Internet Service Provider / ISP news stories

India's largest carrier and data centre neutral Internet Exchange (IX) operator has exceeded 500 connected networks across the country, making it the fastest-growing interconnection platform.

Global internet disruptions increased 63% in March, with internet service providers hit the hardest. This is according to the 2020 Internet Performance Report from ThousandEyes, the internet and cloud intelligence company.

"We saw outages spike to unprecedented levels -- especially among internet service providers who seem to have been more vulnerable to disruptions than cloud providers.”

Generally considered the “off season” for DDoS attacks, researchers attribute the surge in incidents to malicious efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The announcement that Sky will be entering the broadband market is no surprise, writes Brendan Ritchie.

Some ISPs have already reported a huge increase in daytime, home-based internet usage as New Zealanders move their work into their living rooms, studies and spare rooms.

The most effective way to 'flatten the curve' is to ensure everyone has an internet connection, says InternetNZ.

Spirit to expand its service offering into the MSP sector with the acquisition of Arinda IT.

“It’s only been a year since the rules lapsed, so there is still hope that our dire predictions will never come to pass."

“It’s getting harder to be a small business in New Zealand, but technology is making life easier for us.”

This deal is the latest in a series of commercial wins for Hawaiki.

In addition to releasing a host of new products, Huawei has signed an MoU and publicly stated its data centre plans for the region.

Content sharing platforms have a duty of care to proactively monitor for harmful content, act expeditiously to remove content which is flagged to them as illegal.

2degrees, Spark, Vodafone and Vocus are now blocking any website that shows footage of the mosque shootings.

“Unbundling fibre will provide retail service providers with a flexible future-proofed platform regardless of what tomorrow brings."

There are a number of key events set to impact the IT industry this year – but 5G won’t be one of them.

The new deal will add over 10,000 broadband subscribers to Superbb, the newly formed retail broadband division of Superloop.

"These figures suggest that many are disappointed with their connection, especially when comparing it to their previous service.”

ARRNet talk about the best ways to service the education sector, as well as its collaboration with Zoom

Forget the hype, the road to full 5G coverage is going to be a little longer than vendors and service providers have promised.

"I have lost count of how many times a former FX/Orcon/Callplus employee has told me that they “don’t have visibility” of billing ."

The company says the acquisition is consistent with their growth strategy of acquiring businesses with complementary offerings.

While retiring from day-to-day management of the business, Charles Tym continues as a director of Harbour ISP.

Who will end up paying any additional costs that are levied? Will cloud providers be taxed by the telco operators?