ISP fires 2 rookie troopers after parking dispute – Chicago Tribune

INDIANAPOLIS – Two rookie state troopers have been fired after they were accused of beating a patron of an Indianapolis gay bar in a dispute over a parking spot. State police say Superintendent Paul Whitesell fired Marcus Baxter and Curtis Swanson

Comcast Sees VoIP, ISP Growth – InternetNews.com
Comcast, the largest U.S. cable service provider, posted a higher quarterly profit as it gained market share in Voice over IP (VoIP) phone and ISP customers while controlling expenses, sending shares up 6 percent. The company said free cash flow rose

Comcast Corp. 2Q profit climbs 8 percent – BusinessWeek
Comcast Corp. on Wednesday reported an 8 percent increase in second-quarter profits, a solid performance in the face of a seasonally slower quarter made tougher by a decelerating economy. While the nation’s largest cable operator lost basic video

FCC ready to take on ISP limits – San Francisco Gate
(07-28) 18:14 PDT — The Federal Communications Commission appears poised to crack down on Comcast for its practice of slowing down or blocking large file transfers, which has drawn the ire of consumer groups. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin confirmed in

BitTorrent hole in ISP filter tests – ZDNet Australia
The results of ISP-level content filtering tests released today by the federal government have revealed that the products tested could filter websites with illegal content or block entire peer-to-peer networks such as BitTorrent, but could not

Comcast, NetZero latest providers to bow to Cuomo’s Usenet campaign – CNET News
New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s recent threats of adopting unspecified “legal remedies,” potentially including criminal prosecution, against Comcast apparently worked. Comcast responded this week by saying it signed a memorandum of

Ex-ISP chief Dan Charboneau critical after rafting accident – Idaho Statesman
Former Idaho State Police Director Dan Charboneau was listed in critical condition Monday at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center after a rafting accident on the Middle Fork of that Salmon River over the weekend. The accident occurred around 1 p.m