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Techdirt
TechdirtAug 21, 2026
Trump FCC Weakens U.S. Broadband Speed Goals To The Benefit Of Elon Musk And Comcast
I've spent the better part of a lifetime studying and writing about the way corrupted lawmakers and U.S. telecom giants work hand in hand to erode U.S. broadband standards and mapping so they can obscure the way corruption and monopoly result in limited broadband competition -- resulting in shitty, expensive, spotty, and slow U.S. internet...
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Techdirt
TechdirtAug 6, 2026
Trump Admin Hijacked $21 Billion In Taxpayer Money Earmarked For Internet Access And Then Went Mute
I've written a few times now about how the Trump administration hijacked a $42.5 billion broadband investment fund included in the 2021 infrastructure bill, stripped away requirements that the resulting broadband be fairly deployed and affordable, and instead redirected billions of dollars to Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in exchange for slower, more expensive satellite...
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Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetAug 26, 2025
Over-Filtering The Internet
Despite many, many failed attempts to do so, people keep trying to filter the internet. Let’s look at the lens of the current moment through past attempts—including one led by, of all people, a librarian.
contentcensorship
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJan 12, 2024
What Was ISDN?
For decades, the telephone industry supported a new technology designed to make copper lines more useful to the average consumer. It’s great—if you’re a voice actor.
isdnphone history
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetSep 22, 2023
The Modem Tax
How a real-life attempt to charge online services for using the phone line became an infamous internet legend. The “modem tax” was a chain-mail boogeyman.
fccfederal communications commission
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJul 22, 2022
Surf Like A Shark
That time the company behind the GameShark cheating device came up with a dial-up online service for the Nintendo 64. SharkWire strangely targeted 7-year-olds.
nintendonintendo 64
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetApr 13, 2022
Free As In Internet
In the '80s, a defining online phenomenon—being able to use the internet for free—came from (of all places) Cleveland. Here’s the story of the Free-Net.
modemsinternet access
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetOct 15, 2021
Source Tags & Codes
The saga of the Missouri governor reflects a failure by the powerful to embrace curiosity—curiosity encouraged by the HTML language he fails to understand.
internetinternet access
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetFeb 5, 2021
Tab It Your Way
How the power-user web browser Vivaldi has managed to maintain a flexible design philosophy in an era when so much is decided for you online.
vivaldiweb browsers
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetAug 11, 2020
News In Small Bytes
Newspapers said they wanted to protect the print product, but they were raring to go when it came to experimental online news approaches in the early '80s.
internetinternet access
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJul 17, 2020
We Were Promised Skynet
Satellite internet was once seen as a holy grail of connect-anywhere online access. It hasn’t worked yet, but the promise is closer than ever.
internetinternet access
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJun 2, 2020
Now You’re Playing With Power
How I found home networking nirvana with a powerline connection, a form of home networking that might be called poor man’s ethernet. No drilling involved.
internetinternet access
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMay 12, 2020
Browse Minimally
Perhaps the problem with the modern web browser is that there’s just too much stuff. What if we cut things down to the bare minimum?
web browsersinternet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMay 8, 2020
The Internet’s Many Branches
The evolution of the top-level domain, a solution to a technical problem that has evolved into something with lots of cultural and marketing value.
domainsdomain names
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetApr 9, 2020
The Original Internet Bottleneck
Many early ISPs—particularly AOL—weren’t ready to offer unlimited internet access in the mid-’90s. That is, until a surprising disruptor appeared: AT&T.
aolamerica online
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetSep 10, 2019
The Wires Barely Reach
It took a while for the internet to turn into a major global force, but it wasn't for lack of trying. (Peter Gabriel deserves at least some of the credit.)
internetinternet history
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetAug 7, 2018
Nothing But Net (And Ads)
The rise of the ad-sponsored dial-up ISP offers some useful lessons on promising too much in the age of MoviePass. Good luck getting rid of that ad.
internetinternet access
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJan 5, 2017
Streaming Before Netflix
In 1998, a Hong Kong telecom firm spent $1.5 billion trying to make video-on-demand happen. iTV was so ahead of its time that it beat Netflix's DVD service.
movie industrymovies
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMar 24, 2016
No Vacancy
Hotels are bastions of consistency, especially when it comes to the amenities. But with Airbnb out there, is hotel psychology losing its grip on travelers?
hotelsmotels

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