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DW100 writes: A unique broadband rollout in the UK has taken place this week, with operator BT bringing a previously disused international undersea cable ashore in the tiny island community of the Isles of Scilly. This will bring speeds of 60-80Mbs to the islands, making it one of the best connected communities in the world.
concertina226 writes: The Russian federal government is concerned about the number of people using Tor to anonymously surf the web in the country and has set up a competition to find a technological solution to solve the problem.
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is offering 3.9 million roubles ($111,000, £65,370) to researchers who will "study the possibility of obtaining technical information about users and users equipment on the Tor anonymous network," according to a translated version of the proposal.
There is a famous east German joke
A customer orders a Trabant car. The salesman tells him to come back to pick it up in nine years. The customer: "Shall I come back in the morning or in the evening then?" The salesman: "You're joking, aren't you." The customer: "No, not at all. It's just that I need to know whether the plumber can come at 3pm or not."
quite its the difference between states with more or less corruption and respect for the rule of law (sorry to use a German stereotype) and I suspect the gini coefficient comes into play.
Which is why the UK's conservative chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne wants to increase the minimum wage so as to cut the in work benefits bill
and when the gangsters have fixed the election what then:-) One of my Asian coworkers commented that his family had lost property to "gangsters" in India more than once.