
The
Intelligence Center for the ISP Community
May 16, 2008
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ISP-Planet Guide to Building an ISP:
Chapter 12: Exit Strategies for Leaving the Business Alex
Goldman
[May 16, 2008] Every ISP is thinking about this, even if an exit is not part of the immediate plan.
ISP Resources
When the DoS Attack Reaches a Gigabit Alex
Goldman
[May 15, 2008] GigaFin says that although generalist security appliances can handle your everyday needs, you'll need its appliance when you're hit with a massive attack.
ISP Equipment
Reflexion Grows Alex
Goldman
[May 14, 2008] The anti-spam provider announces new services and adds power to its core engine.
ISP Equipment
From Our Blog: WISPA and Friends Team Up on CALEA Alex Goldman
[May 13, 2008] One ISPCON speaker said this morning, "this is one of the coolest things any ISP association has ever done for its members."
ISP Politics
ImageStream and Powercode Team Up To Fight P2P Traffic for ISPs Alex
Goldman
[May 13, 2008] A powerful partnership fights a real problem.
ISP Equipment
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"To this day, Coupons.com is in breach of TRUSTe's rules, and TRUSTe knows it. Yet Coupons.com remains listed on TRUSTe's whitelist as if its practices are beyond reproach and as if the company is in good standing vis-a-vis TRUSTe's rules. That's outrageous, and users should demand better." |
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Hosted E-Mail Archiving Company Seeks SP Partners Alex Goldman
[May 13, 2008] The eponymous Stephen Marsh says that his company, Smarsh, is prepared for anything after winning over the financial and health care sectors.
ISP Value-Added Services
Rohan Jayasekera, Director of Tucows E-Mail Service Alex Goldman
[May 12, 2008] With a new and evangelistic director of e-mail, Tucows is focusing on perfecting the basics of e-mail.
ISP News
Procera Reloaded Alex Goldman
[May 12, 2008] The company fires most of its staff, hires new people, and introduces what it claims is the most accurate Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) available today.
ISP News
Link Technologies' PoweRouter Alex Goldman
[May 9, 2008] Aiming to take on the Cisco 7200 series, Link Technologies has adapted MikroTik technology to high end deployments.
ISP Fixed Wireless
DSL Prime: New York City's 100 Percent Broadband Plan Dave
Burstein
[May 9, 2008] It looks like Verizon will deliver fiber to 100 percent of New York City without any subsidy or tax credit. If so, it could set a positive pattern for the rest of the world.
CLEC Technical
Ikano Communications Opens Google and Microsoft Channels Alex Goldman
[May 8, 2008] The infrastructure provider to ISPs is adding an impressive array of services, something we've been advising ISPs to do for years.
ISP News
VoIP Wholesale Provider Directory: VarPhonex Jeff
Goldman
[May 7, 2008] InPhonex's VoIP reseller program is designed to give ISPs a great deal of flexibility in building a voice offering for their customers—but don't expect anything as simple as a pre-configured website.
VoIP
Wholesale Provider Directory Quick
Reference Chart
ISPhone, Updated Gerry Blackwell
[May 6, 2008] With open source and proprietary parts, an industry veteran has built a competitive product that offers advantages to even the smallest ISP.
ISP Technology
Firing a Customer Brock Henderson
[May 5, 2008] There are customers who are so bad, you'll wish the competition had them. So go ahead and fire them! But do it the right way.
ISP Marketing
F2C: Clay Shirky and Here Comes Everybody Alex Goldman
[May 2, 2008] The Freedom to Connect conference concluded with a speech about the new freedoms of the internet and why those who hate the new freedoms will go after ISPs.
ISP Politics
mindSHIFT Acquires groupSPARK Alex
Goldman
[May 1, 2008] They may share a common orthography, but these two companies have complimentary businesses, one selling high touch managed services, the other selling through the channel.
ISP Investor
Celestial Software's AbsoluteTelnet Jeff
Goldman
[April 30, 2008] AbsoluteTelnet was launched over a decade ago, and continues to compete strongly in an increasingly crowded marketplace.
ISP Equipment
ADTRAN Adds Benefits for Mid Tier Channel Partners Alex Goldman
[April 29, 2008] ADTRAN has a three tier partner program, and the middle tier just got better.
ISP News
Why You Would Offer a Server for $1 for One Month Alex Goldman
[April 28, 2008] We checked in with an innovative webhost to learn about the promotion and whether or not it succeeded.
ISP Marketing
F2C: Dewayne Hendricks Alex Goldman
[April 25, 2008] This internet pioneer warned that the internet is being redefined for the benefit of a few powerful special interests.
ISP Politics
The Network's Task Manager Alex
Goldman
[April 24, 2008] One company has built a system that takes advantage of information from every network element to tell support—and the managers—what's happening on your network.
ISP Equipment
Wireless Equipment Distributor Directory: Creative Wireless' WiFi-Parts.com Jeff Goldman
[April 23, 2008] WiFi-Parts.com's customers get the benefit of Creative Wireless' years of experience as a WISP.
ISP Fixed Wireless
F2C: Wireless Politics Alex Goldman
[April 22, 2008] Michael Calabrese of the New America Foundation talked common sense on wireless and spectrum issues.
ISP Fixed Wireless
F2C: What the Data Says Alex Goldman
[April 21, 2008] One data expert and one person campaigning for better data presented together at the Freedom to Connect conference.
ISP Market Research
F2C: The Politics of Open Fiber Alex Goldman
[April 18, 2008] Presenters from Amsterdam, Burlington, and Lafayette said that open fiber is what their community needs.
ISP Politics
New Wireless Provider Bets on HSPA Gerry Blackwell
[April 17, 2008] Ed Evans has cogent arguments in favor of the choice he made, but few seem to be ready to do what he's doing. Is he a pioneer, or is he doomed?
ISP Fixed Wireless
Backbone Directory: Sago Networks Jeff
Goldman
[April 16, 2008] Sago Networks serves an area stretching from Miami, Florida to Atlanta, Georgia with both wired and wireless connectivity.
ISP Resources
F2C: Templeton Asks for Less Regulation Alex Goldman
[April 15, 2008] The time period between 1996 and 2008 has shown that the U.S. system of government is so riddled with institutional corruption that a net neutrality law will only be co-opted by the telcos it is meant to govern.
ISP Politics
DSL Prime: 50 Mbps Docsis, 200 Mbps GPON Dave
Burstein
[April 15, 2008] Good plans to deploy real speeds, unless Wall Street prevents investment.
CLEC Technical
At Freedom to Connect, Isenberg Asks Tech Industry to Save the World Alex Goldman
[April 14, 2008] Isenberg likes the people who make up the technology industry and knows most of the important ones, but at the conference, he pointed out that an epic global disaster is a possible outcome, and asked us all to work together to avoid it.
ISP Executive Perspectives
VoIP Ranking by Subscriber: Q4 2007 Alex Goldman
[April 11, 2008] Digital phone continues to advance, but subscriber data on some key players is still unavailable.
ISP Market Research
Top 25 U.S. ISPs by Subscriber: Q4 2007 Alex Goldman
[April 10, 2008] The top ten ISPs on our list now have more than three-quarters of the ISP market—and we count Time Warner twice in the top ten.
ISP Market Research
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