Bell Ordered By CRTC to Publicly Prove Internet Congestion

Bell Canada has been left scrambling after a CRTC ruling ordered them to make public documents 'proving' Bell's claims that net congestion was forcing them to throttle users. Bell gave the CRTC a confidential...

Traffic Jams On The Information Superhighway Explained :: Symblogogy

"The Harbor Freeway Interchange is the largest and tallest freeway interchange in Southern California. This massive 5-stack interchange connects the Century Freeway (I-105) with the Harbor Freeway (I-110). Nestled...

Protests Against Fuel Prices in Nepal

Nepalese students blocked several streets in Katmandu and hurled stones at the chief justice's car to protest rising fuel prices. The students demanded the government to take action and immediately withdraw fuel...

Sweden approves wiretapping law

In one of most far reaching eavesdropping plan and threatening civil liberties plan Swedish parliament has passed this draconian law which will allow government to record all electronic conversation."Sweden's parliament has approved controversial new laws allowing authorities...

Speeds fall as fuel prices rises

This survey draws a link between average speed and fuel price. Increased prices would seem to be bad for the pocket but good for the environment. This said the stretch of motorway mentioned in the survey is one of...

Danger In The Sky - The Chemtrail Phenomenon

" Danger In The Sky - The Chemtrail Phenomenon You Tube Tuesday, June 17, 2008   The largest coordinated global engineering project in the history of our species. People across the world are noticing...

2009 Dodge Journey recall

The brand new Dodge Journey is already being recalled.  There seems to be a defect in the engine wire harnessin the V6 models.  The car is only five months old.    "Dodge's brand new...

Salamander crossings stave off unnecessary squishing

Good news for Albertan salamanders: thanks to new crossings in Waterton Lakes National Park, many migrating amphibians will be saved from the crushing tires of unwitting motorists. The mini-tunnels come with a...

Facebook Traffic Catches Up To MySpace

"A long-awaited milestone for Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg's social networking site finally caught up to News Corp.'s (NWS) MySpace in worldwide unique visitors in April, when both sites attracted about 115 million...

First lock on Mississippi River closes amid floods

The massive flooding that has affected the Midwest is now spilling over into the Mississippi River, and the first lock and dam has already had to close."The first lock and dam on the upper Mississippi River...

Portugal drivers end fuel strike

Protests continue throughout Europe by truck drivers and other people who depend on their vehicles for their livelihood against rising fuel prices. In Portgual, the organized protest by truck (lorry) drivers there has now ended."Portuguese lorry drivers have ended their...

Net providers say no to child porn sites

Verizon, Sprint, and Time Warner Cable have all agreed to block access to Internet bulletin boards and Web sites across America that have any dealings with child pornography.I think this is a great idea, and hope...

The kindom of the fuel makes life impossible for everyone

The few getlemans with the power to control the prices of the fuel don't stop to raise the prices days after days. We all have seen here (Vancouver) how the prices has raised in only two month 20cent per litre....

Egypt: Bread Protest Leaves 10 Dead!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSomething is seriously wrong in our Society, when a life is worth more than a Loaf of Bread, as thousands demonstrate against the Egyptian Government rationing of flour,...

Tibetan Protests Continue in Kathmandu

by Mohan Nepali    June 07, 2008 first published in www.groundreport.com author link: www.groundreport.com/mohannepali   Tibetans demonstrated today in Kathmandu continuously for about an hour...
 

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