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Breaking the Web: How Sanctions Are Undermining Iran’s Access to the Internet
In Iran, Internet-based sanctions are blocking access to critical cloud services and Internet technologies that significantly improve speed, security, and performance.
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Baltic Subsea Cables: A Story of Resilience, Not Fear
The narrative of the story should highlight the resilience of subsea cables and the Internet as a whole to continue working despite these and other faults.
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Measuring Broadband Policy Success in Rural America
Study finds that more than 40% of government-funded broadband supported premises are not being served by subsidized Internet service providers.
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New Features to Help You Track The Internet's Resilience
We've updated the Pulse Internet Resilience Index to include 17 new countries and are working on a historical feature to allow you to track metrics since 2019.
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Indexing Internet Resilience in Luxembourg
Luxembourg has one of the highest levels of overall Internet resilience in Western Europe and one of the highest globally when accounting for population size.
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Modernizing the Universal Service Fund: The Appropriate Path Forward
The Universal Service Fund's current funding model needs to align with its current usage with Internet users subsidizing Internet deployment.
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Altnets: The Unsung Hero of Fiber Connectivity in the UK
Alternative networks, or altnets, have transformed the UK’s broadband market and improved access and performance, giving consumers greater choice.
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Webinar: Causes and Consequences of Major Internet Outages in Africa in 2024 (And How to Mitigate Them)
Register for a free webinar happening 25 November from 10:00—12:00 UTC.
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Shutdown Watch: Building A Community Against Internet Shutdowns in Bangladesh
A local voluntary civil society group has developed a project to track Internet shutdown and digital censorship events in Bangladesh and develop awareness of the impact of these events within the local community.
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Mapping Investment and Usage of the Subsea Internet Cable Networks
Subsea cable construction has broadened substantially since 2002, moving away from focusing only on Europe, North America, and East Asia. However, it remains concentrated in large markets.
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Indexing Internet Resilience in Türkiye
We take a look at the resilience of Türkiye's Internet ahead of the next Internet Measurement Day taking place in Instanbul on 6 November 2024.
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Exploring Citizen Perspectives on Mobile Broadband Measurement
Perceived lack of time, skills, and interest were the top three ranked barriers preventing people from participating in crowdsourced Internet measurement.
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