Comcast, Verizon troubles illustrate peer-to-peer software opportunity
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Internet service providers have to walk a fine line between fairness and profitability. Users want maximum service, and are entitled to honest contracts. Maybe there's a way to help everyone at once.
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If the cable operator's efforts to partner with leading gadget makers are successful, those set-top boxes could be a thing of the past.Photo: Comcast's AnyPlay device
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The two companies have joined BitTorrent Device Partners, a licensing program aimed at creating devices that work with the file sharing service.
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Software developer Wurld Media has devised a way to bridge the gap between the freewheeling peer to peer downloads community and the music companies who would like to be paid.
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Distribution system could help businesses manage software upgrades on wireless devices.
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Large organizations may use Ethernet to connect remote offices with Verizon Business' roll out of a nationwide WAN service.
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Two boxes bundling managed security service with SMB-level firewall/router/gateways and DSL have appeal to smaller businesses and admins managing remote users, but our testing raised questions.
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The file-sharing company swallows up one of its rivals in a bid to ease distribution of video and movies to cable boxes and mobile devices. Can the digital dream of peer-to-peer television become a reality? Analysis by Scott Gilbertson.
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When it comes to net neutrality, telecom and Internet companies may be asking for it.
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The hardware networking company is trying to break out of the doldrums.
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When bankrupt cable operator Adelphia Communications begins eyeing bids for some or all of its cable systems, one heavyweight contender is likely to be a joint offer from Comcast Corp.
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With a new CEO, a new protocol that allows video to play while it downloads, and a new business providing file distribution services to content companies, BitTorrent is ready to go legit. But can it succeed where other peer-to-peer companies have failed?
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The FTC's peer-to-peer workshop brings opposing sides together, and they agree something should be done, but it's that uncertain something that is causing trouble. Michael Grebb reports from Washington.
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Small ISPs worry that a FCC decison could take away their ability to offer DSL.
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Comcast Corp. and Time Warner, which own the nation&#39;s two biggest cable TV companies, are exploring a possible joint bid for Adelphia Communications, the two suitors said yesterday.
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Use of a peer-to-peer program called BitTorrent is way up--and that could be bad news for opponents of file sharing.
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NEW YORK - These days, technology providers take nothing for granted, especially their customers: There are plenty of stories of providers going to extraordinary lengths to win and keep customers.