Can You Spot an Online Scam?

Unless you've been under a rock, you've no doubt received dozens of emails supposedly from companies like ebay, Paypal, and Bank of America asking you to verify your social security number, credit card, or bank information, a scam known as phishing. As phishing becomes more sophisticated it is more important now than ever for you to be able to spot the signs of a scam.

The security experts at McAfee SiteAdvisor have developed an online quiz to test your ability to spot the real site versus the fake. Take the phishing quiz and see if your security knowledge makes the grade.

Some ISPs Inserting Ads into Web Pages

In the last month industry news sites like Digg.com and slashdot have reported that some ISPs are inserting advertisements into the web pages requested by their users. Using services like NebuAd, these ISPs are able to place advertisements targeted to you on pages from web sites they don't own like CNN.com, ebay, and more.

Now, thanks to the University of Washington (UW) and International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), you can now test to see if your ISP is modifying the web pages you visit. The UW and ICSI seek to utilize the data resulting from these tests to study how widespread this new advertising method has become.

KCnet users can rest assured that we do not and will not ever share your private information for marketing purposes. You can read our full published privacy policy online here.

KCnet and IKANO Announce Partnership

KCnet, Inc., a leading Kansas City based local Internet Service Provider (ISP), and IKANO Communications, an industry leader in wholesale Internet services, today announced a strategic partnership that enables KCnet to offer competitevly-priced, high-speed broadband packages to meet growing customer demand outside the Kansas City metro area.

Under the partnership, KCnet customers will benefit by gaining access to ADSL services in AT&T, Verizon, Qwest, and Covad territories where KCnet does not currently have a presence. KCnet's customers will be able to choose data speeds of up to 15.0 Mbps in areas where ADSL2+ have been rolled out. These services are designed to meet the increasing needs of consumers and small businesses for high-speed broadband to run advanced applications such as streaming video, online gaming, and voice services. KCnet will sell these services to customers in cities served by Covad’s nationwide, facilities-based network.

“We look forward to our partnership with IKANO because it gives us access to parts of the country we do not currently offer high-speed access,” said James Nelson of KCnet, Inc. “IKANO’s high-speed broadband services, combined with KCnet's Internet services and applications solutions, enable our customers outside our facilities based network's footprint access to a high quality broadband experience.”

For more information on KCnet services, visit http://www.kcnet.com/.

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