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Internet Outages & Book Depository's Final Chapter: TM 305 Short Version

Apr 09, 202329 minSeason 9Ep. 305
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Episode description

This week on Tech’s Message:

  • Amazon shutters Book Depository
  • DPReview dies a death
  • Virgin Media’s repeated outages
  • Benefits of local fibre providers
  • Are outages that problematic in a world of 5G and tethering?

The extended, ad-free version available via Patreon subscription also includes:

  • Nate’s recent American cheese crisis
  • Could Twitter Blue be temporarily worth subscribing to after all?
  • Outtakes and much more…

Links:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/04/amazon-to-close-book-depository-online-shop

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/11/uk-book-sales-in-2021-highest-in-a-decade

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65042770

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/03/ofcom-raise-uk-automatic-compensation-payments-for-broadband-woes.html

https://twitter.com/aakashg0/status/1641976869460275201?s=61&t=c8S1KbsuCzuGdMGh9xoj7w

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Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Ian Morris

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