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Ofcom reports a 22% gain in the UK's average broadband download speed between May and November, but not all ISPs improved.

HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how to set up a CentOS 5.7 server (x86_64) that offers all services needed by ISPs and web hosters."

This was rumored about a month ago, but now reports are coming out that the Pakistani government has issued orders to all ISPs in the country, telling them to block any user from using any "technology that would allow them to privately browse the internet." The notice to ISPs specifically calls out VPNs

Previously, representatives from the Finnish music industry filed a lawsuit against Elisa, one of the country’s largest ISPs, demanding that it should block subscriber access to The Pirate Bay.

In a reply filed at the district court, Elisa has refused to comply, describing the blocking demands as “unreasonable.”

As first reported by CNET, some of the country's largest Internet service providers have agreed to step copyright enforcement on behalf of copyright owners.

One of the popular claims from entertainment industry supporters, who somehow want ISPs to be liable for file sharing, is that "ISPs profit from file sharing." We hear this over and over again.

But there's little evidence that's true.

TechDirt: "At the beginning of September, we noted that some French ISPs had indicated that, as the French three strikes process began, with the Hadopi agency sending out its tens of thousands of "first strike" notices, they would ignore the requests."

It’s amazing how easily a person can tell stories about the early days of the Internet and make it sound like they went to school in a barn using a horse-drawn carriage to get there.

Last week we noted that Pakistan had chosen to start censoring a bunch of big websites, including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon.

The 'Big Four' of Congressional telecom policy say they want to hear ideas about revising the Communications Act.

Are these guys serious, or are they just tail gunning for the FCC as it ramps up proposals to regulate ISPs and the wireless industry?