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The FCC here in the US is hard at work drafting our new national broadband plan to bring broadband connectivity to more Americans. Millions of Americans don’t have broadband because they can't afford it, don’t want it, or don’t have access to it. Our broadband speeds in America are also pathetic compared to many other countries Read The Full Story

We're not all serious around these parts, and sometimes when we find stories like this, we just have to share. Mostly because it's fantastic, in a sort of ridiculous kind of way. So what's the rub? It looks like over in South Africa, a local IT company in Durban wanted to test their broadband speeds, after conceding that their speeds are next to lousy. They wanted to stress their innovative nature, so they devised a fool-proof plan to test those speeds. What better way to do it, then race it against a pigeon? A shot of the old, in a race of the new. Read The Full Story