Online census shows DSL rising, free ISPs falling
The Internet population in the United States grew 52 percent in 2000 to 68.7 million people, according to a new study released today by Telecommunications Reports International

Free ISPs: Who Will Survive?
When I began testing free Internet Service Providers there were so many I had to narrow down to six that I would actually test. I decided to use each service for one week.

Looking to smooth out DSL delivery
Virtual Access is aiming to solve the thorny issue of identifying and resolving problems in DSL networks without involving the DSL wholesaler.

Why Microsoft's MSN PC give away didn't work
MSN claims to have recruited 500,000 new subscribers in Q4 2000, and MSN is pulling the $400 hardware rebate it offers new subscribers in March. What do these two things have in common?

Ad nauseam
The self-professed "Spam King" is again finding ways to irritate people in the name of marketing.

Online Census Shows DSL Rising, Free ISPs
According to TRI's Online Census, the vast majority of Americans get their access from paid dial-up ISPs.

ASP Plans Survive
KPMG ends Qwest Cyber.Solutions investments, works on enabler platform

Like Bees To Honey, WASPs Are Swarming
As one industry sage recently declared about wireless application service providers: The devil is in the details.

ISP toys with plan for subscriber-based supercluster
United States Internet service provider Juno Online Services has announced plans to link its subscribers' computers into a computing supercluster.

Bye-bye, free ISPs
There's no such thing as a free lunch and pretty soon there may be no such thing as a free Internet service provider.

For AOL, Good News and Bad
Holiday Sign-Ups, Sales Surge, but Stock Sinks

AOL Time Warner Opponents Rushing to Get Last Word With FCC
The episode illustrates the many hurdles that AOL and Time Warner have overcome, and may yet have to clear, nearly a year after the two companies announced their betrothal.

Global Crossing restructures
IP network provider Global Crossing has restructured its senior management team as part of a global strategy to add managed services to its existing bandwidth service portfolio.

MSN Reaches $3.6 Billion in Online Holiday Shopping and Tops 4 Million Subscribers
MSN today announced unprecedented momentum in extending its best-of-breed services to the broadest set of consumers ever

Behind the Silent Nights of Bluelight.com
"Bluelight screwed me," says one Valley guy I know. "It was down for days." This guy, who asked not to be named, is an energetic executive by day and a mild-mannered family man by night.

Struggling DSL vendor Covad moves to slash another 400 jobs
Struggling broadband networking vendor Covad Communications last Friday announced plans to dismiss another 400 workers

Micron ASP push: Last chance?
PC maker Micron Electronics Inc. will transform its HostPro Inc. subsidiary into a full-fledged ASP later this year, a move that experts say may be a last-ditch effort to save the company.

IDT Scraps Dial-up ISP Service
New Jersey-based telecommunications carrier IDT Corp. will discontinue its flat fee $9.95 per month dial-up ISP service, effective January 31, 2001

AOL members spent $4.6B during holidays
What bad holiday? America Online says its subscribers spent more than most online users for holiday gifts

Formerly free ISP NetZero to charge heavy users
Soon, the "zero" in NetZero won't apply to heavy users of the company's Internet access service.

Cordless Net Access to Take Off
Will 2001 turn out to be the year that wireless Internet access takes off in the United States?
BlueLight setting up new rules for surfrs
BlueLight.com plans to announce a reward system next month that it hopes will turn its free Internet subscribers into online Kmart shoppers.

Pacific Gateway Exchange Files Voluntary Chapter 11 Petition
Pacific Gateway Exchange, Inc.  announced today that it has filed a voluntary Chapter 11 petition with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division.

Globix Receives $23 Million in New Financing and Significantly Reduces Capital Commitments
Globix Corporation announced today that it has received new vendor financing commitments and has mutually terminated its Boston lease with Cabot, Cabot and Forbes of New England Inc.

DBC Bankruptcy Is Tip Of DSL Iceberg
The DSL market is swimming in troubled waters.

Maverix.net Inc. is going out of business
Maverix.net Inc., a provider of high-speed Internet connections via telephone lines, is going out of business and is directing its customers to Covad Communications Group Inc. of California.

DSL provider Jato closing
Greenwood Village firm had employed nearly 500 workers in September