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Jake Lance

Stimulus Stirs Debate Over Rural Broadband Access - 0 views

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    FCC economist talks about serving people who live in rural areas, and how broadband access is becoming a necessity in everyday society.
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    Interesting article on rural broad band access
Scott Thomas

Finland: Broadband Is a Legal Right - BusinessWeek - 0 views

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    Finland passes law that says that Finland is a LEGAL RIGHT and NOT a privilege. Grants 1 MB/sec to each and every citizen. Article states "Most of us can no longer perform our work duties, do homework or communicate with friends without having access to the Internet" and "People need broadband connections to live normal lives, as Finland is the first nation to acknowledge".
Nichole Bozarth

FCC statement on 'third way' for broadband | Digital Media - CNET News - 2 views

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    The statement I've been waiting for!!
Erin Egolf

Study: U.S. Fifteenth In Broadband Quality - 0 views

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    This article shows just how far behind the United States is in boradband quality compared to countries such as Japan and South Korea.
Burks Oakley

Verizon promises 4G wireless for rural America | CTIA show - CNET Reviews - 0 views

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    Verizon promises 4G wireless for rural America
Burks Oakley

Illinois falling behind in Internet connection speed - Chicago Breaking News - 0 views

  • According to the union, Internet connection speeds in the United States lag considerably behind those in South Korea, Japan and Sweden, which it said are "many times faster."
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      This is really serious - many other countries are way ahead of the USA in this important area!!
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    Illinois is falling behind in Internet connection speed - not very good news for Illinoisians!
Jeffrey Kendall

Debate: Is text messaging causing the destruction of the English language? - Helium - 0 views

  • They've become so used to this informal language, that they cannot write formally when they need to.
  • If you look at texting as a bad thing towards talking and ruining face to face communication skills, then lets take a look at that. If they're texting you, but won't talk to you face to face, maybe they haven't had very good confrontational skills to begin with, maybe that person wouldn't be talk to you at all if he/she didn't have texting as a way to talk to you.
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    Debate as to whether or not texting is damaging the English language. Good for anyone looking at the effect of the internet on society
Andrew Clinton

Digital Millennium Copyright Act - 1 views

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    This site had information in regards to computer security
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    This article on Pew Internet has great information regarding broadband in the US
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    This is word for word what the act states
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