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The Internet country code
Currently Internet access is available to businesses and home users in various forms, including dial-up, fiber, cable, DSL, and wireless.
History
Average Speed
According to netindex.com, the Italian average for fixed connections is below the global average (96.98 Mbit/s Down and 51.28 Mbit/s Up at january 2021) with an average speed of 79.62 Mbit/s Down and 31.41 Mbit/s in upload (consideration based on the public data available at: Italy Median Country Speeds - January 2021).
Overview
According to data released by the fibre-to-the-home (
While
The FTTH network is developing as well, with a standard 1000/100 Mbit/s connection [7] (1000/200 Mbit/s with Vodafone [8][9]) at the same subscription price as FTTC .
Figures published by the
Internet regulation
An
Currently internet filtering in Italy is applied on web-sites which display child pornography[18] and on some P2P web-sites (including the most famous The Pirate Bay). A pervasive filtering is applied to those gambling websites that don't have a local license to operate in Italy.[19]
In February 2023, Italy's Data Protection Authority (GPDP) banned the AI chatbot Replika, citing potential risks it posed to minors and people with emotional fragility.[20] The next month, the GPDP ordered OpenAI to block ChatGPT, citing privacy concerns in how personal data is processed and failure to verify if users are over age 13.[21] OpenAI restored access to its chatbot by the end of April, saying it had addressed or clarified the GPDP's concerns.[22]
Copyright and content regulation
In October 2020, the vice secretary of the
In 2023, a law was passed which requires all ISPs, public DNS servers, and VPN services to participate in a site blocking scheme known as Piracy Shield, which is intended to prevent piracy of premium content such as television programming and sports broadcasts. Site blocking requests are made by rightsholders without judicial review, and processed by AgCom. Participants must implement the requests within 30 minutes. [26][27]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Will Italy have the best FTTH network in Europe? Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine FTTH Council Europe. Web. 02 Dec. 2012.
- ^ "TIM festeggia l'Internet Day con 1.100 comuni connessi in fibra ottica". Telecom Italia Group. April 29, 2016.
- ^ "TIM SMART SUPERFIBRA". TIM.it. June 5, 2016.
- ^ "Vodafone Super Fibra Family 100 Mega". Vodafone. June 5, 2016.
- ^ "Fastweb fibra ottica". Fastweb. June 5, 2016.
- ^ "FASTWEB lancia il nuovo piano in fibra ottica per portare 200 megabit al secondo al 50% della popolazione". FASTWEB company. April 5, 2016.
- ^ "TIM profilo 300/20".
- ^ "Vodafone lancia la prima offerta fibra a 500 Mbps". April 28, 2016.
- ^ "Vodafone News - Vodafone Lab - Vodafone lancia IperFibra, la prima offerta fino a 1 Gigabit al secondo in Italia". vodafone lab - La community che sperimenta e condivide (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-10-18.
- ^ a b c d (in Italian) Cittadini e nuove tecnologie. Istituto nazionale di statistica. Web. 01 Dec. 2012.
- ^ L'espresso (in Italian). 2009-11-26. Archived from the originalon 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ^ Italian Chamber of Deputies. 2005-08-01. Archived from the originalon 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ^ a b "Diffondiamo il Wi-Fi, proposta di legge bi-partisan" (in Italian). Tom's Hardware. 2009-11-26. Archived from the original on 2009-11-28. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ^ a b "WiFi, Cassinelli libera tutti?" (in Italian). Punto Informatico. 2009-11-26. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ^ Decreto Pisanu, pronto il cestino? Punto Informatico 10/10/2010
- ^ DECRETO-LEGGE 29 dicembre 2011, n. 216, in G.U. n. 302 del 29 dicembre 2011 - in vigore dal 29 dicembre 2011 - Proroga di termini previsti da disposizioni legislative.
- ^ Zambardino, La repubblica, December 31, 2011
- ^ "Italy enacts law to block child porn Web sites". Reuters. 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
- ^ "Home - Agenzia delle dogane e dei Monopoli". www.aams.gov.it. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
- ^ Pollina, Elvira; Coulter, Martin (3 February 2023). "Italy bans U.S.-based AI chatbot Replika from using personal data". Reuters.
- ^ D'Emilio, Frances; O'Brient, Matt (31 March 2023). "Italy temporarily blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns". Associated Press. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ Robertson, Adi (28 April 2023). "ChatGPT returns to Italy after ban". The Verge. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Martella oggi in audizione: "Il sistema ha retto grazie al congelamento degli effetti dei tagli"" (in Italian). April 19, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- Huffington Post(in Italian). October 18, 2019.
- ^ "Gedi-Exor? Martella: "Testate patrimonio del Paese, mantenere l'occupazione"". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). December 3, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "Italy: Piracy Shield live but needs retweaking". Advanced Television. 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ "Italy deploys "piracy shield" to protect online sports". Broadband TV News. 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
External links
- Italy profile, on OpenNet Initiative website.
- «Non è un paese per Internet. In cinque anni dieci leggi contro la Rete» (in Italian), article from the newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano.
- Internet access and use in the EU27 in 2008, Eurostat news release.
- The Networked Readiness Index 2008–2009 rankings (from the Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009), World Economic Forum.