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Domain Name Price Hikes Attacked
News A dispute over the cost of Internet domain names has spilled over onto America's Capitol Hill, where allegations of monopolization and unreasonable price hikes surfaced in a congressional hearing on Wednesday.
[June 8, 2006, 8:40]
Small ISPs 'face Ruin' Over BT Price Hikes
News ISPs will face major problems due to price rises that BT plans for its wholesale offerings. ISPA said on Friday that its members are concerned by a BT proposal to hike the price of its IPStream package by around 30 percent.
[August 27, 2004, 17:20]
BT Hits ISPs With Broadband Price Hikes
Talkback ISP, Zen Internet has announced that in spite of BT increasing its wholesale prices to ISPs, it will not be increasing its prices to customers.
[August 10, 2004, 13:16]
ISPs To Meet Ofcom Over BT Broadband Price Hikes
Talkback Any Company who can abandon a name like "Celnet" and pay loadsamoney to come up with (Sorry, cant remember what it's called now) should not be allowed to take us for another ride. How about the CEO resigning (Again)
[August 31, 2004, 9:01]
Recycling Directive Leads To Price Hikes
Talkback I think the WEEE is a good idea, despite it's unfurtunate acronym. It is about time that manufacturers attention was drawn to the end-of-life of their products. Lets face it, we need to be more environmentally friendly, or it will just come back...
[August 16, 2005, 9:59]
Acer: Vista Is An Excuse For Microsoft Price Hikes
Talkback And? How does being milked feel?
[October 28, 2006, 0:55]
Recycling Directive Leads To Price Hikes
News The EU Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) directive became law in Ireland on Saturday and was immediately followed by "disproportionate" price increases, according to Ireland's opposition party.
[August 15, 2005, 17:25]
EU Visitors May Face Roaming Price Hikes
News Visitors to Europe may find they have to pay increased roaming charges as a result of price caps being imposed on calls within the EU. According to analysts at Informa, a number of European mobile operators say they will increase the wholesale...
[April 16, 2007, 17:05]
Acer: Vista Is An Excuse For Microsoft Price Hikes
News Microsoft is hiking up the price of its software as it prepares to launch Vista, according to one of the leading PC manufacturers, Acer. A Home Edition of Windows XP is currently available for £165.99, but has a recommended retail price of £176.99.
[October 27, 2006, 13:35]
BT Hits ISPs With Broadband Price Hikes
News It is very likely that some or all of the price increases will be passed onto end users. BT's price rises in full: BT has sprung a nasty surprise on British business by making dramatic and unexpected increases to the cost of some of its broadband...
[August 3, 2004, 14:35]
ISPs To Meet Ofcom Over BT Broadband Price Hikes
News Several of ISPA's members are understood to be furious about the price rises, which affect BT's IPStream Office and S range. As previously reported, it is thought that BT has made these price rises in advance of an Ofcom ruling of unfair broadband...
[August 18, 2004, 17:55]
LCDs Boom While Price Hikes Loom
News Because of excess factory capacity and price wars in 2001, many manufacturers involved in the industry had to sell their products below cost. Bruce Berkoff, executive vice president at LCD maker LG Philips LCD, said that he's been predicting a...
[January 15, 2002, 8:36]
Major Price Hikes Force Office XP Users To Upgrade
News You're being forced to do an upgrade to get into (Software Assurance) -- or you can just wait, and at some point in the future you can rebuy the license at full price," said Gartner analyst Alvin Park.
[May 14, 2001, 8:17]
Price Hikes Pay Off For Microsoft
News In a broader context, some analysts charge the licensing rate hikes, which affected a disproportionately large number of businesses because of massive Windows and Office market share, may have hurt new computer sales.
[July 19, 2002, 7:58]
ICANN Hands VeriSign New Monopoly On .com
News Based on the 48.1 million .com domains currently active at $6 per year, VeriSign is guaranteed at least $288.6 million in annual revenue - with price hikes at a rate that far outpaces inflation. A minor change from an earlier version of the...
[March 2, 2006, 8:45]
Intel Plans Flash Memory Price Hike
News Yet the company expects price hikes ranging from 20 to 40 percent across the product line, he added. An AMD representative was not immediately available to comment on possible flash price hikes. The hikes are "driven primarily by demand for cell...
[November 26, 2002, 8:26]
Microsoft To Hike Price Of Server Apps
News While Microsoft has talked up its history of keeping OS price hikes to a minimum, it's making no apologies for forthcoming price increases on its server applications. Our prices are higher across the board," acknowledged Stan Sorensen, group...
[June 19, 2000, 11:06]
Dell Trying To Sidestep Chip 'cartel'
News Dell has opened up relationships with a wider variety of memory manufacturers to curb the effect of recent price hikes in memory chips, chief executive Michael Dell said on Tuesday. The price increase, for the most part, has been attributed to...
[May 1, 2002, 16:48]
Surprise! PC Prices Climb
News Driving the price hikes are a huge drop-off in competition, a healthy economy and the PC's growing role in home entertainment. For now, it appears demand is strong enough to support the price hikes. But now, coming full circle, the newest home PC...
[January 14, 2000, 6:05]
Apple Cuts IMac Prices In UK
News The move is a partial retreat from price hikes the company made in March for the iMac line, a move the company said was necessitated by rising costs for memory and flat screens. Faced with sluggish PC demand and a slumping dollar, Apple Computer...
[August 2, 2002, 8:00]
