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The basic truth about internet access that cable & phone companies don't want you to know
A new report about the state of broadband connectivity around the world reveals some good news and bad news about policy in the United States.
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Yet Another Study Shows US Broadband Pricey, Uncompetitive
*A new report from the Open Technology Institute states what most of our readers know all-too-well: the United States lags behind numerous develope...
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America Pays More For Internet, Gets Slower Speeds, Than Other Countries
Internet users in Seoul continue to get the speediest connections at the lowest prices anywhere in the world, with speeds of one gigabit per second...
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First POST - Scary Monsters
We're far from #1: "Downloading a high-definition movie takes about seven seconds in Seoul, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Zurich, Bucharest and Paris, and peop...
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It's Not Just You: Your Internet Really Is Getting Slower
The Open Technology Institute's recent "The Cost of Connectivity" report compared the cost and speed of broadband Internet in 24 U.S. cities with v...
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Study: Broadband Still Slower, More Expensive In U.S. Than In Europe, Asia
*The Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation conducts a study every year comparing broadband speeds and prices nation- and world-wi...
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US broadband: Overpriced, Underpowered and (for once) Over There
"The Cost of Connectivity" report, newly published by the Open Technology Institute of the New America Foundation, compares Internet access in US c...
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Text ‘aye,’ matey! The Pirate Party’s push for direct democracy
Hollie Russon Gilman, who served as Open Government and Innovation Advisor in the Obama administration, says that her experience with online govern...
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8 Fascinating Reads - Falling Behind
America's internet speeds and price are a joke.
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New Study Shows Internet Users Caught in the Crossfire in ISPs’ War Against Edge Providers
A report released earlier this week published by M-Lab, a research consortium focused on measuring global Internet performance, studied this problem.
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First Detailed Data Analysis Shows Exactly How Comcast Jammed Netflix
The source material is a detailed traffic measurement report (.pdf) released this week by Google-backed M-Lab — the first of its kind — showing sev...
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Fastest Broadband For Your Buck? Try Seoul, Hong Kong, Tokyo or Paris
If you’re looking to pay less than $40 a month for home broadband, you’ll likely need to go to Asia or Europe to get the fastest speeds, according ...
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Report: US Internet speed, prices lag behind other nations'
The United States lags behind other nations when it comes to Internet speeds and prices, according to a Thursday report.
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New Study From M-Lab Sheds Light On Widespread Harm Caused By Netflix Routing Decisions
The report entitled "ISP Interconnection and its Impact on Consumer Internet Performance", details findings based on the speed test results collect...
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NEW REPORT: The Cost of Connectivity 2014
Researchers Find that U.S. Broadband Offerings Continue to Fall Short of Those Abroad
WASHINGTON, DC - A new report from New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) finds that customers in the U.S. continue to pay higher prices for...
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M-Lab: Streaming Issues Were Conscious ISP Business Decision
Looking to better understand the recent traffic slowdowns experienced during interconnection feuds, M-Lab has released a new study (pdf) that analy...
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Scaling Community Technology
How to build healthier digital ecosystems
For the past four years, the Open Technology Institute (OTI) and the Allied Media Projects (AMP) have been working with communities to build wirele...
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The Cliff and the Slope
The proof is in: Detailed report shows how U.S. Internet access monopolies punish rivals and catch innocent bystanders in the crossfire—legally.
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How to Fight Telecom Gameplaying
The problem is novel and complicated. But the M-Lab data is unassailable: this problem is harming consumers.
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Study Finds Internet Congestion Really Is About Business, Not Technology
A new report indicates that some of the mud-slinging this year is true: interconnection, or peering, between ISPs is why end-users are getting terr...
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Why the U.S. Has Fallen Behind in Internet Speed and Affordability
In Los Angeles, New York and Washington, downloading the same movie takes 1.4 minutes for people with the fastest Internet available, and they pay ...
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The Cost of Connectivity 2014
Data and analysis on broadband offerings in 24 cities across the world
Executive Summary The Cost of Connectivity is an annual report that examines the cost and speed of broadband Internet access in 24 cities in the Un...