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    Telecom Monopolies Are Once Again Funding Covert, Sleazy Local Attacks On Community Broadband Networks

    https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/18/telecom-monopolies-are-once-again-funding-covert-sleazy-local-attacks-on-community-broadband-networks/ Telecom Monopolies Are Once Again Funding Covert, Sleazy Local Attacks On Community Broadband Networks Broadband from the...
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    Republicans Trying To Kill Program That Brings Affordable Broadband To The Poor

    https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/03/republicans-trying-to-kill-program-that-brings-affordable-broadband-to-the-poor/ Republicans Trying To Kill Program That Brings Affordable Broadband To The Poor Broadband from the dysfunction-junction dept Wed, Jan 3rd 2024 05:32am - Karl Bode Last month...
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    Republicans slam broadband discounts for poor people, threaten to kill program

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/republicans-slam-broadband-discounts-for-poor-people-threaten-to-kill-program/ Republicans slam broadband discounts for poor people, threaten to kill program Thune, Cruz complain that $30 discounts go to people who "already had broadband." JON BRODKIN...
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    Tired Of Being Ripped Off By Monopolies, Cleveland Launches Ambitious Plan To Provide Citywide Dirt Cheap Broadband

    https://www.techdirt.com/2023/10/23/tired-of-being-ripped-off-by-monopolies-cleveland-launches-ambitious-plan-to-provide-citywide-dirt-cheap-broadband/ Tired Of Being Ripped Off By Monopolies, Cleveland Launches Ambitious Plan To Provide Citywide Dirt Cheap Broadband Broadband from the...
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    archive.today: On the trail of the mysterious guerrilla archivist of the Internet

    https://gyrovague.com/2023/08/05/archive-today-on-the-trail-of-the-mysterious-guerrilla-archivist-of-the-internet/ archive.today: On the trail of the mysterious guerrilla archivist of the Internet Do you like reading articles in publications like Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal or the...
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    Colorado repealed law limiting municipal internet, making it easier for towns to build their own

    https://coloradosun.com/2023/05/24/municipal-internet-sb-152-repealed-colorado/ More than 160 cities, towns and counties opted out of Senate Bill 152, and some built their own gigabit service that was 4,000 times faster. But there were other reasons for the repeal. Tamara Chuang 4:11 AM MDT on...
  7. NoirDynosaur

    The Internet is too soft nowadays

    Attention: The Internet is entering its Karen era People have become too soft sensitive and bytchmade Everything is a fukking reaction nowadays What ever happened to having thick skin? Roasting nikkas? Having witty comebacks? Modern social media is either Some insecure broad playing...
  8. JadeB

    I read a bunch of archived Usenet threads while bored. Here's some of them.

    Threads about then-current Rodney King's riots https://www.usenetarchives.com/view.php?id=soc.culture.usa&mid=PDE5OTJBcHIzMC4xMTQ5MDEuMTcwNjVAbGNsYXJrLmVkdT4 https://www.usenetarchives.com/view.php?id=soc.culture.usa&mid=YjE1SjNXOVZob00 Thread on Kurt Cobain after his death...
  9. BaileyPark31

    Does This Make Sense To Yall?

  10. Luken

    Scammers, Finessers, Snapchat,Strippers, Escorts and Trannies have ruined the online dating scene.

    #bigfacts even on the paid sites. im done with this shiet :russell:
  11. S

    South Detroit has to build its own internet

    It's amazing but sad at the same time.
  12. S

    South Detroit has to build its own internet

    It's amazing but sad at the same time.
  13. Yinny

    Parents of the coli

    Based on your experiences with the internet and online interactions, would you allow your children unrestricted access to the internet? Unsupervised?
  14. SirReginald

    Did You See The 'Internet' Becoming As Big As It Has?

    For my brehs in the 90's who were using the net, did yall see it becoming this big? David Bowie predicted that the internet would soon share large files of music. Guess what, he was right. I guess as an artist he even saw the future. Extremely extraordinary.
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    Is there still significant fortune to be made on the Internet after the dotcom crash of 2000?

    We saw how, in the mid to late 90s there were hundreds of young entrepreneurs implementing their ideas & hawking their wares on the newfangled World Wide Web, and promptly earning net worths valued in the 9 and 10 figure range. We also saw how the crash wiped away their wealth, with the...
  16. Geek Nasty

    Computer and internet privacy thread

    We had a couple good threads on it today, figured I'd lay out some of the things I do online to help out with privacy and security. I'm not engaged in any freaky or illegal shyt, but I hate what the internet has become; a huge infromation harvesting leech that is trying to turn us all into...
  17. Black Panther

    How Much Would You Charge? (IT/Networking Question)

    So I was asked recently to set up a wireless network for a church. Building is about 40,000 sq. ft. I do this kind of stuff at my day job all the time, but this would be my first time doing it from scratch on my own. They currently have no network hardware other than their AT&T gateway...
  18. M

    Peace out Coli. I'm going on an Internet detox. (FAREWELL ADDRESS)

    What's good witcha? It's me. I first started this social media/Internet forum shyt at age 15 in 2013. I was in summer school for failing algebra and our class was an online class in the computer lab in the back of my high school with the AC blowing. Ya'll nikkas can't even imagine how cold that...
  19. S

    Anybody subscribed to Kweli.tv?

    Article on the platform - http://www.blacknews.com/news/kwelitv-launches-founder-deshuna-spencer-explains-why-authentic-media-representation-matters-now/ Actual website - Welcome! I'm gonna give this a shot. Nubian TV on the web. Netlfix for Nubians. They can get my $50/yr. It's less than...
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    A Hawaiian Politician Is Introducing a Bill That Would Encourage Creation of Locally Owned Broadband

    A Hawaii state lawmaker announced plans Monday to introduce a bill that would require the state to explore the feasibility of creating and supporting locally owned broadband networks that do not rely on traditional internet service providers. Kaniela Ing, a state representative who recently...
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