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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. Encouraging residential adoption should be a top priority through educational programs and funding for schools and community organizations. Access and the Digital Divide. Net Neutrality.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

Switzerland was the first country in the world to adopt an electronics recycling system is 1991.Things South Korea also has a developed electronics recycling system that now recovers and properly processes over 75 percent of discarded electronics. It has had 30 percent growth in mobile adoption over the last 10 years.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

22 Nationwide, Uber adopted a complex new “full fare” algorithm in 2021 that many drivers claim makes it increasingly difficult to track rider fares or understand what they will earn on a given ride. Growing government support in South Korea provides one example of the possibilities.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I had a chance to meet with staffers involved in the drafting of two key federal bills that are most likely to be adopted, and shared my issues. Seoul, South Korea After an almost restful whirlwind of meetings in California, it was off to Seoul for the Eighth Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy. Roger Martin).

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