Patricia Fusco

AT&T WorldNet is aggressively responding to complaints about busy signals being posted at its member’s only bulletin board which has seen hundreds of complaints over the past week from users dealing with busy signals and slow download speeds. An AT&T spokesperson said late Friday that some areas of the WorldNet network were experiencing congestion as […]

iPass Inc. and Telekom Malaysia Wednesday announced a new Internet roaming partnership. Telekom Malaysia’s ISP, Tmnet, plans to rollout the iPass Internet Roaming service to its customers this week. The partnership will provide more than 3,000 local access points throughout 150 countries. The iPass alliance with Telekom Malaysia means that Tmnet customers can obtain Internet […]

America Online came out on top in Inverse Network Technology’s latest statistics measuring network performance. AOL posted the top rated Web PageTime-to-Download (TTD) statistics and was the only provider of 28 tested to receive an A rating for the number of seconds it takes to download a web page. The Web Page Time-to-Download (TTD) metric […]

PSINet Inc. Tuesday announced an innovative partnership with the National Football League’s (NFL) Baltimore Ravens to develop a global Internet-based network for the team. Under the agreement, PSINet will develop and host a Ravens Web site, containing unique and exclusive content. PSINet will also create a Raven’s branded Internet service available only to subscribing fan […]

A group of Internet service providers and telecommunications companies is asking the Federal Communications Commission to open cable networks to competition. An impressive collection of companies requested Wednesday that the FCC open access to cable systems, contending that open access will enable ISPs to lease the lines they need to deliver advanced digital services. Specifically, […]

PSINet Inc. Wednesday acquired the rights to use 20 strands of fiber optic cable from Starcom Service Corp. The deal makes PSINet the first independent ISP that owns a continuous fiber optic network encircling the globe. The agreement remains subject to bankruptcy court approval in Vancouver. The deal will greatly increase PSINet’s network capacity on […]

DSLnetworks Tuesday introduced a new partnership program that allows Internet providers to resell Digital Subscriber Line services from DSLnetworks under their own brand name, without making infrastructure upgrades to their networks. DSLnetworks is a leading provider of national DSL network access, broadband Internet connectivity and remote access services. ISPs partnering with DSLnetworks route their DLS […]

VeriSign Inc. Tuesday announced several new Internet service providers have joined its Secure Site ISP affiliate program. Digital Insight, Hiway Technologies, PSINet and more than 400 other Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have signed on. The affiliate program enables ISPs and web hosting companies to offer VeriSign Secure Server IDs as an integrated part of their […]

Level 3 Communications Inc. has acquired BusinessNet Ltd., a leading London-based Internet Service Provider (ISP). Terms of the stock deal were not released. “The acquisition of BusinessNet significantly accelerates our entry into the UK market,” said Colin Williams, Level 3 International’s chief executive officer. “Business Net has an established market within the London business community. […]

CompuServe, a subsidiary of America Online Inc., and WebMD Inc., a full-service Internet health care site, Wednesday announced a two-year strategic partnership. CompuServe will become the primary Internet service provider offered to WebMD Subscribers and WebMD will become an anchor tenant on CompuServe’s Health Channel. WebMD offers physicians a suite of Internet products including medical […]

Comcast Corp. Wednesday announced its Comcast Online Communications will provide customers with one free year of SurfWatch content filtering software. SurfWatch access will allow Comcast @Home users to screen out unwanted content before it reaches their computers. “We want to make the Internet a safe place for Comcast @Home customers and their children to spend […]

A leading Internet consultant is taking issue with America Online Inc.‘s practice of caching Web pages. John Robb, a principal at technology research firm Gomez Advisors, recently wrote a column for the GomezWire Soapbox accusing AOL of being the worst offender of server proxy cache theft in the industry. Robb said America Online’s aggressive proxy […]