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100Mbps Home Internet Service Next Year in Finland

Listen Up writes "According to an article on CNN, broadband Internet access via cable modems in Finland will be able to hit 100 Mbps as early as 2006. That would be 50 times faster than the average broadband speeds now offered to cable TV homes in Finland. Do you think this technology has the possibility of reaching U.S. shores? Or do you think the already deeply entrenched U.S. politics are going to keep this technology from ever reaching us? There are already thousands and thousands of miles of 'dark fiber' underground around the U.S."

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  1. Thank you Timothy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thank you Timothy for, once again, inserting your personal bias in the fucking article on slashdot. You need to pull your head out of your ass for one second from now on before posting ok? We're smart and form our own opinions. You acting the ass hat just makes us think of you as Michael's Succesor to the title of "Greatest Asshat on the Internet".

  2. RMS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So today at work we're standing around the water cooler discussing things. The talk turns to Richard Stallman, and a coworker dug up an old story from the newspaper and shared it with us.

    Apparently in 2000 RMS took a dump in the produce aisle at a local supermarket, then wiped his ass with a head of lettuce. Right in front of everybody. The manager, of course, called the police and when the cops arrived, RMS grabbed a loaf of Italian bread and started swinging it frantically at anybody who got near him, calling them "right wingers" who wanted to "take away his natural rights." They ended up mace-ing him and he spent the night in jail and paid a big fine.

    Okay question, who actually supports this guy? I know that RMS has his defenders, can any one of them step forward and explain why a guy like this is worth defending? I'll never understand it.

  3. HAHAHAAH by JeiFuRi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Go to news.google.com and look under the first image, it says 365gay! LOL. Yeah, I just HAD to point that out to someone hahah.