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- Rural Americans can't check email or use credit cards because of slow Internet http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/11/17/rural-americans-cant-check-email-or-use-credit-cards-because-theyre-still-stuck-with-slow-internet-officials-say.html 15 comments
- Why is American Internet access so slow? http://theweek.com/article/index/257404/why-is-american-internet-so-slow 5 comments technology
- "Americans who illegally download songs and movies... could find their Internet access slowing to a crawl." http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/technology/to-slow-piracy-internet-providers-ready-penalties.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=piracy%20internet&st=cse 9 comments reddit.com
- NY Times: "Americans who illegally download songs and movies may soon be in for a surprise: They will be warned to stop, and if they don’t, they could find their Internet access slowing to a crawl" http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/technology/to-slow-piracy-internet-providers-ready-penalties.html 130 comments technology
- Trump’s FCC Is Using Junk Data to Downplay Broadband Woes - Tens of millions of Americans have either cripplingly slow or no internet at all. And the FCC's shameful practices are making a bad situation worse. https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-trumps-fcc-is-using-junk-data-to-downplay-broadband-woes/ 6 comments technology
- Trump’s FCC Is Using Junk Data to Downplay Broadband Woes - Tens of millions of Americans have either cripplingly slow or no internet at all. And the FCC's shameful practices are making a bad situation worse. https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-trumps-fcc-is-using-junk-data-to-downplay-broadband-woes/ 13 comments politics
- Why is American internet so slow? - A ccording to a recent study, the US ranks a shocking 31st in the world in terms of average download speeds. The leaders in the world are Hong Kong at 72.49 Mbps and Singapore on 58.84 Mbps. And America? Averaging speeds of 20.77 Mbps, it falls behind countries... http://theweek.com/article/index/257404/why-is-american-internet-so-slow 34 comments politics
- Verizon Says It Wants to Kill Net Neutrality to Help Blind, Deaf, & Disabled People: Lobbyists are telling Congress that the administration's plan to create internet fast lanes and slow lanes is important for Americans with disabilities. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/06/verizon-comcast-net-neutrality-blind-deaf-disabled 257 comments politics