Nepal accesses internet through China, ending India monopoly
Nepal opened an optical fiber link across the Himalayan mountains to China on Friday, ending years of dependency on India for internet access.
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Net neutrality may be dead in the US, but Europe is still strongly committed to open internet access
The belief that unrestricted internet access is vital to modern life is not necessarily a view held by all businesses that provide internet services. And now that net neutrality – the equal treatment of all data sent and ...
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Jan 8, 2018
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The internet is giving a voice to those on the margins – losing net neutrality will take it away
It's easy to argue that the internet as it exists now is not "neutral", with some companies and websites creating tech empires and online monopolies. But the decision of US telecoms watchdog, the Federal Communications Commission, ...
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Dec 20, 2017
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Fast lanes may be coming to web: End of net neutrality could bring new fees for speed, reliability
With federal regulators poised to repeal net neutrality rules this week, your internet service provider would be allowed to speed up delivery of some online content to your home or phone.
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Dec 15, 2017
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Expert offers overview of net neutrality debate
The internet is about to change dramatically. Unless it isn't.
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Dec 4, 2017
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Bringing social media to unconnected areas
The number of connected devices may be on the rise, but large swaths of the global population still live in areas without telecom infrastructure or a reliable internet connection. A group of EPFL researchers, working with ...
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Nov 27, 2017
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Internet pricing 101: Why costs are all over the map
There are 95 million American households with fixed - as in, not wireless - internet access, but few of us really understand why we pay what we pay, especially when we hear about a neighbor or relative with a cheaper rate ...
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Aug 2, 2017
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Microsoft eyes buffer zone in TV airwaves for rural internet
Microsoft wants to extend broadband services to rural America by turning to a wireless technology that uses the buffer zones separating individual television channels in the airwaves.
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Jul 11, 2017
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Poll highlights inequities in how Californians access the internet
The number of Californians with access to high-speed internet at home continues to increase, according to a new poll from UC Berkeley that also found the percentage of residents who connect to broadband only through smartphones ...
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Jun 28, 2017
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Internet, social media back in Ethiopia after block
Ethiopia re-activated cellphone data services and unexpectedly allowed access to social media sites that had been blocked since a wave of anti-government protests last year, a government spokesman told AFP on Thursday.
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