Fon VoIP network being disrupted by protest over Wi-Fi adverts
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Users submerging routers to neutralise flaw Why are people "moving" their FON routers into the lake? It's because of a clever idea - or so it seemed: let people "earn" 15 minutes of free Internet time on the FON Wi-Fi network by watching adverts.â¦
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Not just logo that's red Vodafone UK has been forced to recognise the Connect union, the Central Arbitration Committee has ruled.â¦
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Shhh, don't tell the terrorists Vodafone is telling customers that VoIP services are insecure - even as Sky News is reporting that VoIP calls threaten our war on terror because such calls can't be intercepted.â¦
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's Wi-Fi The number of workers in the UK who admitted they "hijack" the wireless connection of others has gone up from six per cent to 11 per cent over the last 12 months. Globally the figure is 12 per cent*, with big increases all over the world.â¦
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What are people supposed to do if they can't hear vital information over dysfunctional public address systems?
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Announcements by Vonage, Net2Phone, Boingo underscore collision course of Internet telephony and wireless broadband.
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BT has blocked premium rate numbers associated with a net scam that is costing its customers dear.
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Business & money: Â· Auction poses threat to established networksÂ· Ofcom wants spectrum from Vodafone and O2
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British telephone users now have a new code prefix - 056 - for VoIP numbers with cyberspace locations. The United Kingdom&#39;s media and telecommunications regulator, Ofcom, has released plans to help the take
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Karoo boo boo Karoo, Hull's monopoly ADSL provider, has been hit by a major outage today that has forced much of the city's population offline.â¦
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InfoWorld - NTT DoCoMo&#39;s 3G network in part of central Tokyo was hit by trouble on Saturday resulting in problems for tens of thousands of users.
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Missing the boat Comment I recently interviewed Boeing (Farnborough International Air show) and couldn't get a word out of them about Connexion By Boeing - their inflight WiFi/satellite service. Now, I find that Connexion has gone bust.â¦
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InfoWorld - A consumer advocacy group is blasting RealNetworks for installing adware and other software without properly notifying its users.
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See you in court An Irish lobby group aims to dismantle Europe's laws forcing telecoms firms to retain phone and internet data on citizens. The group, Digital Rights Ireland, is taking a case both against the Irish Government and the European Directive on data retention.â¦
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VoIP startup SunRocket appears to be shut down, pointing up the continuing woes of companies trying to make a buck exclusively out of IP voice services.
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VoIP company suffers "delays," the second glitch in two weeks. Those affected are told to reboot their adaptors.
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And hits 3Q targets Vodafone is mounting a legal challenge to Ofcom's call for mobile operators to allow their customers to shift their number to another network within two hours.â¦