Web tracking company NebuAd has been trying to make a business out of helping companies better target potential customers. But in doing so it’s become something of a target itself.

The company launched its product – which it claims protects consumer privacy while aiding advertisers – last November. Since then, the company says it has been working with small to national ISPs, for which it hasn’t provided names.

However, the company has reportedly lost a lot of business since regulators have begun looking move closely into the implications of this technologies. And now news comes that the company’s CEO, Robert Dykes, has left the company.

Is this just a blip on the deep packet inspection/targeted advertising front, or a signal that these kinds of businesses are not viable? Let me know your thoughts.

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Service providers worldwide are upgrading their networks to deliver Carrier Ethernet services and infrastructure to service enterprises, other businesses and residential users. For these carriers and their customers, Carrier Ethernet offers significant savings and the ability to turn up added bandwidth and new services more efficiently and quickly.

Yet some service providers have been hesitant to embrace Carrier Ethernet technology because they’re uncertain how to combine their existing networks and services with Carrier Ethernet. But realizing the benefits of Carrier Ethernet without abandoning revenue-generating legacy services and infrastructure may be easier than you think.

That’s why xchange has partnered with Overture Networks to bring you the Webinar called Making Ethernet Easier, which I invite you to attend, Sept. 11 at 2 p.m. Eastern.

The Webinar will offer hard data on the cost savings and new service revenues to be gained by Carrier Ethernet. You’ll also learn how to provide Carrier Ethernet services over any access infrastructure. This event will help you discover how to use Carrier Ethernet to deliver current IP services over your existing access. And it’ll clarify how to simplify your central office architecture by building a multi-service layer 2 access network using Carrier Ethernet. All of this information is aimed at helping participants forge an affordable path to get to Ethernet as soon as possible.

Talk to you then!

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I may sound like a broken record here (you remember what a record is, right?), but I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore! I’m referring, of course, to my services from Cox Communications Inc.

Loyal readers of my blog have heard me rail from time to time about my erratic cable modem service and how it knocks out not only my Internet access, but also my thin client’s access to the corporate server and my IP phone.

Well, listen to this! Cox yesterday and today has shut down the TV, Internet access and wireline voice services to my home and those of my neighbors. Two days! No wireline voice! And, while I got an automated message saying service might be out part of the first day, a lot of my neighbors had no idea what was going on.

That said, the Coffee Plantation in my neighborhood, which offers free Wi-Fi, is doing a great business. But having to leave my home office two days in a row has gotten me a bit unhinged. (Not only do I have to get out of my PJs, but I also have to leave alone my new Border Collie – hope she’s not eating the sofa. Oh yeah, and my productivity is suffering too.)

So, sorry Cox, but I’m just going to have to pick up my home phone and call your customer care line to disconnect my service. And this time I mean it!

Oh yeah.

Dang!