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At what pub did Thomas Paine write The Rights of Man?
The Angel
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In what district of London is The Angel located?
Islington
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What writer mentioned The Angel pub in his writings?
Charles Dickens
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What is the present status of the Angel pub?
a Co-operative Bank
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Prior to becoming a pub, what did the Angel serve as?
a coaching inn
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Along with the Eagle and Child, at what pub did the Inklings regularly meet?
the Lamb and Flag
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Where is the Eagle and Child located?
Oxford
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Along with J. R. R. Tolkien, who was a noted member of the Inklings?
C. S. Lewis
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Where is the Eagle pub located?
Cambridge
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On what date did Francis Crick announce to an audience of pub-goers that he had discovered DNA?
28 February 1953
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What pub is feature on the British soap opera Coronation Street?
The Rovers Return
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What pub is featured on EastEnders?
The Queen Vic
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What channel is EastEnders broadcast on?
BBC One
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What channel is home to the soap opera Emmerdale?
ITV
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What pub is featured on Emmerdale?
the Woolpack
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What would be a more accurate classification for many "British" pubs found outside Britain?
themed bars
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What continental European country has pubs that would be familiar to a Briton?
Denmark
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How many British cask beers were present at the 2008 European Beer Festival?
56
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In what city did the 2008 European Beer Festival take place?
Copenhagen
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About how many people visited the 2008 European Beer Festival?
20,000
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What is the native Irish term for a pub's atmosphere?
craic
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What does teach tábhairne mean in English?
tavernhouse
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What Irish term means "drinkinghouse"?
teach óil
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Vis-à-vis pubs in Ireland, what feature do pubs in Northern Ireland lack?
spirit grocers
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What country outside Ireland is known for having Irish pubs?
New Zealand
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Traditionally, what was the popular term for a drinking establishment in English-speaking Canada?
tavern
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In what decade did "bar" become the popular term for a drinking establishment in English-speaking Canada?
1970s
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In the 19th century, what term was used in English-speaking Canada to describe a drinking establishment?
public house
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What body often runs pubs on the campuses of Canadian universities?
the student's union
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In what decade could one find an "English looking" pub trend in Canada?
1990s
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What does ISP stand for?
Internet service provider
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what does an isp do?
provides services for accessing, using, the Internet
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What forms can an isp be organized in?
commercial, community-owned, non-profit, or otherwise privately owned
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What type of organization provides internet access?
ISPs
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What are some services provided by an isp?
Internet access, Internet transit, domain name registration, web hosting, Usenet service, and colocation
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Why was the internet developed?
a network between government research laboratories and participating departments of universities
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when was the internet developed?
1980s
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what happened to the internet in the late 1980s?
a process was set in place towards public, commercial use of the Internet
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When were remaining restrictions on the internet removed?
1995
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how long after the introduction of the world wide web was 1995?
4 years
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Where were the first isps established?
Australia and the United States
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where was the first commercial isp in the us located?
Brookline, Massachusetts
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when was the first commercial isp customer served?
November 1989
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when were the first commercial isps established?
1989
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what was the name of the first commercial isp in the us?
The World
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What would the absence of net neutrality permit?
ISPs to offer content providers a faster track to send content
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what may possibly be a solution to net neutrality concerns?
municipal broadband
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how did president obama recommend to classify the internet?
a telecommunications service
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what did the fcc choose to apply to the internet?
Title II (common carrier)
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what would the internet be classified as based on title ii?
telecommunications
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When did the FCC rule on net neturality?
February 2015
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How did the FCC rule on net neutrality?
in favor
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what did the FCC adopt for the internet?
Title II (common carrier) of the Communications Act of 1934
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what amendment did the chairman of the FCC compare this ruling to?
the First Amendment
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what did the FCC chairman say both the internet and the first amendment stand for?
free speech
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When did the FCC publish its final rule on net neutrality regulations?
13 April 2015
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What do ISPs provide?
Internet access
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how do isps provide internet access?
a range of technologies to connect users to their network
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what is one type of technology used to connect to the internet?
television cable (CATV)
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what type of technology is used to connect to the internet wirelessly?
wireless Ethernet (wi-fi)
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what was an earlier technology used to connect to the internet?
telephone lines
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what traditional options were available for users and small businesses?
copper wires to provide dial-up, DSL, typically asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), cable modem or Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) (typically basic rate interface)
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what is it called when fiber-optics are used for end users?
Fiber To The Home
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who is served by dial-up, dsl, adsl, cable modems, or isdns?
users and small businesses
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What type of customers would typically have more demanding requirements?
medium-to-large businesses, or other ISPs
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what does atm stand for in relation to internet providers?
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
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what is high-speed dsl used for?
customers with more demanding requirements
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what is SONET?
synchronous optical networking
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What is a mailbox provider?
an organization that provides services for hosting electronic mail domains with access to storage for mail boxes
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What is an organization that provides hosting of electronic mail domains?
A mailbox provider
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what is the purpose of a mailbox provider?
It provides email servers to send, receive, accept, and store email
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how does a user store electronic mail?
A mailbox provider
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What is SMTP?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
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What is IMAP?
Internet Message Access Protocol
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How is access to mail provided?
implementing Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and possibly providing access to messages through Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), the Post Office Protocol, Webmail, or a proprietary protocol.
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what are most mailbox providers as well?
access providers
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who possibly controls their own mail servers?
companies, universities, organizations, groups, and individuals
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What do internet hosting services provide?
email, web-hosting, or online storage services
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Who provides a virtual server service?
Internet hosting services
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who provides cloud services?
Internet hosting services
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Who does an ISP pay for internet access?
upstream ISPs
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Why does an ISP need to pay an upstream ISP?
An upstream ISP usually has a larger network than the contracting ISP
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What does an upstream ISP provide for an ISP?
access to parts of the Internet the contracting ISP by itself has no access to
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what usually has a larger network, the ISP of the customer or the upstream ISP?
upstream ISPs
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What is the simplest case of an ISP using an upstream ISP?
transmit data to or from areas of the Internet beyond the home network
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what do transit ISPs provide?
large amounts of bandwidth for connecting hosting ISPs and access ISPs
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A mode of interconnection is often cascaded multiple times until reaching what?
a tier 1 carrier
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What is a PoP?
point of presence
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What provides bandwidth for the connecting of hosting ISPs and access ISPs?
Transit ISPs
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What is a VISP?
virtual ISP
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What do VISPs resemble?
mobile virtual network operators
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What do visps purchase services from?
a wholesale ISP
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What are free ISPs?
Internet service providers that provide service free of charge
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What do free ISPs display in exchange for service?
advertisements
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What are free ISPs similar to?
commercial television
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How are freenets run?
on a nonprofit basis
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What is a WISP?
wireless Internet service provider
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What technology is part of a WISP?
commonplace Wi-Fi wireless mesh networking, or proprietary equipment
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What are some bands that Wi-Fi can operate over?
900 MHz, 2.4 GHz, 4.9, 5.2, 5.4, 5.7, and 5.8 GHz bands
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What is a wireless internet service provider's network based on?
wireless networking
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