Docklands Linx claims new world record

East London's London Internet Exchange (Linx)now has more throughput than the largest exchanges in either the US or Japan, making it the world's biggest. The facility, which hosts and peers Britain's internet traffic is now claiming throughput of 40Gb of data per second at peak times with its eight routing suites handling total traffic of 55Gbit per second. The 55Gb per second number comes from the 40 gigabits being passed on the Linx exchange and some 15 gigabits that is being shunted around the exchange through private peering connections. ...more

Wireless broadband ISP expands into Sussex and Kent

Sussex-based wireless broadband service LTT has announced plans to expand within the county and into Kent. It is also increasing the range of services it offers, adding a business-oriented symmetric 4Mbit/sec connection at ?280 (ex. VAT) per month. ...more

Symantec sues Microsoft

A bitter fight has broken out between Microsoft and security specialist Symantec that could threaten the launch of the Vista and Longhorn server operating systems. Symantec claims that Microsoft is illegally using its security code in the new OSs and has filed a lawsuit claiming damages and an asking for a court injunction to prevent their market debut. Any legal delay to the rollout of the much delayed Vista would be another blow to Microsoft as it attempts to build market awareness ahead of the official launch at the end of this year. ...more

Demon and Virgin drop broadband set up fees till April

Demon Internet and Virgin.net are the latest ISPs to take advantage of temporary BT price cuts and waived their set up fees for broadband installation until March 31st. The move follows BT's decision in December to halve the broadband installation costs from ?50 to ?25 between January 10th and the end of March. ...more

Rate of spam surging warns security firm

The enterprise email security firm FrontBridge has reported a strong increase in the prevalence of spam, both across the year and within the last month. The proportion of email it has quarantined for analysis and deemed to be junk has almost doubled - from 48 per cent in January to nearly 70 per cent for October, a rise of 47 per cent. Furthermore it has reported a 15 per cent increase of spam in the space of a week alone in mid-October. ...more