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DirecTV's Spaceway-1 to head off into the void before its batteries detonate
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Protesters backing Huawei's CFO Meng Wanzhou during her US extradition hearings were 'duped paid actors'
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24 Jan 02:26 | 27
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare fragged our business VOIP: US ISP blames outage on smash-hit video game rush
This is Windstream, going dark...
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CityFibre relieves TalkTalk of its FTTP sister biz for £200m – after Boris win blows away Labour's nationalisation vow
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21 Jan 18:41 | 14
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South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal and unjust' sale of .amazon to zillionaire Jeff Bezos
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21 Jan 16:07 | 94
Networks
Looking for a great value broadband deal? War-torn Syria will do you proud
UK internet costs shamed by European colleagues, but at least it's not Eritrea
21 Jan 10:20 | 41
Networks
Let’s check in on the .org sale fiasco: Senators say No, internet grandees say Yes – and ICANN pretends there's absolutely nothing to see here
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Networks
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Connecticut Supremes affirm trial judge's decision to toss 'pay to play' claim
16 Jan 20:23 | 14
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One company on the planet, US-based Afilias, meets the criteria to run Colombia's trendy .co registry – and the DNS world fears a stitch-up
Special reportSouth American nation's government accused of fixing TLD contract amid bitter business war
15 Jan 10:45 | 8
Networks
Problems at Oracle's DynDNS: Domain registration customers transferred at short notice, nameserver records changed
Must have missed Oracle's December memo: 'It is now time that we part ways with this business'
15 Jan 10:00 | 43
Networks
Go on, eat your fibre, new build contractors. It's free! OpenReach lowers limit for free FTTP connections
You may not have plumbing to the premises, but by god you'll have fibre
14 Jan 14:57 | 26
Networks
ICANN finally reveals who’s behind purchase of .org: It’s ███████ and ██████ – you don't need to know any more
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14 Jan 00:26 | 84
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MI5 gros fromage: Nah, US won't go Huawei from dear old Blighty over 5G, no matter what we do
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13 Jan 16:23 | 52
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As internet pioneers fight to preserve .org’s non-profit status, those in charge are hiding behind dollar signs
CommentICANN, ISOC, PIR and Ethos still refusing to provide details
09 Jan 08:03 | 28
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Cogent cut off from ARIN Whois after scraping net engineers' contact details and sliding them to sales staff
And the techies are almost universally very happy about it
09 Jan 00:40 | 12
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We won't CU later: New Ofcom broadband proposals mull killing off old copper network
Yearly review promises FTTP for rural bods, price check on network wholesaler Openreach
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5G signals won't make men infertile, sighs UK ad watchdog as it bans bonkers scary poster
'Unsubstantiated' ad must never be seen again, growls adland watchdog
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Thought 5G marketing was bad? Cable industry sticks with ridiculous 10G branding as another year rolls around
CESWhat started as a joke slowly blends into potential fiber reality
07 Jan 10:59 | 12
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ICANN extracts $20m signing fee for $1bn dot-com price increases – and guess who's going to pay for it?
CommentSorry, meant to say Verisign contributes to 'security threat' education
07 Jan 10:01 | 23
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18 Dec 02:22 | 11
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17 Dec 23:57 | 28
Networks
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17 Dec 17:01 | 54
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Stop us if you've heard it before but... Africa's internet management body mired again by corruption allegations
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17 Dec 06:51 | 7
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16 Dec 21:24 | 101
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11 Dec 22:02 | 11
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