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Study: Los Angeles' Internet Is Expensive And It Sucks
According to New America's Open Technology Institute and their report, The Cost of Connectivity 2014, Angelenos pay more for slower service than in...
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Secretive D.O.D. Drone Dodges Defenses At Hypersonic Speed
The details behind the U.S. and China’s HGV programs remain confidential, but that real-world tests—however spectacular the crashes—are taking plac...
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Crafting Civic Tech
A Kickstarter Guide for Community Collaboration on Civic Technology
We wanted to share our work, even at this early stage, in the hopes that it could benefit others similarly looking to transition from aspirational ...
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US lags on broadband speed
Findings from New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) indicate that customers in the US continue to pay higher prices for slower Internet.
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Ideas to Improve Financial Lives, From the Treasurer’s Office
Reid Cramer, director of the asset-building program at the New America Foundation, said these programs “wouldn’t have gotten done without somebody ...
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Americans are Paying More Money for Slower Internet, New Report Reveals
The study, conducted by the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation, analysed the cost compared to the speed of internet provided i...
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L.A.'s Internet Service Is Among the Slowest & Most Costly in the World
A new report, The Cost of Connectivity 2014, from New America's Open Technology Institute, concludes that L.A. has among the slowest, most expensiv...
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Republicans get what they want: A midterm election about Obama
Less than 24 hours before Election Day, Republicans have what they want: a referendum on President Obama.GOP candidates are training their closing ...
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Dispatch from Busan No. 2
Recapping Last Week’s Negotiations and Looking Ahead to the Final Week of the ITU Plenipot
Week 2 of the ITU’s 2014 Plenipotentiary Conference (the “plenipot”) has come and gone after a marathon of negotiations on critical Internet-relate...
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What happened to the debate over immigration reform?
Republicans haven't picked up swords of their own, because doing so might invite criticism no matter what stance they took, Ari Ratner, a fellow at...
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Study of studies concludes US broadband power is 'middling'
Certain American cities are demonstrating that it's possible to deliver broadband bandwidth to U.S. customers at prices that beat worldwide competi...
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Christie's temperament a political double-edge sword
But those qualities can "turn into liabilities" if Christie is seen as making too-hasty decisions, Zelizer said.
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Obama's long fall
How a liberal hero who boasted of transcending politics got dragged so far down.
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South Korea Has World’s Fastest Internet
According to a new study from the Open Technology Institute, Seoul has download and upload speeds of 1,000 Mbps for the highest tier of service ava...
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Most U.S. Cities Do NOT Offer the Fastest Internet Speeds in Developed World, Report Says
The Cost of Connectivity is an annual report that examines the cost and speed of broadband Internet access in 24 cities in the United States and ab...
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Americans pay more for slower Internet
When it comes to Internet speeds, the U.S. lags behind much of the developed world. That's one of the conclusions from a new report by the Open Tec...
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Government hands down new cyber framework
“That’s a huge problem,” said Robyn Greene, policy counsel for the Open Technology Institute, who opposes CISA as written.
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A Sad Reminder About How Slow And Expensive The Internet Is In America
Internet speeds in America are pathetic, which you probably already knew if you...live in America. A new piece in The New York Times report makes t...
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Obama’s bill on deferred actions comes due
“They clearly understood there were problems in Iraq, but don’t do anything until late in his presidency,” noted Princeton University history profe...
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Street Harassment Is Universal and Age-Old
More tiresome is that every time street harassment comes up as an issue, some well-meaning guy asks whether some of these comments aren’t really ju...
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Internet in the U.S: High cost, slow service
There’s a new study out by the New America Foundation that ranks 24 cities around the world for their broadband offerings. That is, how much bang d...