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This Horror Story Shows How SOPA Will Be Bad News For Startups

This article illustrates why the SOPA and PIPA legislation is bad for start-ups.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/01/18/businessinsiderthis-horror-story-sh.DTL
Joshua Metzger knows first hand how destructive the Stop Online Piracy Act (and its sister, the Protect IP Act) will be to startups if Congress doesn’t heed the protests and pull the cork on it.
He was the lawyer for Veoh, a [...]

Does it really matter that much?

http://gigaom.com/2009/04/29/verizon-vs-cablevision-100-mbps-broadband/
So what is the real difference between 50Mbps to the home and 100Mbps to the home? Right now not much. Most people who do some moderate web browsing and check their email would not see a difference between a 1Mbps connection and a 100Mbps connection. Even if you play some games online, you really [...]