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Hosting.com Offers Wi-Fi
October 8, 2004
Hosting.com,
Inc. (hosting.com), a Louisville-based Web host provider, announced on
Thursday that it is now offering a free Wi-Fi hot spot outside its
worldwide headquarters on 4th Street in downtown Louisville.
Hosting.com's tests show its Wi-Fi signal should provide coverage outdoors
and in most bars and restaurants located across the street from
Hosting.com’s headquarters. The launch is Hosting.com's attempt to break
into the wireless connectivity industry with its exclusive wireless
partner iSkyWire, LLC.
The two companies have collaborated to bring high speed Internet
connectivity to businesses in the Greater Louisville market. Users log
onto Hosting.com's splash page and are instantly granted Internet access
at speeds up to 54 Megabits per second.
"Not only will laptops be able to tap into Hosting.com huge Internet
pipes, but most PDAs, cell phones and hand-helds will also be
Wi-Fi-enabled on 4th Street," says Chuck Deaton, partner of operations at
iSkyWire. "We are proud to be able to display our best-of-breed technology
through our Hosting.com partnership in Louisville's fastest growing
entertainment district."
Authorities
Seize Rackspace Servers
October 8, 2004
Independent
media group Indymedia (indymedia.org) confirmed that US authorities issued
a federal order to Web hosting provider Rackspace Managed Hosting (rackspace.com)
on Thursday morning, ordering the company to turn over Web servers hosting
Indymedia Web sites. Reports on Indymedia and elsewhere did not specify
the number of servers handed over. Rackspace, with operations in the US
and UK, hosts more than 20 Indymedia Web sites out of its London, UK
facility, the group said.
Rackspace has complied with the request and turned over the servers to US
authorities. The company told Indymedia that it is restricted from
disclosing any information with regards to the order.
In a statement sent to the Web Host Industry Review, Rackspace said it is
"acting in compliance with a court order pursuant to a Mutual Legal
Assistance Treaty (MLAT), which establishes procedures for countries to
assist each other in investigations such as international terrorism,
kidnapping and money laundering. Rackspace responded to a Commissioner's
subpoena, duly issued under Title 28, United States Code, Section 1782 in
an investigation that did not arise in the United States. Rackspace ... is
cooperating with international law enforcement authorities. The court
prohibits Rackspace from commenting further on this matter."
According to Indymedia, an additional server was taken down at the same
time. This box hosted streaming radio sites, BLAG (a Linux distribution)
and a handful of other "miscellaneous things."
The server seizure occurred just two weeks after the FBI requested that
Indymedia take down posts on the Nantes Indymedia site that included
photos of Swiss undercover police officers. Indymedia said FBI agents paid
a visit to the organization's volunteers in Seattle for the same reason.
Indymedia, formally known as Independent Media Center, is a collective of
media organizations and journalists committed to non-corporate media
coverage. The organization was established in 1999.
The list of local media collectives affected by the server seizure,
Indymedia said, includes Ambazonia, Uruguay, Andorra, Poland, Western
Massachusetts, Nice, Nantes, Lilles, Marseille (all France), Euskal Herria
(Basque Country), Liege, East and West Vlaanderen, Antwerpen (all
Belgium), Belgrade, Portugal, Prague, Galiza, Italy, Brazil, UK, part of
the Germany site, and the global Indymedia Radio site.
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