Jim Wagner

An ex parte filing on behalf of independent Internet service providers was sent to the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday, calling for the halt to what many consider Time Warner’s anti-competitive broadband Internet access practices. In a report to the FCC titled, “An Open Access Business Model For Cable Systems,” author Stephen Heins, director of marketing […]

A new headquarters, its continued integration with SBC Communications, Inc., and FlashNet Communications, Inc., and a shift away from dialup Internet service plagued Prodigy Communications Corp.’s third quarter results announced Friday. It’s net loss for the quarter was nearly $63 million, or 90 cents a share, as the Internet service provider looks for solutions to […]

Digital subscriber line reseller MegaPath Networks bought competitor Phoenix Networks in an asset buyout Thursday. Officials would not release a specific dollar amount to the deal, but a spokesperson did confirm that MegaPath financed the acquisition with a stock purchase. The two plan to merge operations and administrative functions over the next 60 days. Phoenix […]

Nearly 18 years after its court-ordered breakup, AT&T Corp. is breaking up again, this time by choice, into four separately held public companies it was announced Wednesday. In 1982, AT&T was ordered to split into one long-distance company and seven regional bell operating centers, or Baby Bells, to conform with the government’s anti-trust regulations. Wednesday’s […]

As Excite@Home struggles to get its house in order, the hunt is on to find a new CEO to make the necessary repairs. George Bell, Excite@Home chairman and current chief executive officer, said he will remain as acting CEO until the end of 2001, but wants to start the search for a replacement now. “It’s […]

Juno Online Services, Inc., announced a 130 percent increase in revenues from last year in its third quarter report released Tuesday. The free-to-pay Internet service provider shaved nearly one-third, or $13.6 million, of its net loss in the third quarter, an immediate dividend, officials said, of the recent shift in customer acquisition strategies. Its shifting […]

New Edge Networks, a competitive local exchange carrier so successful it hasn’t felt the need to go public with an initial public offering, has opened the doors to the competition. As part of its Tuesday announcement to expand the reciprocal reselling agreement it shares with NorthPoint Communications Group, New Edge also announced the equity investment […]

Spinway, Inc.‘s co-branding partners can now get its hands on an overlooked member of the Internet community with the free Internet service provider’s announcement to include Apple Computer, Inc., MacIntosh support and access. Spinway isn’t the first major free Internet service provider to bring Apple users into the fold, but it’s the only one in […]

Keeping ahead of the competition is one of the key reasons for Level 3 Communication Inc.‘s strategic alliance Monday with Corning Inc. While Level 3 officials are tight-lipped when asked about particulars of the agreement, it is likely a price break is in the backbone provider’s future, with Corning committed to provide 10 million kilometers […]

New Edge Networks Wednesday finished its third round of financing in 15 months, netting $139.9 million for its digital subscriber line deployment to small, midsize and semi-rural markets in the U.S. Led by GS Capital Partners III, L.P. and affiliates, the investment arm of Goldman, Sachs & Co., $76.9 million in private equity was raised, […]

Shares of the nation’s number two DSL provider lost half of their value after Covad Communications Group Inc. reported problems with collecting revenue from certain troubled customers. But despite growing pains in revenue collections, the competitive local exchange carrier remains optimistic about its future. In early Wednesday trading, the stock fell 50 percent to about […]

Welcome to the 21st century, ladies and gentleman. What was conjecture only a couple years ago, to have ubiquitous Internet access in every room of the house, is now reality with 3Com‘s release of revolutionary Internet appliance Audrey. Measuring 6 1/4 by 4 3/4 inches, the stand-up appliance can be placed anywhere in the house […]