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Kazakhstan Disables the Internet , Telecomix Restores
bs0d3 writes "In the face of oil protests on their 20th independence day, Kazakhstan has blocked the internet and disabled cellphone towers in the city of Zhanaozen. As with previous internet blackouts, hactivist group telecomix is putting together free dial-up servers for people blacked out in this region."
The kids at Kent State and Jackson State may disagree with you.
The former USSR was developed - the countries that came from it most likely more so.
It's possible the average level of education there is greater than what was available to you, especially in geography and modern history it appears.
More or less all a modem is in a laptop these days is the hardware to convert the impedance and voltage to work with the 48v balanced phone system. There is no logic, it is all handled in software. Computers are so powerful it isn't hard to do anymore and there's no real performance issue. As such adding one to a system is dirt cheap.
Also there are some geeks, like me, that still have a modem laying around. I have an old USR Courier in my closet. Should I need it for any reason, like when I move to a new place and am waiting on cable to get hooked up (though they are much faster now) I have it. I haven't used it in years, particularly what with having a smartphone, but I still keep it because why not?
Of all Asian Soviet republics, Kazakhstan was the most well developed. Among other things, it's where Baikonur is.