Tagged: ISPs & News
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Political pirate Rickard Falkvinge is out to prove a point News
16.04.2013 A fortnight ago, when the third season of fantasy TV series Game of Thrones was broadcast, digital pirates around the world illegally downloaded the episode more than 1m times –... -
Cloud Valley plan to make Cork a tech gateway to Europe News
09.04.2013 Local internet service providers (ISPs) and technology organisations in Cork City are putting their weight behind Cloud Valley, an ambitious plan to develop fibre infrastructure...Categories: Communications, Economy, Internet, Investments, Networking & Telecoms, Networks, Telecommunications -
Global internet slowdown triggered by largest reported DDoS attack News
27.03.2013 What started as a dispute between spam blockers and a hosting service has resulted in the largest ever distributed denial-of-service (DDos) attack reported, which could have... -
UK court orders ISPs to block access to file-sharing websites News
28.02.2013 Six ISPs including Sky, Everything Everyhere, BT, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin have been ordered by a UK court to block access to file-sharing websites KAT, H3T and Fenopy.Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Consumer Tech, Communications -
#2013CES: Netflix to deliver super-HD and 3D content via Open Connect News
08.01.2013 Last year, Netflix decided to create its own content delivery network (CDN), Open Connect, in order to better serve its customers, who are streaming more than 1bn hours of... -
SOPA, PIPA, ACTA and the battle for freedom on the internet News
03.01.2013 At the beginning of 2012, there was an online blackout as prominent sites protested what they believed to be unfair copyright legislation about to be enacted. This led to... -
Average broadband performance below peak expected of ISPs, Netflix warns News
23.12.2012 From this month onwards Netflix will publish monthly rankings of ISPs in the UK and Ireland based on their “actual performance” and already the survey reveals that services...Tags: Broadband Quality, Broadband Speeds, Streaming, Virgin, Everything Everywhere, O2, BT, Eircom, UPC, Netflix, ISPs -
Record labels’ Pirate Bay case against ISPs fast-tracked to the Commercial Court News
18.12.2012 The High Court has fast-tracked the case being taken by big four record labels against Vodafone, UPC, Digiweb, Imagine and Hutchison 3G seeking the blockage of torrent site The...Tags: Imagine , Illegal Downloads, 3, UPC, Digiweb, Vodafone, ISPs, Copyright Infringement, The Pirate Bay -
Almost half of UK internet users not sure if they’ve accessed illegal content News
20.11.2012 Nearly half of all internet users in the UK (47pc) are unsure whether the content they are accessing online is illegal, a new survey by telecoms watchdog Ofcom reveals. The... -
Wikipedia founder Wales slams UK ‘snooper charter’ as unenforcable News
06.09.2012 Legislation tabled by the UK government that will allow security forces to spy on every citizen’s (or subject’s) form of digital communication has been described by Wikipedia...Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Social Media, Security, Networking & Telecoms, Legal, Internet, Communications -
Ofcom issues new code for ISPs in copyright infringement disputes News
26.06.2012 UK telecoms watchdog Ofcom has published a new draft code that would require large ISPs to inform customers of allegations that their internet connections have been used to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, CIO -
UK High Court orders ISPs to ban The Pirate Bay News
30.04.2012 The UK High Court has ruled that internet service providers (ISPs) must block file-sharing site The Pirate Bay. -
Seanad to urge new laws for Irish ISPs to block child abuse material News
24.02.2012 A group of senators will next week put forward a private members motion urging Justice Minister Alan Shatter TD to put in place legislation that will require Irish internet...Categories: Wireless Communications, Web, Security, Search, Networking & Telecoms, Legal, Internet, Government, Consumer Tech -
EU Court of Justice to decide if ACTA breaches fundamental rights News
22.02.2012 The European Court of Justice is to review whether the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is incompatible with the EU’s fundamental rights and freedoms, the European...Categories: Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Consumer Tech, Communications, Games/Entertainment, Media -
Germany postpones decision to sign controversial ACTA treaty News
10.02.2012 As thousands of people in 200 European cities prepare to march in protest tomorrow against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), Germany has delivered a potentially... -
Ireland’s SOPA: no reprieve - SI not going back out for consultation News
08.02.2012 Last-minute hopes for a controversial statutory instrument dubbed Ireland’s SOPA going back out to the public for consultation have been dashed. The instrument is due to be... -
Ireland’s SOPA – the day of reckoning approaches News
06.02.2012 Tomorrow, the controversial statutory instrument concerning a change to the Copyright Act 2000 to correct a loophole in the legislation – dubbed ‘Ireland’s SOPA’ – goes before... -
ISPs speak out against legal change dubbed ‘Irish SOPA’ News
03.02.2012 The furious debate surrounding the statutory instrument to amend the Copyright Act 2000 – dubbed the ‘Irish SOPA’ – until now has seen one group maintain a dignified silence.... -
UK broadband speeds are 22pc faster than last year News
02.02.2012 Broadband speeds in the UK have shot up by 22pc on last year, a new survey by Ofcom reveals. Residential broadband speeds in November were 7.6Mbps, compared with 6.2Mbps a year... -
SOPA Box – debating the future of the internet in Ireland News
31.01.2012 Ahead of this evening’s Dail debate on the statutory instrument that amends the Copyright Act 2000, two of the leaders behind the Stop SOPA Ireland petition – Michele Neylon and...