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Net neutrality is no longer needed due to the battle to regulate ISPs
A US federal appeals court ruled in favour of the Federal Communications Commissioners (FCC) in its effort to revive the “net neutrality” rules. The court said the internet should be “fast, open and fair”. “Consumers across the US have told us…that they want an internet that’s fast, open, and fair,” FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said.
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There is a history of metaphors for the internet
A professor at the Swinburne University of Technology fears that a metaphor obscures the fact that most of the data is created by users. The highway was the perfect metaphor: it’s a big state-funded infrastructure project that’ll facilitate commerce, not anarchic frontier. “Practically anything about the internet is going to have metaphors that help you…
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The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case
Facebook has urged the US Supreme Court to allow for a narrower definition of Section 230 to prevent users from being sued over their online interactions. It said Section 230 should only be used to remove terrorist content and not recommend it to users. A case will be heard on Wednesday in which the Supreme…
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The ban bill was introduced by US lawmakers.
US President Donald Trump has called for internet giants to be blocked. “The way we are going to stop these companies from doing business in our country…is by closing down the internet in our country,” Trump said. This comes after Chinese social media firm ByteDance was accused of conducting an internal audit with a USTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkia…
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The symmetrical multi-gIGAbit internet test is a preview of next year’s 10G roll out.
America’s largest cable television company Comcast has announced that it will offer a multi-gigabit internet connection with download and upload speeds of 8 Gigabits per second. The company said that it had successfully tested a symmetrical multi-gigabit internet connection on its live network. Comcast will offer both the tiers at a cost of $125 per…