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If a\u00a0competitor had never emerged, that first link would probably still be\u00a0shrouded in secrecy today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2016\/11\/private-microwave-networks-financial-hft\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stretching between London and Frankfurt, there is a private, mysterious network that is twice as fast as the normal Internet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[22,16],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/microwave-tower-1-800x522.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4lA9R-2s","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":149,"url":"https:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/?p=149","url_meta":{"origin":152,"position":0},"title":"Google Blocks Competitor From Search Results","date":"October 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The popular encrypted mail tool ProtonMail had its name \"magically\" disappear from Google search results for almost nine months, only reappearing after the company complained publically to Google. 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