These problems tarnished the reputation of cable Internet service, which had been seen as leading over the telephone companies' competing service, digital subscriber line, or D.S.L.
The entire story is obviously tragic, but it does make you (once again) consider the whole ease-of-oversharing-slash-lack-of-reason-and-or-responsibility thing that has come to mire the reputation of the Internet Age.
If you are not sure about the authenticity or reputation of an Internet-only store, go to the online Better Business Bureau website and type the name of the store or its website address to see if there have been any complaints and if so, whether the problems were satisfactorily addressed.
Given 4chan's reputation for Internet trollery, is this an example of life imitating art, or vice versa?
He views his best hope as the possibility of asylum, with Iceland – with its reputation of a champion of internet freedom – at the top of his list.
It's also good news for other technology companies, some of which perhaps through schadenfreude have benefitted from the damage the hack has done on the reputation of Microsoft's popular Internet Explorer franchise.
The firm has gained a reputation for successfully shepherding a number of Internet companies into the public markets, leading the offerings of LinkedIn, Groupon and Zynga, among others.
Despite its Wild West reputation, the Internet has no shortage of regulation.
"Microsoft had a bad reputation among Internet elitists mostly because of the browser wars" in 2000 when Microsoft put Netscape out of business, he says.
And yet the process can be a humbling one, as Gravy allowed, in directing me to a couple of Internet message boards where he tracks his reputation.
