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Yerevan and personal computers


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Maxjax,

 

Yes, it is possible to reach Internet through regular phone lines in Yerevan. That's how most of the people do. However, its quality and reliability is not high.

 

If you don't mind, I will move this thread to the Help forum.

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maxpax jan,

 

I have NOT got the faintest clue..as far as I know on the onternet you can reach/access any website on the internet from WHEREVER U r.

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True. I know that the Iranians do this. The Saudis are also into censorship. I discovered quite recently that we seem to have this in Turkey as well. I was trying to access a file on ozgurluk.org... It said something like "access forbidden"... Well, I used an anonymizer and there it was, smooth as cream. Really, I wasn't imagining it. Maybe if I can find the link again, I'll take a look and see if it works the same way.

By the way, I read somewhere at the beginning of this year that Abkhazia was the only country in the world to not have the internet. Wonder if that has changed and when...

 

[ July 08, 2001: Message edited by: Thorny Rose ]

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hhm..that's unusual.. I never heard of that.. I guess you learn something new each day.

 

 

I guess they want/need to do this because of the political movement through the net..

 

Banning whole sections of the net, LOL! I wonder how they manage it? Is it almost like a firewall?

 

This window realoading and loading blank. Taked#s the mickey!"

 

[ July 08, 2001: Message edited by: Kazza ]

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quote:
Originally posted by Kazza:
hhm..that's unusual.. I never heard of that.. I guess you learn something new each day.


I guess they want/need to do this because of the political movement through the net..

Banning whole sections of the net, LOL! I wonder how they manage it? Is it almost like a firewall?

[ July 08, 2001: Message edited by: Kazza ]



Germany has banned, and continues to ban, access to 1000s of sites. And only a couple of months ago France banned all auction sites, and search engines like yahoo, because of their new fascistic "anti-Fascist" laws. In the US - access is often restricted in public access internet places (like libraries) by the authorities insisting that you pay for a supervisor to watch you.

How true is the observation that those who shout most about being oppressed, are the most likely to become oppressors when they get the chance.

Steve
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And in Turkey:

 

(KKUP Radio - Turkish news for week ending 09 June 2001)

 

According to the Associated Press, The Turkish Parliament adopted a bill

that will place print media restrictions on the contents of the Web pages.

A web site that publishes "untrue news and insults" can face fines of up

to $85,000.

The law, however, dropped earlier proposals that would have required

permission from the government to set up a web site and to provide printed

copies of the site every day for review.

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