<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - ISPs</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/technology/specials/telecom/isp?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</link><description>ISPs</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Lawsuit Claims AOL Monitor Seduced Girl]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7723-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7723-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[America Online markets itself as a safe place for children, with parent-friendly features and a force of employees who monitor kids' chat rooms and watch out for adults prowling for youngsters.]]></description><author>APOnline</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawsuit Claims AOL Monitor Seduced Girl]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7482-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7482-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[America Online markets itself as a safe place for children, with parent-friendly features and a force of employees who monitor kids' chat rooms and watch out for adults prowling for youngsters. 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But she said she was too afraid to help.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comcast Net Outages Tied To Upgrades]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57899-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57899-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Network problems at one of the Washington area's largest Internet service providers have prevented some subscribers from checking their e-mail accounts and accessing Web sites.]]></description><author> Brian Krebs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Web Censors in China Find Success]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51712-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51712-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Chinese government is succeeding in broadly censoring what its citizens can read on the Internet, surprising many experts and denting U.S. government hopes that online access would be a quick catalyst for democratic political reform.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery of Missing Inmate and Woman Ends]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32519-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32519-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  AUSTIN, April 6  --  Randolph Franklin Dial used to portray himself as the hero of his own novel, writing friends that he served in Vietnam as a member of Delta Force or that he was a CIA, Secret Service or FBI agent. He told others he was a hit man with Mafia connections.]]></description><author> Sylvia Moreno</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down to the Wireless]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18949-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18949-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Q    Are there hotel chains that have free wireless Internet access? ]]></description><author> Elissa Leibowitz Poma</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCC Ruling Limits Competition, ISP Tells Justices]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11429-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11429-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Bush administration lawyer urged the Supreme Court to accept a 2002 Federal Communications Commission ruling that gave cable companies the right to bar rival Internet service providers from their lines, as the justices heard oral arguments yesterday in a case that could determine what choices are available to broadband subscribers.]]></description><author> Charles Lane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCC Favors Bells in DSL Vote]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2311-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2311-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Federal Communications Commission announced Friday that states cannot require regional phone companies to sell high-speed Internet service as a stand-alone product.]]></description><author> Yuki Noguchi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas Sues Vonage]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58598-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58598-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Texas sued Vonage Holdings Corp., the largest provider of Internet-based calling, accusing it of deceptive practices after a customer couldn't reach 911 emergency services using a Vonage connection.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Laurence Viele Davidson  and Timothy W. Doyle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phone Company Settles In Internet Call Blocking]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5428-2005Mar3.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5428-2005Mar3.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The FCC announced Thursday that a North Carolina-based telephone company agreed to pay $15,000 and to stop blocking the ability of consumers to use voice-over-Internet calling services.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post </B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grant Aids Computer Access at Libraries]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1424-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1424-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Public libraries in Maryland will share a $157,     200 grant from the Bill &#38; Melinda Gates Foundation to support public access to computers and online services, the Maryland State Department of Education said.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[AARP Pitches for Older Workers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61686-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61686-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The nation's leading organization for seniors launched an online effort yesterday to help companies recruit and retain workers 50 and older.]]></description><author> Amy Joyce</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCC Probes Blocking of Internet Phone Calls]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31082-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31082-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The federal government is looking into allegations that as many as 200 people who switched from traditional telephone service to placing calls via the Internet had their new service disrupted by the local telephone company in their area.]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mergers Raise Concerns Over Internet Access]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27724-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27724-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In a process that could last a year or more, several organizations said they will press regulators to place conditions on the telecommunications mergers to help ensure robust Internet competition.<br> <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telecom Is Getting Another Behemoth]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22406-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22406-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Verizon-MCI merger is one of a series that has transformed the communications marketplace, producing a handful of giants capable of delivering an all-in-one package of phone, Internet services.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Yuki Noguchi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Public Libraries Share $157,200 Grant]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9890-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9890-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/telecom/isp</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Public libraries in Maryland will share a $157,200 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support public access to computers and online services, the Maryland State Department of Education said.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item></channel></rss>