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Provide the Nonprofit Voice to America's Broadband Plan

NTEN

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. Deregulation has produced monopolistic practices that have resulted in higher prices for consumers and slowed the deployment of competitive networks. Bad policy decisions should be reversed.

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Guam and the Consortium

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Japan is the biggest source of tourists for Guam, with growing numbers from other Asian nations like South Korea. The voice synthesizer in the Victor Reader software did a good job on the English sentences, but drew many grins and smiles from the audience when it tried to speak the Chamorro. The presence is growing: the U.S.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

18 In this world of management by algorithm, many workers feel that they have lost dignity and voice. Growing government support in South Korea provides one example of the possibilities. 9</sup). Chris Cornforth, “Patterns of Co-operative Management: Beyond the Degeneration Thesis,” Economic and Industrial Democracy 16, no.

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