Jim Wagner

It appears Juno Online Services Inc. has a crystal ball and is looking into a future that doesn’t have as many PCs as it used to, if two announcements Tuesday are any indication. Juno, the nation’s third-largest Internet service provider with 14.2 million registered users, Tuesday rolled out a new version of its service that […]

AT&T Tuesday launched its next generation of corporate network services, signing Merrill Lynch for unspecified terms. The service, called AT&T Ultravailable Broadband Network, links institutions together under one managed fiber-optic network. In the case of Merrill Lynch, 11 major sites in New York and New Jersey will be connected via a secure link with guaranteed […]

While cable and digital subscriber line providers fought for first-to-market bragging rights, a little-publicized third broadband option started to generate a word-of-mouth buzz. Fixed wireless Internet services, once thought the only alternative for rural residents who weren’t close enough to the central office to get digital subscriber line service and didn’t have the benefit of […]

“Better the devil you know, than the one you don’t” is a popular saying Reliant Energy Communications is taking to heart after signing a one-year agreement extension with Covad Communications Monday. Looking for a national digital subscriber line provider with clout to package its business-class services, Reliant president and chief operating officer Mark Slaughter said […]

Hoping to bolster flagging revenues, SBC Communications strengthened its marketing ties and floated a $110 million line of credit with Prodigy Communications Corp. Friday. SBC, a majority owner at 41 percent, has a vested interest in keeping the nation’s fifth largest ISP afloat as it seeks to further enmesh its digital subscriber line and business […]

There’s no doubt the price of a fast, first-to-market approach has impacted many high-speed Internet providers. A growing number of yesterday’s competitive local exchange carriers and Internet service providers are today’s headlines, many forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection or go out of business entirely. I had the chance to sit down and […]

Rhythms Netconnections Inc., a leading broadband provider in the U.S., Wednesday slashed 450 jobs, despite significant gains in broadband subscribers in the fourth quarter. The staff cuts, and a desire to refocus on its current market, will force the company to absorb a one-time charge of nearly $15 million in its first quarter 2001 figures. […]

NorthPoint Communications, Inc., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday night and announced the immediate sale of most of its business and equipment to likely buyers. Officials also sent a letter to investors and customers last night assuring them service would not be disconnected and business would go on as usual while it waits for […]

Worldcom Inc., with a little help from the Federal Communications Commission, moved one step closer to merger approval with Internet backbone and hosting company Intermedia Communications Inc. Wednesday. The world’s largest Internet backbone carrier is near to getting its hands on an Internet services company which slipped through its fingers last year when it scrapped […]

Sagging digital subscriber line faith is good news for Cisco System’s fixed wireless division, which unveiled its carrier-grade solution Tuesday. Fixed wireless, considered the third pipe of broadband data transportation with cable and DSL, is gaining momentum, as companies look for a technology able to deliver consistent, high-speed Internet access to run its online operations. […]

For the first time in what seems like months, a story including the words digital subscriber line and provider doesn’t also include the words bankruptcy, lost service, lost revenues and out of business. The irony is that the DSL provider is a free ISP, lambasted by the industry as a business model destined for nothing […]

National Internet service provider Planet Systems Network Inc., officials are telling its former customers, “don’t call us, we’ll call you,” after shutting off all Internet services Thursday. A former customer, who wished to remain anonymous, said the dial up and broadband ISP hosted two of his Web sites, which were shut off at 10:30 a.m. […]