But the simple fact is that a significant and rapidly growing number of Russians have free access to the internet and to all of the information contained on it.
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With innovations such as wireless fidelity, commonly known as wi-fi, and other low-cost technologies and business models that are now being explored, we should aim to provide cheap, fast, and eventually free access to the internet.
Instead, we should take more time to address the concerns raised by all sides, and come up with new legislation that addresses Internet piracy while protecting free and open access to the Internet.
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San Francisco plans to set up free, universally available wireless access to the Internet, otherwise known as Wi-Fi.
No surprise, then, that the borough wants to be the first in Britain to offer free wireless internet access to all its residents.
Nidae Al-Ryadh of Free Access to Scientific and Technical Information was the first Arabic declaration in support of OA by the participants in the Second Gulf-Maghreb Scientific Congress (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 25-26, 2006), which calls for free access to all scientific literature on the internet.
Just when you thought the words "free" and "Internet" had worn out their welcome, along comes the movement to offer free wireless Internet access in public spaces.
The US has said it simply allows Cubans access to computers and free courses on how to use the internet.
In 2007, a study conducted by Jawhraa Abdul Rahaman, to explore the contentment of academics in universities in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia towards open Access publishing - 63.4% of the total participants in the study showed their desire to have their scientific publications available for free access on the Internet in future, compared with 22.4% reported that they do not support the idea.
What's more, Capellas has ratcheted up pressure on rivals this year by migrating 10% of MCI's phone calls from old circuit-switched networks--subject to those antiquated access fees--to the Internet, which is free of them.
The users it has registered to its, mostly free, internet access services, will climb to 10.7 million from 6.8 million after the Liberty Surf takeover.
By providing free access to anyone with an Internet connection, MOOCs facilitate the dissemination of knowledge to unprecedented numbers of people.
An opera by Gioachino Rossini has been broadcast live over the internet for the first time in Vienna, giving audiences around the world free access to a classical production.
Dropbox, a free downloadable software program, allows them to drag and drop files to access on the Internet or from another computer into the "dropbox" folder that appears on their computer's desktop.
Much recent broadband policy has focused on wireless broadband initiatives with telecom companies and industry groups like the CTIA The Wireless Association calling on the FCC to free up wireless spectrum for greater Internet access.
The new document serves as something of a counterpoint to the recently released Declaration of Internet Freedom, an online petition put together by Free Press which urges an end to censorship but also the promotion of universal access to the internet.
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As part of the investment, there are also plans to provide free wireless internet access throughout Belfast.
Free Internet access is growing wildly, threatening to undermine an economic underpinning of the entire World Wide Web.
Wi-Fi is an important component for PCs and tablets as it provides the capability for users to access the internet wherever Wi-fi hotspots are available, typically for free.
Any one of seven free Flexible Boosters are included at the customers choice in the monthly price, allowing access to additional services such internet access, and can be changed each month if they wish to meet the needs of changing lifestyles.
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Free-speech advocates argue that the Internet, unlike a broadcast medium, requires users to pay access fees and that then they must persistently search out sites.
By contrast, many users in the United States and Europe have access to flat-rate or "free, " ad-supported Internet access plans.
"It is ironic that the very people who claim to be fighting for a free internet are preventing those around the world trying to follow the event online from getting access, " he said.
Government-supported initiatives such as UK NetYear and the planned National Grid for Learning have focused on the process of connecting schools to the Internet and providing online materials, rather than on setting lower-rate or free access.
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Universities, which still enjoy free access to all weather data, are under suspicion, but the main way around the rules is to use the Internet, where the notion of national markets, used by Regulation 40, simply does not apply.
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