Ted’s Tubes: Gangnam Broadband, Google Fiber and Virginity
Is Gangnam Style the Trophy for Korean Broadband Policy? With broadband speeds more than double that of the US and even a third-more than 2nd ranked Japan, South Korea has boasted the fastest internet for several years running. Now it appears that this year’s viral smash hit, Gangnam Style may be a product of Korean…
CLBR Segment 1: David Strom on the Gig City
SEGMENT 1: David Strom on the Gig City David Strom is a Writer at ReadWriteWeb. He has held editorial management positions for numerous print and Web publications and was the founding editor-in-chief for Network Computing magazine and DigitalLanding.com. He has more than 30 years of IT and tech journalism experience and has written two books on computer…
CLBR Segment 1: Broadband Deployment and other News Updates
Segment 1: NEWS UPDATE FROM CYBER REPORT Background News Update (1) JOHN DOZIER (1956-2012) Internet Lawyer and Pioneer, Bull Dog, Virginian . . . However, you knew him, he died much too soon on August 6th. He gave a great deal to the legal profession and was the driving force in launching a Cyber Law Bar…
Ted’s Tubes: The Fastest City in the West, gTLD Objections, TOS Grades and Politics and the Internet
The Fastest City in the West . . . Google Fiber Launches in Kansas City Hoping to Catch Chattanooga For Fastest Internet Service Chattanooga, Tennessee has emerged as the fastest city for internet in the US due to its investment in a ultra high-speed internet service at a speed of 1 Gigabit per second (five…
Ted’s Tubes: Backpage Backlash, Broadband Speed and The Million Dollar Free Movie
Village Voice Media Under Increased Pressure to Drop Backpage Sex Ads Two years ago State Attorney Generals pressured Craigslist to drop adult oriented advertisements which reportedly generated approximately $36 million in revenue annually for the online classified giant. The advertisements and pressure have now migrated to Village Voice’s Backpage.com. H&M, Pfitzer Pharmaceutical, IKEA, Barnes and…
Next CLBR – Speed and Speed Bumps on the Net
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TED’S TUBES: P3P NOT AOK AND FASTER THAN A CHATTANOOGA CHOO-CHOO
TED’S TUBES: P3P NOT AOK AND FASTER THAN A CHATTANOOGA CHOO-CHOO Carnegie Mellon Study: Website Compact Policies Do Not Match Practices A study by Carnegie Mellon University found that websites using the P3P protocol to create compact policies to permit a browser to determine if it is consistent with the user’s privacy…
Akamai State of the Internet Report Shows “National Embarrassment” on Broadband
Akamai released its Q1-2010 state of the Internet report with the US ranking for broadband speed falling from 7th in 2008 to 16th on average broadband speed. While data from the Akamai report indicates that some pockets of the US match some of the faster countries at the lower end of the high speed spectrum…
US Not a Broadband Contender, Remains in Second Tier in Latest OECD Report
US Remains in Second Tier in Latest OECD Broadband Report The OECD released an update to its annual set of broadband metrics through December 2009. As depicted in the graphic below (and in more detail on the blog), the US is not close to being amongst the global broadband leaders whether it be in terms of…
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