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Major Streaming Sites Must Be Blocked, Court Rules

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[T]he Supreme Court ruled that blocking websites in Austria is entirely legal. Furthermore, the court also confirmed that the Internet Service Providers will have to bear the costs of blocking the sites, informing them that their business model should allow them to be “financially and technically equipped” to implement blockades. – Andy, TorrentFreak

BREAKING: Your Internet could get a lot faster thanks to this FCC ruling

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The [Federal Communications Commission] voted to define broadband as 25 megabytes per second downloading and 3 Mbps uploading, relying on its authority under Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act to “take immediate action to accelerate [Internet] deployment…by removing barriers to infrastructure investment and by promoting competition in the telecommunications market.” – Eric Geller, The Daily Dot  
(Full Story: http://ift.tt/1yRepkt )