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Internet traffic jams are widespread in the US, and are probably about to get a lot worse
Earlier this week the research consortium M-Lab released a big report on the way data moves through the guts of our internet infrastructure.
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Comcast Promises: No “Fast Lanes” on the Internet
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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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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Republican win would worsen Obama's foreign policy pains
"There will be a tougher line," said Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. Republican rhetoric would bec...
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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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Jeff Bell, Cory Booker's U.S. Senate challenger, aims to end Republican losing streak
Still, experts say part of the problem is how much the Republican Party has changed over the last few decades. Julian Zelizer, a political science ...
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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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8 Fascinating Reads - Falling Behind
America's internet speeds and price are a joke.
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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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Brazil greenlights trans-Atlantic fiber optic cable seeking to guard against U.S. spying
Sascha Meinrath, director of the Open Technology Institute at the Washington-based New America Foundation think-tank argues that what's needed inst...
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Asset Building News Week, October 27-October 31
Millennials New America authored a six-part series on the status of Millennials in the wake of the Great Recession that was published by Vox.com th...
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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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5 Ways America is Failing Millennials
If you're between 18 and 34 years old, you _should _be getting ready for the prime of your life — at least according to recent history. That means ...
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Can We Save Good Local Journalism?
It’s possible, says Perry Bacon, Jr., who believes that only local journalism can sustain democracy where it is most active these days—at the state...
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A Bull in Isis' China Shop
Poor Barack Obama. With his many problems sending his approval ratings to record lows, the one thing it seemed he could take solace in was that he’...