FCC's Speed Test Checks Broadband Vendors' Claims
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The Federal Communications Commission has begun to benchmark Internet service speeds across the United States to allow consumer to compare the real world performance of their ISP with its advertised speeds. Consumers may visit the agency's Broadband.gov Web page to run the rest from their PCs or download the FCC Broadband Test app for Android and the iPhone.
Published on Sunday 14th of March 2010 07:31:15 PM
A Broadband Connection in Every Pot
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of high-speed Internet. Perhaps a case could be made for health care reform, i.e. death panels, single-payer, long waiting room lines, a Michael Moore proctology exam – but perhaps the government thinking everyone should be entitled to high-speed Internet access is really the beginning of the path to socialism.
Published on Sunday 14th of March 2010 07:31:15 PM
Google "99.9 pct" sure to shut China search engine-FT
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SHANGHAI, March 13 (Reuters) - Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine, is now "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday. It said in a report on its website Google (GOOG.O) had drawn up detailed plans for closing its Chinese search engine. The newspaper cited a person familiar with the company's thinking as saying that, while a decision could be made very soon, Google was likely to take some time to follow through with its plans. That would be in order to...
Published on Sunday 14th of March 2010 07:31:15 PM
Collecting Sales Tax the right way
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we need Congress to "give us permission" to collect state sales tax from out-of-state vendors. ... Everywhere you look, government collects taxes: sales tax, real estate tax, the car tax, and income tax are only the most obvious. For example, my last Verizon bill had over $18 in taxes and "fees." We don't need new taxes. But the bill being considered does not impose a new tax. Virginia has a 5 percent general sales tax. For most purchases, business collects the sales tax with the purchase. However, when a company has no state "presence," they don't have to collect the...
Published on Sunday 14th of March 2010 07:31:15 PM
Arrested Muslims Had Prayer Group Plan
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SNIPPET: “SOME of the seven Muslims arrested as part of an international probe into an alleged plot to murder Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks had planned to set up an extremist prayer group in Waterford to radicalise other Muslims, gardaí believe.” SNIPPET: “The seven – four men and three women – were arrested by armed gardaí on Tuesday in Waterford and Cork following a lengthy Garda investigation based on information provided by US intelligence agencies. Five of the seven suspects – three Algerians, one Libyan and one Palestinian – had their periods of custody extended on Wednesday night on application to...
Published on Sunday 14th of March 2010 07:31:15 PM
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