internet
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This Is Why Half the Internet Shut Down Today
Scores of websites and services went down Friday afternoon due to problems with Cloudflare’s DNS service, sparking rampant speculation about the cause. After all, a global DDOS attack would totally fit the real-life apocalypse movie that 2020 is increasingly turning into.
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ACCC Sues Dodo and iPrimus Over Misleading Internet Speeds
Internet service providers Dodo and iPrimus have misled customers over their peak evening internet speeds, according to the ACCC. The ACCC, Australia’s consumer watchdog, has started court proceedings that will allege the internet providers, both owned by Vocus Group, had made “false or misleading claims” about their NBN broadband speed offerings between March 2018 and…
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Cox Might Slow Down a Whole Neighbourhood’s Internet If One Person Is Using Too Much Data
If there is anything as quite as infuriating as internet Ars Technica, Cox Communications not only wants certain customers to stop using so much data, it’s also reportedly punishing entire neighbourhoods to get those customers to stop using so much data.
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$2 Billion Sale Of .Org Registry To Private Equity Leeches Voted Down By ICANN
Something good has happened for once: The Internet Corp for Assigned Names and Numbers voted to block its partner organisation, the Internet Society, from selling off control over the .org domain registry to private equity goons in a deal opposed by virtually everyone who wouldn’t have an opportunity to cash in.