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iiNet Wars: The Buyout Battle Between TPG And M2 Is Officially On
So earlier this week M2 Telecommunications (“we own Dodo!”) issued a proposal bid to merge with iiNet, effectively upsetting the takeover bid made by TPG last month. iiNet has now told TPG it has until next Tuesday to come up with a better offer than M2.
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Why Are ISPs Removing Their Customers’ Email Encryption?
Recently, Verizon was caught tampering with its customer’s web requests to inject a tracking super-cookie. Another network-tampering threat to user safety has come to light from other providers: email encryption downgrade attacks.
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A New Underwater Internet Cable Directly Connects Crimea And Russia
Russia’s connection with Crimea is an unsolved geopolitical quandary, but the physical connection to the Russian mainland just got a bit stronger: Crimean ISPs have transitioned over to a new 46km long underwater cable connecting directly to Russia, bypassing the old connection through Ukraine.
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The Best Australian ISP For BitTorrent Users Is…
If you use BitTorrent and don’t want your traffic to get throttled by your ISP, you might want to take a look at this new research.