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FCC Open Internet Rules Summary
Sandvine has reviewed the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) December 23, 2010 Report and Order (the Order) related to Preserving the Free and Open Internet. In short the Order appears to...
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Pulling the Plug: The abrupt shut down of Internet services in Egypt
Much has been reported about the Egyptian Government’s shut-down of Internet access to its citizens in the wake of civic protests. While all reports properly condemn such censorship, there has been...
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Protecting Subscribers from Bill Shock
We’ve all heard anecdotal and media reports of mobile subscribers getting a nasty surprise when they open their monthly bill. CNN ran such a story in the wake of last year’s devastating natural...
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If a dry faucet leaks, is it a leak?
We’ve seen some recent press stating that WikiLeaks plans to release documents from three Canadian companies named on the SpyFiles website, of which, Sandvine is one (there are many companies on the...
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The Weak Link is the Missing Link
=There is considerable confusion in the consumer network access industry regarding the objective of congestion relief (traffic management) and that of market-segmentation and value-definition (usage...
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Battling the Botnets
We talk a lot on this blog about Internet traffic trends such as the growth of Real-Time Entertainment and Storage and Back-up Services. While these topics sure get a lot of interest from both...
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Managing the Explosion of Mobile Video in Your Network
Guest Post By Dave Caputo, CEO, Sandvine. (Article as appeared in March 2012 print edition of Internet Telephony Magazine.) Internet consumers are spending more time using Internet applications for...
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Behind the Scenes of the 6-Strikes Copyright Alert System
On July 1, 2012 television, movie, music businesses, as well as major Communications Service Providers (CSPs) in the US (including AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Cablevision, Time Warner Cable) started...
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Groundhog Day…in Europe?
Guest post by Rick Wadsworth – Director, Investor Relations You may remember the 1993 Bill Murray film, Groundhog Day. In it, a weatherman (Murray) finds himself living the same day (February 2:...
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A Net Neutrality Compromise in Europe?
The latest event to get the Net Neutrality term burbling across the Internet again was a May 30th speech by Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission (EC) responsible for the Digital...
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Sandvine’s Thoughts on the Net Neutrality Ruling in the US
Last week a US federal appeals court ruled that the “no blocking” and “no unreasonable discrimination” portions of the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) December 23, 2010 Report and Order...
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Evaluating netneutralitytest.com
Yesterday, it was alleged that Verizon was ‘waging war’ against Netflix and other cloud providers by throttling subscriber traffic to these services. In response to this allegation,...
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Dear FCC, deprioritize Pay for Priority
On Monday, Sandvine submitted comments yesterday to the FCC’s latest Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Open Internet. Much of the NPRM focuses on legal questions that others are better...
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Dear FCC, Part 2: say no to haters of zero-raters
Sandvine submitted comments on July 14 to the FCC’s latest Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Open Internet. Much of the NPRM focuses on legal questions that others are better placed to...
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Dear FCC, Part 3: say no to haters of sponsored data
Sandvine submitted comments on July 14 to the FCC’s latest Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Open Internet. Much of the NPRM focuses on legal questions that others are better placed to...
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Sandvine, Internet Leaders Achieve Consensus on Traffic Differentiation
Sandvine’s Chief Technology Officer, Don Bowman, recently concluded months of work with members of the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG) to publish BITAG’s Technical Working Group’s...
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The Net NeuroZone: Net Neutrality Enters Europe
The European Parliament just approved a proposed Regulation concerning Net Neutrality and roaming in the EU, applicable to all Member States. Apparently, the Net Neutrality rules will apply from April...
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FCC Chairman “Free Wheelering” on T-Mobile’s “Binge On” Offering
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler seems to have endorsed T-Mobile’s “Binge On” offering that bundles unlimited video streaming into qualifying mobile data service tiers at no extra charge to the subscriber. We...
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NY Attorney General Wu-ing Support with Faulty Data
In September 2015, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the appointment of Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu as Senior Enforcement Counsel and Special Advisor to the Attorney General....
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Internet Phenomena Podcast – Episode 4 – Building On Binge On
In episode 4 of Sandvine’s Internet Phenomena Podcast, Dan Deeth, Media and Industry Relations Manager is joined by Rick Wadsworth, Director, Corporate Communications to talk about best practices...
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