The Wall Street Journal has an article about security problems on wireless networks. Free2air.org has a discussion of war driving: driving around with a laptop and a wireless modem looking for open wireless networks.

CNET reports that AT&T will raise cable modem rates by $6/month starting June 1.

@Link's 11,000 DSL customers lost service last week. @Link's provider, Norlight Communications, cut the company off after it failed to make service payments. Norlight later resumed @Link's service to allow it to make other arrangements.

With DSL companies going under right and left, Slashdot has a timely discussion of what to do with old DSL modems.

MSN is acquiring Qwest.net's 500,000 customers. Most of the customers are dialup, but the count includes some DSL customers.

Excite@Home is laying off 13% of its staff.

CNET's John Borland has a post-mortem of PSINet.

EarthLink will offer two-way satellite service over most of the US by the end of the month. Cost is $69.95 per month, plus $649 for equipment and $250 for installation. EarthLink is partnering with Hughes Networks DirecPC to provide the service.

ISPs may be drawn into the legal tangle between file-sharing services and copyright owners. Major movie and record studios are increasingly calling on ISPs to sanction users who are trading pirated material.

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