Patricia Fusco

WorldSpy became the first substantial free Internet access provider to cease operations in the U.S. last week when it announced that it would terminate services at the end of June. Sharon Rothstein, WorldSpy chief executive officer and president, said that competitive forces forced the free ISP to succumb to operating costs. “While we were encouraged […]

Network service provider LMKI Inc. Thursday aligned with New Edge Networks Inc. to deliver broadband Internet services to small businesses in U.S. semi-rural markets. The companies forged the pact in order to leverage LMKI’s broadband integration capabilities with New Edge Networks’ digital subscriber line access to businesses in underserved markets. Steve Godsey, New Edge Networks […]

SBC Communications Inc. is working to connect digital subscriber line users posthaste. In another key move to unleash its so-called “Project Pronto” $6 billion DSL network buildout in the U.S., SBC Monday introduced its self-installation kit designed to make high-speed Internet access a breeze. A self-install option is currently available to most DSL customers in […]

A Friday Webcast featured U.S. President Bill Clinton penning his electronic “John Hancock” on the Electronic Signature Act, officially granting e-mail the same status as paper in court. EXBTV.COM carried the Webcast live from the historical grounds where the Declaration of Independence was signed with a quill pen. Clinton used a smart card to transform […]

Covad Communications, Inc. Friday revved up its fully automated loop ordering process with four additional telephone companies. New to Covad’s electronic bonding system are GTE Corp., US West Inc. and SBC Communications Inc. subsidiaries Ameritech and Southwestern Bell. Covad has been placing local loop orders using its automatic ordering process with Pacific Bell since December […]

Virtual Growth is on a mission to deliver automated and integrated accounting solutions to small businesses through its outsourced delivery platform. The much-watched accounting firm that’s taking a shot at delivering its services as an application service provider Thursday introduced a suite of financial solutions scheduled for public release in the third quarter. At the […]

A Massachusetts-based consumer group this week dropped its open access referendum bid from the state’s November ballots when AT&T Corp. agreed to allow rival Internet service providers on its cable systems in three municipalities. AT&T and the Massachusetts Coalition for Consumer Choice and Competition on the Internet, known in short as the Mass Coalition, reached […]

Full-service application provider Eltrax Systems Inc. Thursday introduced a comprehensive application monitoring program designed to help companies manage Web-based services. In addition to Web monitoring features, the service dubbed AppView OnLine, is designed to help small businesses keep track of back-office application functionality and database interoperability. Denise Grey, Eltrax ASP business unit president and chief […]

Following closely on its Phoenix launch of wireless broadband services, Sprint Corp. Thursday extended its wire-free footprint into a second Arizona city. Tucson becomes the second metropolitan area in the U.S. to test out Sprint’s broadband wireless systems. Dubbed Sprint Broadband Direct, the high-speed Internet service is an extension of the telecom giant’s two-way fixed […]

EarthLink Inc. Internet services will be featured on Hewlett-Packard Co.’s personal computer line up just in time for the forthcoming holiday sales surge. The nation’s second largest Internet service provider Thursday struck a national distribution deal with Hewlett-Packard , allowing consumers easy access to EarthLink’s Internet services when they plug-in their new personal computer system. […]

Earlier in June, the Federal Communications Commission requested that America Online Inc. explain its stance on instance messaging, in light of its proposed merger with Time Warner Inc. Royce Dickens, FCC Cable Service Bureau deputy chief of the policy and rules division, probed America Online’s pledge to develop an interoperability standard for instant messaging, and […]

Microsoft Corp. Wednesday entered into an agreement with Euroseek to develop Microsoft’s MSN and Internet Explorer region-specific portals. As a result of the deal, Euroseek will be features on both Microsoft’s search engines, which include MSN’s portals in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Euroseek will also be built in to the search function in versions […]