Iran cuts Internet speeds to homes, cafes

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>]

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's internet service providers (ISPs) have started
reducing the speed of Internet access to homes and cafes based on new
government-imposed limits, a move critics said appeared to be part of a
clampdown on the media.

An official said last week that ISPs were now "forbidden" by the
Telecommunications Ministry from providing Internet connections faster than
128 kilobytes per second (KBps), the official IRNA news agency reported. He
did not give a reason.

Internet technicians say speeds of 256 KBps, 512 KBps or higher are
increasingly common internationally. Iranian surfers will now find it much
slower to download music or anything else from the Web. Businesses have not
been affected by the move.

Critics said the restriction would hinder the work of students and
researchers but said it appeared in line with what they see as a squeeze on
the media by the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who rails
against the West.

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