IP addresses serve a similar function to postal addresses. Postal addresses allow our mail to circulate, while IP addresses allow network traffic to move around the internet.
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You may have video gamers and binge watchers to blame when your internet’s on the blink.
Google pays Apple to make its search engine the default on its devices, but the iPhone maker actually has more market power in the relationship.
Your mobile internet bandwidth is shared with others in your area. That’s why many people trying to access the iternet at the same time results in slower speeds.
The physical world is racially segregated as a result of structural racism. A researcher examines whether similar problems exist online.
ABS figures show that Australia’s appetite for faster broadband is growing apace.
Not all internet traffic is the same. Despite the recent legal win for network neutrality, many questions remain.
The UK government has sold spare IP addresses to a booming resale market - so now there’s a cash incentive to move to IPv6 sooner rather than later.
The FCC proposal could prevent content discrimination but wouldn’t solve the main problem: most rules governing the web are 80 years old.
The web has moved on since 1991, now HTTP has been updated too.
My last article looked at how social media stocks like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter are overpriced unless these companies manage to boost their revenues several times over. Given their business model…
There is probably not one of us reading this who has not lost themselves in time and space as they surf the web. So much engaging content, so many interesting lines of enquiry – and so much rubbish too…
Internet traffic in Australia is rapidly growing, doubling every 475 days. By 2016, traffic is set to increase by more than…
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