I’m writing this post from my back-up computer. Actually, it’s the back-up to my back-up and I’ve fired it up because I’m using my real back-up to do my work since my main desktop died. Turns out there are really excellent reasons to turn your computer off at night besides the environmental concerns and those reasons involve fried capacitors (mmm…fried!). But that’s not our subject this morning nor is a rant about the evil machines that run our lives. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Internet service provider
Apple’s Jericho Moment
Did you play with an iPad this weekend? I didn’t – too busy enjoying the sunshine and warm weather to go stand in line to get it and hunker down to test it. Maybe later. But apparently a lot of people did – several hundred thousand if one is to believe all the reports out there. The reviews are mostly positive although there’s one aspect to the device that I find a huge negative and I’m comfortable asking you guys about it even if neither of us has handled the thing ourselves. Continue reading
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Bandwidth Caps
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I received a call the other day from AT&T. They want me to drop my cable Internet service and switch to their DSL service. “Twice the speed,” they say, “and bundled with your existing phone service it’s almost free.” Naturally, I had a few questions, one of which was about bandwidth caps. Continue reading
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Consult Keith 