Sentences with phrase «said slow internet»

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The final rules are likely to allow for Internet fast lanes and slow lanes, they say, which would give big cable players further power in consolidating their position in the industry.

They said (and continue to say) the internet was not broken to the point where such laws were necessary, and that Title II would slow down what should be a fast - moving, mostly free market.

«I hear fearful voices calling for building walls and distancing people they label as others, for blocking free expression, for slowing immigration, reducing trade and, in some cases around the world, even cutting access to the internet,» Zuckerberg said during a Facebook conference in April.

But the company said it still opposes the 2015 net neutrality rules, which prevent Internet service providers from blocking, slowing or otherwise discriminating against online content.

«The argument is the types of things we're doing now with information technology just don't show up in GDP because a lot of what we do on the Internet is free,» or very nearly so, says Philip Cross, a former chief of economic analysis at Statistics Canada who wrote a paper on the slow - growth economy for the Fraser Institute think tank last year.

While the new approach would make it easier for citizens to complain without having to repeatedly fly to Ireland, for example — as in the case of serial Facebook complainant Max Schrems — they say it also would slow down the complaint process and over-complicate matters for the Internet companies.

«Because our no - throttling rule addresses instances in which a broadband provider targets particular content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices, it does not address a practice of slowing down an end user's connection to the Internet based on a choice made by the end user,» the FCC's Open Internet Order says.

WASHINGTON - Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer announced Wednesday he would oppose a Federal Communications Commission proposal that he said would slow down internet speed in rural areas, making it more difficult to use emails, download information and handle a host of other online functions.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer is pushing back against a new FCC broadband proposal he said would slow down internet speed in rural areas.

«Older adults have been somewhat slower accessing the internet and using it to the extent that younger adults do, largely because they were not introduced to it through work and school,» she says, «however, internet usage has certainly increased among older adults and, when introduced to technology, they're quite capable of becoming technologically literate.»

While growth has slowed down, online dating is too ingrained to fade away, said Bill Tancer, general manager of worldwide research at Hitwise, an Internet market research firm.

«Eyes started opening up and people said, «Wow, this is really ridiculous,»» Superintendent Mike Moore said of efforts to bring attention to Calhoun County's slow, expensive Internet service.

«Not having what we need is aggravating, and it's awful for the children,» says Lisa Sutherland, a secretary at Vardaman High School, of the district's slow Internet connection.

The report found that while Wales» councils provide nearly all schools with an internet connection, around half the schools surveyed said slow connections were a problem making internet searches for a whole class difficult.

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In this future, say the experts, Baby Boomers will slow their spending on pets, the Internet will become a formidable source of competition, and the product trends that have largely driven pet store success will stop paying big dividends to the retailers that were early adopters.

But, with the Internet giving consumers so many other options, especially to research what they really want, many retailers say they no longer need the floor space to educate consumers in - store or to stock slow - moving items that can be easily purchased through their websites.

There are people saying that its so slow to the point where it took 3 + hours to download 30 mb from the PS store... And yes it not about the internet provider we are all pretty sure that it's Sony's EU servers that are lacking like hell.

He said: «Rules like the EU clinical trials directive have slowed down the creation of new drugs to cure terrible diseases and European Court of Justice judgments on data protection issues hobble the growth of internet companies.»

I'm not sure why you would want a text based course, as I find them incredibly boring, but I've had feedback from people who say they prefer it (especially if they have a slow internet connection such as satellite or dial - up).

«Facebook's user growth in the US has slowed down and is now about the same as that of internet users, while News Feed ad prices may be reaching their limit,» said in a release Monica Peart, senior forecasting director.

The company says that Skype Lite is its fastest and lightest app to date and it's designed for slow internet connections and limited data.

The open Internet order, the F.C.C. said, will give the commission strong legal authority to ensure that no content is blocked and that the Internet is not divided into pay - to - play fast lanes for Internet and media companies that can afford it and slow lanes for everyone else.

«Most consumers begin their search for a new home on the Internet, but until today this has been a slow, frustrating and cumbersome experience,» says Century 21 President Don Lawby.