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Tag: internet speed

Aug 18
2010

Keeping Internet Providers Honest

Science

Whenever we hear about the government trying to regulate internet providers, the right gets in a frenzy. They start screaming about “government takeover” and “interfering in private business”. Perfect examples of this can be seen in Rand Paul speeches. Now a new report shows that internet providers routinely lie about the speeds you get from […]

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May 27
2010

We’re Number 26!

Science

As I’ve said countless times before; our nation is falling way behind in the world of internet communications. The latest international rankings now has the U.S. in 26th place when it comes to internet speed: When South Koreans tested their wired broadband connections over the past 30 days, they found an average downstream speed of […]

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Mar 15
2010

We’re #18

Science

This morning on MSNBC Erin Burnett was talking about the FCC releasing their plan this week to increase the nation’s broadband speeds and penetration. During the segment she pointed to a new report stating that we are #18 when it comes to internet speed. Romania even beats us out. Is it any wonder that we […]

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Feb 13
2010

Google To Offer High Speed Internet

Science

Finally parts of the U.S. might see some real internet speeds: Google says it will run fiber-to-the-home trials at the astounding data speed of 1 gigabit per second. They’ll sell this service at “a competitive price” to 50,000 people, possibly rising to 500,000 people. It’s at this point that I’d like to toss around some […]

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Oct 31
2007
usnet

United States Failing In Internet Connectivity

Misc

One thing I try to emphasis to the blogs I handle the tech work on is keeping page sizes low. The reason for this is because there are so many people in this country that are stuck with dial-up internet. As it turns out the United States has taken a big plunge in internet speed […]

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