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feature: How Amsterdam was wired for open access fiber
The city of Amsterdam has been involved for several years in building Citynet , a partnership between the city and two private investors to wire 40,000 Amsterdam buildings with fiber. And it’s not just fiber, it’s open access fiber—any ISP can sign up to use the infrastructure and deliver ultra-fast Internet access. In 2008, the European Union ruled that the city’s involvement in the project was in fact legal, and that it was not improperly interfering in the market.
Continue reading »P2PON Recommends: “Ink”
Each week P2PON presents a film and provides you with a link where you can download it and watch it in good quality. This is not good cinematography, this is a splendid idea put in a film! “Ink” is definitely one of the best films released this year. Chances are it will soon become a cult indie film but while comparisons to The Matrix, Dark City, and the likes have been quick to emerge, don’t expect anything as elaborate as that, in terms of effects or cinematography’ expect lots of heart instead! You could say “Ink” belongs to fantasy films but its ‘purpose’ is to affect your very real world (and doubt it) and it damn succeeds.
Continue reading »In Industry First, Voting Machine Company to Publish Source Code
Sequoia Voting Systems plans to publicly release the source code for its new optical scan voting system, the company announced Tuesday — a remarkable reversal for a voting machine maker long criticized for resisting public examination of its proprietary systems. The company’s new public source optical-scan voting system, called Frontier Election System, will be submitted for federal certification and testing in the first quarter of next year. The code will be released for public review in November, the company said, on its web site.
Continue reading »P2PON Recommends – “Public Enemies”
Johhny Depp as John Dillinger OK, we're a bit late this week with our movie recommendation, but you guys won't mind. The leading picture in our ” Top 10 Most Downloaded Movies via BitTorrent ” chart this week is also the film we are presenting today. First things first – if you’ve ever watched a movie just because one of its protagonists was too damn cool to resist, then already you’ve got one damn good reason to watch “Public Enemies”.
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