Comcast released an explanation of Internet peering today as a subtle defense to the fees it recently imposed on Level 3 Communications. Comcast’s explanation of Internet peering focuses on the fact that the various large networks of which the Internet is composed generally have pre-established peering policies that hinge on fair and equal exchanges of traffic. When [...]
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No Comments »Disappointing news for net neutrality proponents hit the wire late today. Apparently, in response to Netflix‘ recent deal with Level 3 Communications in which Level 3 will carry Netflix streaming video data traffic, Comcast has levied a recurring fee on Level 3 to deliver this streaming video traffic to its customers. Backed into a corner, Level 3 [...]
Posted in Content Delivery, How It Works, Internet, Technology, Web Technology Tags: comcast, Internet, Level 3, Net Neutrality, Netflix 3 Comments »Most people don’t think twice about CAPTCHA’s – those funny looking prompts presented to Internet users to differentiate them from spam-bots or automated malicious scripts. They’re quickly answered, granting people access to the websites and information being sought. As the technology available to the Internet’s evil-doers has advanced allowing the defeat of early CAPTCHA [...]
Posted in Internet, Web Technology Tags: advertising, CAPTCHA, Internet, NuCaptcha, NuCaptcha Engage, reCAPTCHA, security, Solve Media, spam 2 Comments »The idea to turn those annoying but necessary CAPTCHA prompts Internet users face everyday into a productive use of idle human brainpower is nothing new. For several years now, reCAPTCHA has been applying its spam thwarting CAPTCHA techniques to digitize massive numbers of the world’s books – a task which ultimately got it purchased by [...]
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