Archive for June 2009

Congressman has bill ready to give FTC veto on ISP data caps

Congressman has bill ready to give FTC veto on ISP data caps
FTA: In a press conference today, Massa reiterated both of these, saying that “volume-based pricing is detrimental to our economy,” and highlighting how doctors who tried to work from home could have been hit hard by the usage fees.
So, internet access should be completely [...]

3FN Shut Down by the FCC

FTC Sues, Shuts Down N. Calif. Web Hosting Firm
And it looks like there’s a noticeable effect, although not as immediate as the McColo shutdown. I never see the mail pool load balancer CPU go this low during the day, especially on a weekday. Bandwidth did not change nearly as noticeably, but the load balancer CPU [...]

StarTech (Rayon) RS422/485 Serial Driver

Working on Linux kernel serial drivers is not something I normally do – or have ever actually done before – but I found myself needing to update a kernel module last month to compile under the 2.6.26 serial driver model. It turned out to be a success, so I’ve decided to share it with anyone [...]