John P.

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Response to a Net Neutrality Critic

Save the Net NowI recently found myself reading David Cowan’s personal blog as a result of researching my previous post on Dr. Dawkin’s letter to his daughter. As I perused his interesting site I found a post entitled “Net Neutrality is Politically Correct“.

If my interpretation is correct, David argues that the concept of Net Neutrality is misguided and will actually cause more harm than good. So, I thought I would take a few moments to issue a friendly, yet opposing view.
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Internet Speed Test

Internet Speed TestI’ve seen a few speed testing Web sites in my day, but this new one from SpeedTest.net takes the cake!

This site is totally awesome! Everything from the animation to the test results are very clear and easy to understand. Select the image above to see my personal results which range from a download high speed of over 11.4 Mbps (to Dallas) to a low of just over 4.3 Mbps (to London).
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