairman and chief executive officer, and Nathan Kantor, president and chief operating officer, resigned so they can […]

David Nash’s case is the perfect example of the confusion created when cable companies start playing “give and take” with their Internet subscribers and not telling them about the giving or taking. Last year Nash signed up for cable Internet services through @Home, the largest broadband Internet service provider (ISP) in the nation. Through an […]

SBC Communications officials announced Monday they have hired a former Commerce Department chief to lead them through an increasingly treacherous regulatory and government landscape. William Daley, U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1997-2000, will report directly to Edward Whitacre, SBC chairman and chief executive officer, in the future and signals the belief by many on SBC’s […]

Registrars attending the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meetings this week came away pleased with the actions taken by the often-criticized organization. ICANN, the technical governing body for the U.S. root server used by most Internet users around the world, has been criticized in past years for its attempts to dictate Internet […]

According to its officials, an ever-expanding list of abuses has forced the Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC) Association of Michigan to file a complaint Friday over supposed unfair and monopolistic practices of SBC Communications and its subsidiary, Ameritech. Rick Coy, general counsel for the Michigan organization at Clark Hill PLC, said the complaint to the […]

SBC Communications , the largest digital subscriber line (DSL) provider in the nation, and Yahoo! , the most popular online portal in the world, are teaming up to provide a co-branded service to customers in the Baby Bell’s 13-state region. What’s more, SBC is getting ready to move all its dial-up and broadband customers over […]

Covad Communications might be getting $135 million to help ease its immediate Chapter 11 bankruptcy concerns but SBC Communications is getting the lion’s share of the bargain with Tuesday’s announcement to forget a deal struck last year. On paper, the deal is a good one for Covad, which gets an immediate $135 million cash infusion […]

Software programmers at Apple released the latest iteration of its wireless networking solution, AirPort 2.0, Tuesday, sporting new security and compatibility enhancements. The free download enhancement is part of the software company’s strategy to spur growth in its wireless networking hub, which is ideal for schools and businesses as it removes much of the cost […]