Patricia Fusco

Microsoft Corp. is putting Qwest Communications International Inc.’s nationwide Internet Protocol-based network to task providing local dial-up Internet access for its MSN subscribers. Qwest Wednesday was awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal to provide Microsoft with local dial-up services to expand MSN’s subscriber base on a global scale. Qwest was also tapped to supply high-speed […]

America Online Inc. Wednesday ushered in a teaching tool designed to provide state-of-the-art communications features for K-12 schools. Dubbed AOL@School, the comprehensive online program offers a variety of age-appropriate educational content, as well as teacher and administrator resources all accessible from any existing Internet connection. The AOL@School portal is available at no cost to all […]

Digital Subscriber Line equipment developer Copper Mountain Networks Inc. Tuesday introduced an innovative technology designed to improve Voice-over Internet Protocol efficiency. Dubbed Adaptive Fragmentation, Copper Mountain’s concentrators reduce jitter and latency VoIP at the point of Symmetric and ISDN DSL customer premise equipment (CPE). By minimizing the overhead in DSL networks, carriers using Adaptive Fragmentation […]

Internet home solutions Web portal OurHouse.com Tuesday partnered with iWon.com to launch a hybrid-marketing program that combines free Internet services with an opportunity to double daily cash prizes. Powered by co-branding free Internet access facilitator Spinway Inc., the dial-up service is available for downloading at OurHouse.net. The free Internet access deal also allows consumers to […]

EarthLink Inc., in addition to its normal Web hosting duties, will play host to grand opening ceremonies in commemoration of its new state-of-the-art call center. EarthLink Monday secured a five-year lease for the home of its rapidly expanding call center operations in Harrisburg, PA. Located in Dauphin County the new facility occupies 122,693 square feet […]

National Digital Subscriber Line service provider Covad Communications Co. Monday entered into a regional agreement to share high-speed phone lines with Bell Atlantic Corp. Under the agreement, Covad locked in a monthly line rate of $0 per line along with other monthly recurring charges totaling less than $3.00 and various nonrecurring charges. All other competitive […]

A federal judge in Richmond, Va. this week struck down a Henrico County law that would have forced AT&T Corp. to share its cable lines with rival Internet service providers. In a decision released Wednesday, Judge Richard Williams of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia ruled that the Henrico County Board of Supervisors exceeded […]

The Federal Communications Commission this week adopted a proposal to consider permitting the operation of ultra-wideband wireless technology on an unlicensed basis. The move could have an enormous impact on wireless consumer and business broadband applications for access to the Internet, as well as public safety use of the technology. UWB devices are able to […]

The Internet Engineering Task Force is requesting comments on its April proposal to re-craft RFC1122 designed to help network administrators reduce the use of Smurf amplifications in distributed denial of service attacks. The IETF work-in-progress proposes that in addition to standards set by RFC1122, Internet service provider technicians should augment ingress filtering. The proposal is […]

Broadband Digital Group this week fired-up it’s free offerings of dial-up Internet access and Web-based e-mail services to lure new subscribers to its advertising-supported digital subscriber line offering. Available through the company’s Winfire 2.0 software, registered free DSL users can automatically download the software required to support BDG’s free basic services. Ryan Steelberg, BDG president […]

The U.S. House of Representatives voted late Wednesday to extend the current moratorium on new Internet taxes for an additional five years. The moratorium passed the House with a 352- to-75 vote after nearly six hours of debate. The Internet Non-Discrimination Act [H.R. 3709] extends the current moratorium set to expire in October 2001, to […]

Personal communication service provider VoiceStream Wireless Wednesday launched the first phase of its wireless Internet services VoiceStream’s customizable portal services allows customers to receive e-mail, news, sports, entertainment and other information on their wireless phone. Dubbed MyVoiceStream.com, the wireless service debut marks the first in a series of messaging and data services VoiceStream has scheduled […]