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The Amazing Internet

June 27th, 2008 | Comments Off

In 1992, sixteen years ago, it was virtually impossible to view a picture on the Internet. Connection to the Internet was through a slow dial-up modem or, for a lucky few, through academic, governmental or business T-1 connections. Today, I can look at a photograph taken in China at the scene of a disaster within moments after it was taken. I can read first person accounts of a battle in Iraq within hours. I can exchange points of view with a Peruvian in real time, You young people, he says in a quavery old voice, don’t know how lucky you are. The Internet has made the world realtime. The potential of the Net is that everything can be witnessed, worldwide, as it happens. The only obstacle is implementation of the existing technology. CNN, Fox … Read entire article »

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Should the US Nationalize the Internet?

June 26th, 2008 | Comments Off

Great article by Mitch Wagner at Information Week. Key graf: What we really need on the Internet is more competition, not less. Right now, if you want Internet access, you have a choice between your local telephone company and your local cable TV company. When there are only two businesses providing a service, that makes it easy for them to collude against customers. We need to encourage WiMAX, satellite Internet, and other technologies that will give customers dozens of options for getting Internet access, so if the customer doesn’t like the terms set by one provider, the customer can just pick another. … Read entire article »

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