WARWICK – Already blocking millions of e-mails from known spammers, Cox has added a new filtering tool for subscribers to its high-speed Internet service. Despite recent legislation passed in an effort to decrease the amount of spam consumers receive, a recent Pew Research Center study showed that in the last four months, nearly a quarter of respondents said they had seen a rise in unwanted e-mail.
Cox selected Brightmail, a global anti-spam company to provide the free service. Brightmail provides protection for 300 million users and, in February alone, processed 91 billion e-mail messages, 62 percent of which were spam.
Because Brightmail is server-based, no software installation is required, customers only have to opt in to the feature at the member services area of www.cox.net. Cox has also launched a new Web site to help customers better protect themselves against spam, which can be accessed at www.coxagainstspam.cox.net.
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Reed announces school, library tech funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Jack Reed announced that the Schools and Libraries Division of the Universal Service Administration Company has begun issuing funding for schools and libraries across the state.
The first wave of commitment letters will bring in more than $190,000 in funding. Last year, the state’s final total was just under $7 million. Schools and libraries receiving letters qualify for the special rates on telecommunications services – making them eligible to receive between a 20 percent and 90 percent discount on the commercial rates for Internet access, e-mail and other services.
Among the early commitments, Cranston’s public schools will see the largest amount of funding, totaling more than $114,000. The money is available due to The Telecommunications Act of 1996, which Reed supported while a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
