Internet shutdowns becoming the norm in much of the world
At the start of this year, as Zimbabwe cut off internet access across the country following anti-government protests, the internet pressure group Keep It On warned that such
internet access
SpaceX satellite will bring internet to isolated island nations
Thousands of islands dot the Pacific Ocean between Asia's southern coast and Australia, and the people who live on them have stayed mostly isolated from the digital age.
The 'internet as we know it' off in Iran
Iranians are still offline, three days after the government pulled the plug on the internet amid nationwide anti-government protests.
Africans face most expensive internet charges, new report says
Consumers in African countries are paying some of the highest rates in the world for internet access as a proportion of income, according to a new report released Tuesday.
Cubans to finally get internet on cellphones
For years, when Cubans talked about 3G mobile internet arriving on the communist-run island, it was with the same sarcasm that people in other countries reserve for discussions of flying pigs and hell freezing over.
Comcast down across the US due to cut fiber cables
Comcast customers across the United States experienced a massive internet, cable TV, and telephone outage on Friday.
In rural America, building the internet for everyone has stalled
Most afternoons, Chanda Ranck works out of her home office in a dilapidated trailer parked alongside the mountains in rural Owsley County. The tiny room is modest, with a small desk, a phone, and a headset, but it has a blazingly fast internet connection -- and that has helped turn Ranck's life around.
