Iran bans high-speed internet

FYI…

- http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35181
18 October 2006
"Iran's government has banned high speed internet in an effort to cut out influence from the west, reports The Guardian*. This comes shortly after a clampdown on satellite dishes, which Iranians use to watch western TV. The move restricts the country's five million internet users to a mere 128k connection, and broadband has been strictly forbidden…"
* http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/stor…1924637,00.html

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FYI…

Iran Blocks YouTube, N.Y. Times
- http://www.techweb.com/article/printableAr…_section=700028
December 05, 2006
"Iran blocked access to video-sharing Web site YouTube and the New York Times online, further escalating the country's Internet censorship, a press freedom organization said Tuesday. The latest actions are part of the country's overall strategy of creating a "digital border to stop culture and news coming from abroad – a vision of the Net which is worrying for the country's future," Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said*…"
* http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=20016