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  Popular UK Pirate Bay workaround sunk by legal threats (update)

  By Aaron Souppouris on December 19, 2012 07:16 am + 70 comments

  The Pirate Party's popular Pirate Bay Proxy has been shut down amid claims that the music industry Continue reading…

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  Profit-hungry broadband providers are gouging customers with unnecessary data caps, says Open Technology Institute

  By T.C. Sottek on December 18, 2012 11:00 am + 27 comments

  While internet service providers and wireless carriers have argued that data caps are necessary for Continue reading…

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  Google expanding Fiber to five more Kansas City neighborhoods in early 2013

  By Adi Robertson on December 17, 2012 12:53 pm + 20 comments

  A few days ago, Eric Schmidt promised that Google's incredibly fast Fiber internet was more than Continue reading…

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  Netflix launches monthly ISP speed rankings, praises Google Fiber, and calls out AT&T

  By Adi Robertson on December 11, 2012 02:32 pm + 90 comments

  Netflix is widely acknowledged to make up a large chunk of downstream internet traffic, and the Continue reading…

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  Google and Wi-Fi provider ICOA deny press release indicating $400 million acquisition (updated)

  By T.C. Sottek on November 26, 2012 10:01 am + 69 comments

  Google and ICOA, a company that provides Wi-Fi to public locations, have denied plans for a $400 Continue reading…

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  DirecTV prices ViaSat satellite broadband bundle, up to 25GB for $119.99

  By Kimber Streams on November 20, 2012 05:47 pm + 54 comments

  Earlier this year DirecTV revealed it had two partnerships in the works to bring broadband to rural Continue reading…

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  Verizon and Time Warner will throttle speeds and limit browsing under new Copyright Alert System

  By Kimber Streams on November 16, 2012 02:25 pm + 151 comments

  Verizon and Time Warner have detailed their plans to throttle and restrict customer internet Continue reading…

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  European Union dismisses domain blocking as ineffective against illegal gambling sites

  By Chris Welch on October 25, 2012 10:51 am + 5 comments

  Cutting off access to websites that engage in illegal activity has become a popular tactic among law Continue reading…

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  Major ISPs rolling out Copyright Alert System 'in the coming weeks'

  By Justin Rubio on October 18, 2012 02:23 pm + 163 comments

  The Center for Copyright Information has stated that it will be rolling out its infringement warning Continue reading…

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  South Carolina Supreme Court rules that webmail isn't protected by 1986 privacy law

  By Evan Rodgers on October 13, 2012 07:55 pm + 46 comments

  Last Wednesday, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that one woman's deliberate (and successful) Continue reading…