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+24 +2FreedomFI: Do-it-yourself open-source 5G networking
Want your own 5G network? Thanks to FreedomFi and the Magma open-source software project you can build your own private 4G LTE or 5G network.
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+24 +45G is no reason to buy the iPhone 12 - or any phone
Sorry, but 5G will not be giving your new iPhone, or any other 5G capable smartphone, super Gigabit speed almost anywhere.
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+18 +2Comcast working toward 10Gbps to your home
Are you still waiting for Gigabit to your home? Comcast wants to go one better: 10Gbps to your home using cable, not fiber.
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+21 +4America’s internet wasn’t prepared for online school
Seven months in, one thing is clear: schools can’t bridge the "digital divide" on their own.
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+24 +1AT&T shelving DSL may leave hundreds of thousands hanging by a phone line
AT&T stopped selling DSL Oct. 1, stranding many existing subscribers on low-speed links and residents of DSL-only areas without any wired broadband.
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+24 +4Digital pioneer Geoff Huston apologises for bringing the internet to Australia
Huston says the internet is a 'gigantic vanity-reinforcing distorted TikTok selfie' and web security is 'the punchline to some demented sick joke'. But Australia's first Privacy Commissioner thinks he's being optimistic.
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+20 +3Global Microsoft outage brings down Teams, Office 365 and Outlook
Microsoft says a recent update has affected the processing of authentication requests, making cloud-based services inaccessible
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+17 +2Amazon details its low-bandwidth Sidewalk neighborhood network, coming to Echo and Tile devices soon
Last year, Amazon announced its Sidewalk network, a new low-bandwidth, long-distance wireless protocol it developed to help connect smart devices inside and — maybe even more importantly — outside of your home.
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+20 +4Why Rocket Internet has come down to earth
Europe’s erstwhile online darling wants to delist
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+15 +2Starlink starts to deliver on its satellite internet promise
The first performance numbers from SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service are coming in and they're looking great. End-user terminal production numbers, though, are another matter.
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+9 +3Is the Internet Conscious? If It Were, How Would We Know?
There’s a lot of discussion about artificial consciousness and the possibility of machines gaining self-awareness once they become sufficiently complex. But isn’t the most complex system in existence the internet? Is it possible that the internet could become conscious, and if it were already, how would we know? Also, why aren’t more people talking about this?
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+36 +4At this point, 5G is a bad joke
Thinking of buying a new phone, just for high-speed mmWave 5G? Do yourself a favor: Don't.
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+19 +4How to stream NFL football games in 2020 | ZDNet
This is not any ordinary year, but, for now, at least, we do have football to help keep our minds off our troubles.
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+22 +2T-Mobile plans to give free internet to 10 million students for remote learning, homework
T-Mobile plans to provide free internet service to millions of students and their households as the pandemic ushers in a new normal of remote learning. The cellular service network recently announced the start of a $10.7 billion initiative that's meant to deliver free internet connectivity to all U.S. students who are part of free and reduced-price school lunch programs.
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+29 +1In China, the ‘Great Firewall’ Is Changing a Generation
Once it seemed inevitable that the internet would create a more open society. Now it’s fostering young nationalists.
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+20 +686% of US states increased internet speeds during COVID-19 lockdown
Logic may have you believe that with the dramatic increase of use and reliance on the internet during the coronavirus crisis that internet speeds slowed. However, the average internet speed in the US increased from 84.9Mbps to 94.6Mbps. This may surprise some, given the surge in bandwidth demand from Zoom-use, streaming, gaming and more reliance on the internet speed.
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+24 +1In remote Alaska, broadband for all remains a dream. So a school district got creative
A district in the Aleutian Islands has built a wide area mesh network to enable virtual learning -- skirting the need for internet access in students' homes.
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+19 +5It’s Not Too Late to Save the Internet
But it won’t be easy.
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+19 +1UCL engineers set new world record internet speed
The world’s fastest data transmission rate has been achieved by a team of UCL engineers who reached an internet speed a fifth faster than the previous record.
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+22 +4Thunderbird e-mail client survives Mozilla layoffs
Despite rumors to the contrary, Mozilla's Thunderbird e-mail client will live on.
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