Comcast trials service to help bandwidth hogs impose self control Comcast is trialing a service that tips off heavy users when they are about to run afoul of the company's acceptable use policy and thereby run the risk of having their bandwidth pinched during periods when the network gets congested. A real-life carbon-neutral ISP Australian ISP Internode has been carbon-neutral for more than a year, happily paying 20% more to power its data centers and offices. Gates Foundation funds library broadband projects The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed nearly US$3.4 million in grants to improve Internet connections for libraries in five states, the foundation announced Tuesday. Cable industry floats broadband adoption program A cable industry trade group has proposed a program that would help low-income families of middle-school students get broadband service in their homes, with cable broadband providers pitching in about US$572 million worth of discounted service over two years. Today from the Subnet communities On Cisco Subnet: The CCIE has gotten a lot harder, data shows and Can Santa Deliver a Hummin' Dynamips Platform for Christmas?; On Microsoft Subnet: Prevx apologizes, backtracks on claims that Microsoft patch causes black screen; On Google Subnet: Google changes rules for Google News to placate publishers Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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