Should the Internet Be Like the Public Library?

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Should the Internet Be Like the Public Library?

Wednesday, 13 August 2014 15:21
By The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program | Op-Ed


As Americans, we love to think we're number one, but the truth is that when it comes to internet speed we're pretty mediocre.

In fact, one recent study put the U.S. at number 31 in the world in overall download speed, lagging behind much smaller and less developed countries like Estonia, Hungary, and Slovakia.

Internet speeds in the U.S. average out around 20.77 megabits per second, which is less than half of the average internet speed in Hong Kong, which has the world's fastest internet.

For a country like ours, the country that invented the internet and is home to some of the world's most powerful tech companies, this is just embarrassing. ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/25563-should-the-internet-be-like-the-public-library

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1. No, the local public library censors the Internet. n/t