Hello.
I've been in North America working for the last few weeks and I can't tell you what a dream it is not having to worry about internet filters and restrictions. Living in China, I often have to use a proxy to evade the firewall. This needs to be used on a daily basis to update my website and blog, and it can be an exhausting process as the proxies are never very stable.
Being in Toronto, and North America in general, I can't believe how bliss it is just being able to access my blog and various websites. It's quick and easy, and the funny thing is that Canadians, and American's, don't look corrupted by internet content. So is the benevolent filtering really helpful? Or is China just making the problem much bigger than it is so that they can save a few thousand "net nanny" jobs at the Propaganda Bureau?
Making jobs is important in this day and age, but the "net nanny" society that currently exists in China wreaks of the Cultural Revolution era when children ratted out their parents and neighbors for "capitalist behavior". I wish we could all just grow up a bit. Yes, there are lots of bad things on the internet; and there are lots of good things as well. Make it free, get parents to do there job and get the government to back off.
Some days it can be exhausting living in the day to day mess that is China. Luckily, I have my proxy. I just need to find a way to upload pictures to clients faster and I'll be well on my way to a fully functioning photographer; instead of one trapped behind a fire wall that makes updating his Facebook "status" a 30 minute painful ordeal.
I promise, that's the last bitch session about the internet in China.
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Ryan Pyle
Photographer
ryan@ryanpyle.com
Website: www.ryanpyle.com
Archive: http://archive.ryanpyle.com
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Friday, July 24, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Ryan Pyle Blog: Faster Internet Access?
Hello,
It appears that all the time I've spent on this blog complaining about my slow internet access has finally reached the right people in the upper reaches of government, one blog can make a difference.
A news report from the Shanghai Daily, an English language newspaper, stated that by the end of 2009 residents of Shanghai (that's me + 20 million others) will get broadband speeds 50 to 100 times faster than rates we currently get.
The new speed rates, tipping over 100Mbps, which I guess is supposed to be fast. See Article Here
Big questions that weren't answered in the newspaper article, surprise surprise, is censorship and the firewall. Currently the big reason for slow internet connections for anyone viewing websites, that originate outside of China, is because of the firewall. Until that issue gets dealt with they can increase the speeds as much as they want, they can spend billions laying new fiber and upgrading infrastructure, but to what end if all we can do is access websites based in China (ie. 98% Chinese content)
Beyond the fire wall, personally I don't care if it's 50Mbps or 100Mbps or 1000Mbps, as long as I can upload pictures to my archive and to clients fast.......I mean fast fast. Oh, and watching Youtube or Hulu every now and then to catch up on some good old American culture would be nice as well.
Fire wall or no fire wall, I say bring it! It couldn't be any worse than the current speeds.
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Ryan Pyle
Photographer
ryan@ryanpyle.com
Website: www.ryanpyle.com
Archive: http://archive.ryanpyle.com
_______________________________________
It appears that all the time I've spent on this blog complaining about my slow internet access has finally reached the right people in the upper reaches of government, one blog can make a difference.
A news report from the Shanghai Daily, an English language newspaper, stated that by the end of 2009 residents of Shanghai (that's me + 20 million others) will get broadband speeds 50 to 100 times faster than rates we currently get.
The new speed rates, tipping over 100Mbps, which I guess is supposed to be fast. See Article Here
Big questions that weren't answered in the newspaper article, surprise surprise, is censorship and the firewall. Currently the big reason for slow internet connections for anyone viewing websites, that originate outside of China, is because of the firewall. Until that issue gets dealt with they can increase the speeds as much as they want, they can spend billions laying new fiber and upgrading infrastructure, but to what end if all we can do is access websites based in China (ie. 98% Chinese content)
Beyond the fire wall, personally I don't care if it's 50Mbps or 100Mbps or 1000Mbps, as long as I can upload pictures to my archive and to clients fast.......I mean fast fast. Oh, and watching Youtube or Hulu every now and then to catch up on some good old American culture would be nice as well.
Fire wall or no fire wall, I say bring it! It couldn't be any worse than the current speeds.
--
Ryan Pyle
Photographer
ryan@ryanpyle.com
Website: www.ryanpyle.com
Archive: http://archive.ryanpyle.com
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