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Should Art Imitate Policy?
Is the duty of the documentary to “change the world” or rather to “show the world”? Increasingly, activists and consumers conflate documentary with...
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The Middle East Post-Nuclear Deal
It is the year 2015. Since a final agreement on Iran's nuclear program was reached some months ago, there have been a few minor missteps on Tehran'...
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Seeing America Through Japanese Eyes
“Scarlett, Scarlett!” I waved pleadingly. Across the red carpet she sauntered, her eyes invitingly meeting mine. There I stood—a 24-year-old Jewish...
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For A More Resilient World, We Need to Think Small
When disaster strikes, we tend to think big. What will the city do to help the affected population? The federal government? But in fact, many of th...
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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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Amazon’s Impact on Publishing? It’s Complicated
Offering equal measures of thoughtful and contradictory commentary, a Wednesday night panel called “Will Amazon Lead Us to the Golden Age of Books?...
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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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No telling whether tears help or hurt politicians
“I think voters are fine with it,” said Julian Zelizer, a political historian and professor at Princeton University. “I think in many ways they lik...
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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...
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Will Amazon Lead Us to the Golden Age of Books
In collaboration with Future Tense
We've been saying that Amazon has revolutionized books ever since the company first enabled us to order a book late at night in our pj's ... and at...
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Regulatory Environments for Youth Savings in the Developing World: Uptake vs. Usage
Our recent policy brief, “Regulatory Environments for Youth Savings in the Developing World” tackled two primary barriers to youth financial inclus...
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Preventing a Homegrown Attack
The day after the attack on the Canadian parliament, Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised that he would support new legislation that gave the Can...
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First line of defense against terrorism: Mom and Dad
Last week, three teenage girls from Denver were alleged to have tried to join ISIS. The key lead in this case wasn't high-tech surveillance by the ...
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Community Technology for Resilience
Community technology projects can address social, physical, and economic forces that are compounded by crisis and disaster events. The community te...
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Four short links: 29 October 2014
M-Lab Observatory — explorable data on the data experience (RTT, upload speed, etc) across different ISPs in different geographies over time.