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Provide the Nonprofit Voice to America's Broadband Plan

NTEN

As the United States continues its fall in international broadband ratings, it is clear that our current system, devoid of competition and consumer choice, is putting private interests above the public good. Consumers in South Korea and Japan can get broadband speeds reaching 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps) for less than the monthly price a U.S.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

On the one hand, three countries have the highest electronics recycling rates in the world. In Taiwan, the recycling rate for IT equipment and appliances combined is 82. South Korea also has a developed electronics recycling system that now recovers and properly processes over 75 percent of discarded electronics.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

5 As for Uber and Lyft, these companies maintain policies that reward workers for low ride- cancellation rates—policies that are so tightly enforced, drivers are pressured to continue their rides even in the face of verbal abuse or physical assault. Racist practices familiar within capitalism are also reproduced in the platform economy.

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