Charging on moral grounds
Are we seeing the beginning of a fightback from ISPs tired of carrying heavy traffic loads from ‘over-the-top’ freeloaders, or is it just a case of ‘smoke and mirrors’. The first volley came from Comcast aimed at Level 3, one of the largest Internet backbones in the world, demanding a fee from them to deliver [...]
Britain is back with a bang!
Following hot on the heels of one of England’s greatest sporting triumphs, beating Australia on its home turf in cricket, is good old British Telecom thumbing its nose at those other ex-colonials, the Americans, and the net neutrality bunkum. In the best spirit of capitalism and free-trade, BT Wholesale has devised a specialized content delivery network [...]
Mobile operator’s worst fear?
What happens if a mobile network cracks under the strain of a ‘data tsunami’? This was one of the most hotly debated topics at the recent ‘Monetizing Bandwidth’ roundtable held at TM Forum’s MW Americas last month. Although most attendees thought it was some way off, for one operator it has happened way sooner than [...]
Google is no whisp of an isp
A report released this week by Arbor Networks states that Google now boasts a network bigger than all but two of the world’s ISPs. Don’t say you weren’t warned!