Jim Wagner

EarthLink Tuesday announced plans to invest more than $2.5 million in firewall software to secure the links of its digital subscriber line customers. The security upgrade is available for downloading on both MacIntosh and Windows platforms for current subscriber’s to EarthLink’s DSL services. Customers will receive an e-mail with detailed instructions about how to install […]

The race to be the first two-way satellite broadband access provider is heating up now that iSKY has received an additional $137 million in equity funding. Monday’s cash infusion puts iSKY halfway to its $750 million funding goal needed to launch Internet satellite-based services. The company also plans to use the fund to strengthen its […]

Cogent Communications Inc. Monday raised $90 million in second-round funding to continue its fiber optic network expansion plan. Combined with its first-round investments and a $280 million contract with Cisco Systems Inc., Cogent has secured nearly $400 million in its efforts to offer 100 megabits per second Internet access speeds nationwide. Dave Schaeffer, Cogent chief […]

AT&T Wireless Services continues to add allure to its wireless Web content, striking a deal with America Online Inc. Monday. Beginning this fall, AT&T Wireless Services Digital PocketNet users will be able to access AOL e-mail, news, weather and stock quotes for a fixed fee. Subscribers pay a flat rate of $7 each month for […]

QUALCOMM Inc. Thursday added the 3Com Corp. U.S. Robotics modem line-up to the growing number of distributors co-branding its popular Eudora e-mail application. In exchange for a prominent link to the 3Com Web site, the modem manufacturer is bundling Eudora 4.3 CDs into 3Com’s modem product line. Jeremy James, QUALCOMM director of marketing for Eudora, […]

Juno Online Services Inc., Wednesday partnered with Hughes Network Systems to provide satellite-based Internet services for its customers by year’s end. The service, dubbed Juno Express Powered by DirecPC, is the fourth leg in Juno’s broadband family of services, originally launched in March. Juno satellite express customers will be able to attain downstream speeds of […]

Covad Communications Group extended its digital subscriber line footprint in New England Wednesday. As a result of the Federal Communications Commission line sharing order in November 1999, Covad secured a co-location agreement with Bell Atlantic Corp. in May. At the time of the line sharing deal, Covad promised to have its DSL services deployed in […]

Juniper Networks Inc. Wednesday leveraged its alliance with the worldwide sales force of Ericsson LM Telephone Co. to set up routers for two new international clients. Last year, Juniper was a start up router manufacturer with a promising product line, but no international connections to market its products. Funding to the tune of $60 million […]

America Online Latin America Inc. launched its third regional service with Spanish-language service AOL Mexico Tuesday. AOL Mexico joins its sister sites in Argentina and Brasil with its launch in the South American region. AOL Latin America is a joint venture between America Online Inc. and the Cisneros Group of Companies, a major Latin America […]

Top modem manufacturers Tuesday announced a plan speed-up dial-up downloads by incorporating new chipset standards into their modem technologies. New standards approved for industry use by the Cisco Systems Inc., Hughes Network Systems and

SBC Communications Inc. Monday teamed up with Compaq Computer Corp. to make its family of high-speed Internet services irresistible to bandwidth hungry consumers. SBC is offering consumers a personal computer with built-in digital subscriber line services for $60 a month. Customers must sign a two-year contract for the PC-DSL tandem service through Prodigy Communications Corp. […]

Air2Lan Friday formed a strategic partnership with MeshNetworks to develop an IP-based wireless network that allows Net roaming access nationwide. The wireless Internet access provider formed the alliance to leverage its next-generation wireless national rollout scheduled for completion in three years. Air2Lan launched its first wireless services in Jackson, MS, in May. Jai Bhagat, Air2Lan […]