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Could Automated Tech Support Be Life Threatening?

April 11, 2010
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Using utility services against a resident is by no stretch of the imagination a new idea.  In an episode of CSI, a stalker working for the cable company used his position to gain access to people’s homes.  In the 2003 film, “The Italian Job”, a group of gold hijackers posed as a cable repair unit [...]

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ISPs Preparing For IPv6

June 18, 2009
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Recently, Comcast demonstrated its network readiness for the switch to IPv6 addresses.  Believe it or not, the internet is not infinite. In fact, it is running out of space rather quickly. That is, the current version of Internet Protocol is running out of space. What we now use is known as IPv4, and experts believe [...]

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Google Developing Tools To Detect ISP Throttling

June 14, 2008
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In a time when broadband consumers are trying to get what they are paying for in terms of connection speeds in addition to wondering if their speeds are being throttled by their ISP (Internet Service Provider) Google has decided to step in and announce that they will be providing tools to detect if your ISP [...]

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