#IT and telecommunication

[intersectionalpraxis]

48 million people in Sudan still can not contact their families across the diaspora. They're cut off from the internet, which includes their online banking services as well. Thousands of displaced Sudanese people were also recently turned away as asylum seekers:

This continues to be horrifying. Please keep talking about Sudan.

[discopaws]

a textbook diagram demonstrating an RTC (rabbit telecommunications network)

[science70]

AT&T/Bell Telephone Company employment opportunity ad, 1972.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Netflix Canada is done with being basic.

The streaming giant says it's phasing out the $9.99 "basic" option from its price plans, taking away the cheapest subscription without ads.

That means new Netflix subscribers will have to decide whether they're ready to sit through commercial breaks or fork out a bit more money for an ad-free experience.

Netflix's ad tier costs $5.99 and allows viewing on up to two screens at once with commercial interruptions.

The next level up is $16.49 per month to watch without ads, with simultaneous viewing on two devices. There's also the premium plan for $20.99 with 4K high-definition video and the option to add up to two members who don't live in their household.

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Note from poster @el-shab-hussein: Remember what happened last time? When they cracked down on password sharing on Canada first because they use Canadians as a testing grounds for what they want to implement on bigger populations? This is going to happen to the Netflix services in other countries if they think this measure is successful. We're just consumer guinea pigs in this story.

Tagging: @politicsofcanada, @vague-humanoid

[humanoidhistory]

Telecommunications in Greece, 1970-1979.

(OTE Museum of Telecommunications)

[fuzzyghost]

[bfpnola]

HOW TO BUY AN E-SIM CARD FOR PALESTINIANS IN GAZA SINCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HAVE BEEN SHUT OFF

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buy one! and if you can’t, please share! e-sim cards will specifically allow journalists to keep reporting on the situation and for medics to contact one another and provide support!!! this is LIFE SAVING direct action you can do from your home!

[ravensvalley]

#TelecommunicationTower

There is no escape from technology; It is everywhere.

[scavengedluxury]

Phone booth in front of 63 Bécsi street, Budapest, 1989. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

[retrocgads]

USA 1997

[intersectionalpraxis]

I know there have been previous posts about getting e-sims to people in Sudan, but the one that is the most reliable is no longer available to view on X, so I don't know what would be the best source to post here. So, if anybody finds a great resource, please inbox me, and I will share it here. I will also keep looking for resources, of course.

I also don't know if the original post got taken down because of censorship or if it doesn't work anymore. I'm also hearing that apparently the e-sims aren't working in Sudan, but I can't confirm this. I just saw a few people talking about this on X.

Don't stop talking about Sudan. We all know what happens when telecommunications systems are heavily damaged and destroyed. The RSF is a genocidal militia and needs to be stopped.

My heart goes out to Sudanese people and their loved ones in their communities and all around the world with whom they may not be able to reach for some time. I cannot imagine how horrifying this is.

UPDATE: e-sims do not connect outside of Sudan.

Keep talking about Sudan. Don't remain silent about this.

[discopaws]

a BNY teleco. poster!

[1randomweirdo]

Forgot to share this yesterday!

Hey my fellow Americans, remember Net Neutrality? (Remember the douche with the comically oversized 'reese's pieces' coffee mug, Ajit Pai?) Quick rehash: Pai repealed it, and lacking Net Neutrality means Big Tech/Phone companies can hinder, slow, or block access to any sites they want for any reason (perhaps some of you recall Verizon throttling service of firefighters out west *while they were battling wildfires* - or how ads now just say internet speeds may decrease during peak hours? Net Neutrality makes it so that can't happen)

Well now that the aforementioned douche is not there, the FCC is considering restoring it! This is *huge*, and there's an easy way to submit comments to both the FCC *and* your members of Congress, below.

It's a pre-made form letter; all you have to do is enter your info (though I recommend adding something to the letter, just to prove to the recipients that they're not getting bot comments. Even just adding your name and saying "I agree with the comments below" or something is fine)

An action we can all take, that just takes a few moments (just be sure to uncheck the boxes at the bottom if you don't want to be added to email lists)

Link to send comments to FCC:

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Bell Media has asked the federal broadcast regulator to drop the spending requirements and dedicated airtime imposed on the company's local television news programming.

BCE's media arm says it wants the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to amend "certain conditions of licence" regarding its local English- and French-language TV stations, CTV and Noovo.

Bell Media calls it "regulatory relief" to counter online competition and help offset losses racked up in recent years.

"Unfortunately, Bell Media has been losing tens of millions alone in the production and delivery of local news," it said in a summary of the application posted Friday and filed on June 14 — the same day BCE announced it's cutting 1,300 positions, shutting or selling nine radio stations and closing two foreign bureaus. [...]

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[humanoidhistory]

Stockholm, 1960.

[fuzzyghost]