Telecommunications and Mobile

In a world where the music fan is drifting away from downloads — paid, illegal, or whatever — does something like 'three-strikes' make sense?  France has decided it doesn't. Moving forward, file-swappers wil... Read More...

It's a detail that could easily be overlooked by the lay subscriber.  And, worse, confuse the entire lay of the subscriber land.  According to details unearthed Friday by Torrentfreak, subscribers to ISPs not p... Read More...

This is one of the strongest votes yet against three-strikes disconnections in France, despite earlier evidence that piracy is being curtailed.  But according to a government-commissioned report, playing bad co... Read More...

The following comes from Electronic Frontier Foundation International Director Danny O'Brien and Global Policy Director Maira Sutton, both of whom take a very critical look at three strikes, 'graduated response... Read More...

It's been said before, and it's being reiterated again for customers.  Because even if a user faces 'six strikes' or sixty, Comcast (and other ISPs) will not be disconnecting the account.  Under any circumstanc... Read More...

The following is a conversation between Digital Music News (posing as a prospective customer) and a Verizon FiOS sales representative. ... Read More...

Last month, we marveled at how the ISPs effectively de-fanged 'three-strikes,' and replaced it with a far softer 'six-strikes' instead.  Then again, the powerful oligopoly that controls broadband access in the ... Read More...

US-based ISPs are about to start issuing warnings en masse, yet France has been at this since 2009.  The French program, administered by HADOPI, has generated plenty of criticism, but one thing is doesn't gener... Read More...