Stories about: Qwest Communications

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Q&A: isoHunt founder says P2P can help create post-piracy world 07 November, 2009 11:41

Gary Fung founded BitTorrent search engine isoHunt.com in 2003 when he was a 19-year-old student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
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Five ways to improve Web site uptime 05 November, 2009 07:17

When the site GDGT.com went live this past summer, Ryan Block was expecting a lot of interest.
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US lawmakers investigate telecom 'traffic pumping' 15 October, 2009 07:11

Three high-profile U.S. lawmakers have begun an informal investigation into high access charges that some rural telephone carriers charge to competitors, on the heels of complaints about the practice from Google and some large carriers.
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Qwest's Pieter Poll on why being a CTO is a dream job 17 June, 2009 07:05

Pieter Poll is Chief Technology Officer at US-based Qwest Communications International, which serves business customers nationally and residential customers in 14 western states with telephone, high-speed Internet, fiber-optic Internet and DirecTV services. The company is also serving as an agent for Verizon Wireless services. Poll talked about his career and the directions Qwest is taking.
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Telecom carriers: 'Phantom' voice traffic costing billions 24 April, 2008 08:41

Some VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) and mobile phone service providers are riding free when connecting to the traditional telephone network in the US, potentially costing carriers billions of dollars, according to testimony at a Senate hearing this week.
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US carriers quietly developing IPv6 services 03 April, 2008 08:20

For a decade, IPv6 has been the classic chicken-and-egg conundrum: There has been little North American demand for IPv6, so US carriers haven't introduced IPv6 services; without commercial IPv6 services available from carriers, US government agencies and businesses can't migrate to the next-generation Internet technology.
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Eliot Spitzer: High-tech felt his impact 12 March, 2008 09:34

Eliot Spitzer, the disgraced New York governor making headlines in the US this week for being linked to a prostitution ring, is perhaps best known for his aggressive takedown of unethical Wall Street firms during his days as attorney general. But the former prosecutor also played a big role in cleaning up the high-tech and network industries.
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Wall Street Beat: Cisco forecast weighs on sector 11 February, 2008 08:06

A weak forecast from Cisco marked another roller coaster week for technology companies on the stock market.
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IT people, places and things that matter 24 December, 2007 07:23

What makes a top newsmaker? Sometimes a company generates lots of buzz by doing particularly innovative things, or someone with a catalyzing personality gains notoriety. Other times a hot new product or a spectacular disaster gets the attention of the masses.
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VOIP veteran shares lessons learned 03 November, 2007 06:10

When you've lived with VOIP for more than seven years, as Mike Shisko has, you learn a thing or two about what works and what doesn't. Inadequate prioritization techniques can derail a deployment, for example. So can choosing the wrong security gear. Despite some setbacks, the director of IT for Hitachi Consulting wouldn't do voice any other way.
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U.S. seeks 7 years in prison for Qwest's CEO 10 July, 2007 08:28

Prosecutors are recommending that former Qwest Communications International chief Joseph Nacchio serve more than seven years in prison for insider trading during the telecommunications boom.