internet infrastructure
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DownDetector Went Down, Internet Chaos Reigned Momentarily
Cloudflare had trouble again.
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NYC’s New Gigabit Wi-Fi Hotspots Work Like Payphones From The Future
It’s the biggest, fastest public Wi-Fi project on Earth: Starting today, New York is unveiling street-side internet hotspots that will blanket America’s biggest city and provide unprecedented Wi-Fi access to over 8 million people.
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Why America’s Internet Is So Shitty And Slow
You may have heard that the internet is winning: net neutrality was saved, broadband was redefined to encourage higher speeds, and the dreaded Comcast-Time Warner Cable megamerger potentially thwarted. But the harsh reality is that America’s internet is still fundamentally broken, and there’s no easy fix.
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Edward Snowden Should Talk About Cyberwar More Often
We’re all sick of used to hearing Edward Snowden talk about NSA surveillance by now. We get it: The government’s watching us, and there’s basically nothing we can do about it. But PBS just published the transcript of an interview with Snowden that doesn’t really talk about surveillance much at all. It’s all about cyberwar,…