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Ian Hyland

Why Taiwan Matters - 1 views

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    "Want to find the hidden center of the global economy? Take a drive along Taiwan's Sun Yat-sen Freeway. This stretch of road is how you reach the companies that connect the vast marketplaces and digital powerhouses of the U.S. with the enormous manufacturing centers of China."
Matt Podbury

ICT Access for Africa: Intel, UN and ITU Efforts to Globalize Broadband | Connected Soc... - 2 views

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    Bringing Broadband Internet Provision to LEDC's
Kathleen Noreisch

GOOD » Where Does the Internet Come From?» - 4 views

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    Last year, important internet cables connecting Europe to Asia were mysteriously severed, resulting in days of outages for millions of internet users. It was a stark reminder that, no matter how instantaneously our information seems to travel, it is, in fact, moving through cables on the bottom of the ocean. And, while the internet might seem like the cutting edge of technology, it's interesting to note that information has been traveling this way since the first telegraph cables were laid across the Atlantic ocean in the 19th century.
Richard Allaway

Internet: Last piece of fibre-optic jigsaw falls into place as cable links east Africa ... - 1 views

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    Leap in capacity will allow cheap internet access and knowledge at speed of light
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