Here is a rewind of some of the latest cable, TV, internet, phone industry and ISP news from around the country for the week of May 15, 2017:
New Worm Kinda Makes You WannaCry
A wave of ransomware hit the whole world last week. More than 200,000 computers in 150 countries have been hit with the malicious software, called WannaCrypt or WannaCry, that demands payment of $300 in Bitcoin.
Here is a recap of the highlights in the cable and ISP news from around the country for the week of May 8, 2017:
Sonic Expands its $40 Gigabit Internet in San Francisco
Independent Internet Service Provider Sonic has begun offering gigabit internet service for $40 per month to residents of San Francisco. That is about half the price that many of the bigger ISPs are offering their gigabit service for.
Internet Service Providers will now be able to treat you like a cash cow, much like Facebook and Google have been doing for years. Maybe it's just me, but I've never been a fan of big soulless multi-national corporations with no regard for real people. Thanks to new leadership at the agency that was created to protect you, the consumer, Internet Service Providers can mine your private browsing information for profit.
With the new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai rolling back the privacy guidelines that had been required by the privacy safeguards enacted by the FCC last year, you might be concerned about your personal information being collected, compiled, and potentially revealed.
