Egypt has been in the news today with the uprising against the government. That has been news enough, but, as a side note, it has shown us how easy the internet can be silenced in the whole country. From CNBC: The move by Egyptian authorities to seal off the country...
From C-Net Politics and Law: A controversial proposal allowing the government to pull the plug on Web sites accused of aiding piracy is closer to becoming a federal law. After a flurry of last-minute lobbying from representatives of content providers including the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the...
I don’t know how I got on the subject of my friend Kiko to John Fieck, who stayed in our home this weekend, but I next heard Miranda ask, “Who is Kiko? I never heard you mention him before.” So the next thing I know, I am telling her of...
When can you have the best connection, a strong signal, and the fastest speed tests ever with your internet, and still be stressed by your connection? Apparently something called packet loss. I did numerous speed tests, only to find that the speeds were amazingly fast: The speeds didn’t make sense...
If you read my blog rather regularly, you know about my frustration with Comcast. I thought I owed an update. Monday came and their maintenance man came to look at the ‘tap’ up a telephone pole. He did so with some difficulty. It seems the pole is built near a...
“The Internet is like a giant jellyfish. You can’t step on it. You can’t go around it. You’ve got to get through it.” -John Evans “Getting through it” hasn’t been easy this week! First my usually splendid speed on Comcast (when it works), died on me. It has been next...
