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Australia To Become The New China – Internet Censorship

Posted on Friday, October 17, 2008 by Matti

Australia’s so called “Cyber-Safety Plan” would place them on par with the Great Firewall of China. A nationwide censorship, primarily ment to prevent childporn- and terrorist-websites from reaching their mainland through the World Wide Web, but “upgraded” to include erotic websites as … Continue reading →

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ISP: It’s Impossible For Us to Stop Illegal P2P

Posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 by Matti

TorrentFreak reports on the case of a Belgian ISP (Scarlet) vs The Copyright Group (SABAM). An ISP which was ordered by a court to stop illegal file-sharing on its network, says it simply can not. The Belgian ISP Scarlet says … Continue reading →

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Telenet raises monthly traffic limits, but still fails

Posted on Sunday, July 13, 2008 by Matti

Telenet, one of the biggest ISPs in Belgium, has finally increased their monthly traffic limits for everyone who uses cable to connect to the internet. They did this without making a big fuzz about it, there’s no press-release yet. Belgacom, … Continue reading →

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“Net neutrality” at a glance

Posted on Friday, June 20, 2008 by Matti

What is this thing called “Net Neutrality”? Why is everyone bitching about it? Will it appear out of the dark and physically assault me? I’ll briefly go over what Net Neutrality means in todays world, and why it’s something that … Continue reading →

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Quick math to show how terrible Belgian bandwidth providers are

Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2008 by Matti

So we live in a country where a 10GB bandwidth limit per month is considered normal. Add to this the high price (close to 30-40eur per month), and you’ve got a recipe for complaints. As is the case with nearly … Continue reading →

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