Tag: ISP
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‘Net Neutrality’ is a horrible idea and this is why you don’t want it
It may surprise you and I expect I will probably get some nasty e-mails about this but I am not a supporter of this Net Neutrality movement that everybody is up in arms about. While I agree that we have some serious problems with our current system ranging from cable company monopolies to crazy prices for…
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Things To Do When The Internet Is Down [pic]
It doesn’t happen very often, but like everybody else, my internet goes down on occasion and it always sends me searching for something to do. Well, somebody has compiled a number of things to do into this awesome little graphic to give you some ideas. With the server for Global Geek News having been down…
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Global Geek News Podcast #58
Here are the shownotes for episode #58 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: Amazon terminates Colorado based associates over new taxes Music biz hopes to stop piracy by tempting ISPs with millions Ubisoft’s DRM servers go down, only pirates can play…
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Cisco Forecasts Increase in Internet Traffic. Hello Captain Obvious!
Greetings Readers! This only comes as a shock to people living under a rock, but according to Cisco, internet traffic is going to increase! Their estimates show that by the year 2012, global internet traffic will reach half a zetabyte! For those who aren’t geeky enough to know your bytes, a zetabyte is 1 trillion…
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Verizon Throws the Baby Out with the Bathwater, Screws Users
Greetings readers, In another story of consumers getting screwed, which seems to be a theme on this blog, Verizon has decided to block access to the entire alt.* USENET directory because they are too lazy to enforce their own service agreements. Reading that link will get you up to speed with all the details, but…