ISP Usage and Market Share

No blockage of access to websites by ISP: MCMC
The Sun Daily / 5/2/13
KUALA LUMPUR (May 3, 2013): There is no blockage of access being implemented by Internet Service Providers (ISP) as alleged by certain quarters, according to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). Instead, MCMC check ...

CenturyLink To Provide Gigabit Internet In Omaha
Ubergizmo / 5/1/13
Google has been working extensively in this arena, it is currently in the process of rolling out its Fiber gigabit internet and TV service in multiple cities. Vermont already has a Fiber competitor offering super fast internet speeds for $35. A Sony backed ISP in ...

ACSI Expands With Company Measures for Internet Service Providers
Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release) / 4/30/13
With the addition of Internet service providers, the ACSI will produce 20 customer satisfaction benchmarks for companies that represent the largest providers of voice, video, and data services to American consumers. “For telecommunications companies, the new ISP industry measure offers benefits that go beyond any single telecom category,” says David VanAmburg, ACSI Director. “Most telecom companies in the Index are measured in more than one telecommunications category. With the addition of ISPs to the ...

Vermont ISP Offers Gigabit Internet For $35 A Month
WebProNews / 4/26/13
The company plans to offer gigabit speeds for only $35 a month, half of what Google Fiber charges for it service. Funny enough, the company has Google to thank for its new fiber Internet. Michel Guite, Vermont Telephone Co.'s CEO, said that he was denied ...

Adam Internet ends CommunityNet service
Telecompaper (subscription) / 4/23/13
South Australian ISP Adam Internet will end its CommunityNet service from 31 May for all new and existing customers. The company said it offered the feature as a value add at a time when broadband services had lower data quotas and to promote local ...

ACCC takes ISP to court over 'unfair' contract terms
Computerworld Australia / 4/21/13
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has announced it is taking Internet service provider Netspeed to court for alleged breaches of Australian Consumer Law. The watchdog alleges that Netspeed, which is the trading name for ByteCard, ...

Rural California Finally Gets Broadband Internet, Still Waiting For Second Gold ...
Gizmodo / 4/21/13
Rural California Finally Gets Broadband Internet, Still Waiting For Second Gold Rush A California ISP called Cal.net is rolling out service in El Dorado county where almost 60,000 residents have minimal internet access. Cal.net is taking advantage of unused ...

Ars Technica: Rural California ISP launches white spaces broadband for remote ...
NewsFactor Network / 4/20/13
An Internet service provider in California says it has deployed one of "the first commercial application[s] of TV White-Space broadband" to a rural area where many people lack strong Internet access. The ISP, Cal.net, said in an announcement yesterday that ...

Rural California ISP launches white spaces broadband for remote customers
Ars Technica / 4/19/13
The ISP, Cal.net, said in an announcement yesterday that "[o]ver 59,000 residents in our rural service area have had little or no quality Internet access." Many of those could be served with Cal.net's new white spaces network, which uses empty TV channels to ...

World's Fastest Home Internet Officially Launched by Sony Backed ISP
Telepresence Options / 4/19/13
With Google Fiber recently announcing their plan to bring their lightning fast internet service to Austin Texas, many Americans are starting to raise their head up high, hoping that the United States will raise in ranking above the countless number of countries with ... moving to Austin could revolutionize the ISP market and effect pricing and available speeds at all levels, but this recent announcement could force our technology leaders to even further speed up development of these super high-speed internet services.

Japanese ISP delivers twice the speed of Google Fiber for a lower price in Tokio
Android Authority / 4/18/13
Since the launch of their Fiber internet service, Google have held the crown for the world's fastest internet speeds. However, a Sony-backed ISP has crashed the party with the release of their own Internet service in Tokyo which is both faster and cheaper.

World's fastest home internet unveiled by a Sony backed ISP in Japan
The Droid Guy / 4/18/13
Many of you may not know that Sony has its presence in the internet industry too. The Sony backed ISP, So-net Entertainment, recently announced the availability of the world's fastest internet service for home use in Japan. Although the ISP has been around ...