Tag: netbook
Netbooks and the Fragility of the Internet
by sky on May.11, 2009, under Cloud Computing, Cyber-nomads, OLPC [$100 computer], Our networked world, Technology and geeky stuff
I am increasingly concerned about the fragility of the Internet. With our data living more and more in the cloud, we are vulnerable when networks fail. Without email, without the documents I’m writing or editing, I have to sit out any network blackout that takes place. This happens to me more often than I’d like – probably a couple of times a month in my home office. I’m on Comcast cable for my connectivity, and though I frequently get 10 megabits/second of bandwidth, and almost always have at least 1.5 mbs, there are times when it gets so unreliable it might as well not be there, and then there are times when it just stops working for a couple of hours. (continue reading…)
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