Sadly, this doesn’t seem to be a joke, according to an article in Ars Technica. Prices for internet connections in Kazakhstan are almost surreal. Dial-up internet access costs $111 per month and a 1.5 Mbps DSL connection will set you back $3,355 per month. If you want the luxury of a 6 Mbps cable connection, [...]

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We have previously shown that for transferring large amounts of data, overnight delivery by FedEx is faster than using the internet. However, FedEx may be getting some serious competition in the near future: teleportation. It sounds very Star Trek, but scientists are working hard to make it a reality, and the results would apparently be [...]

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