AT&T just installed fiber to my house. It's fast. I get a steady 949 Mbps up and down. I had no complaints about the 160 Mbps/14 Mbps I was getting from Cox, but my inner geek couldn't say no to faster-for-the-same-price. The install was pretty smooth, but during the bumps, I would type nonsense URLs … Continue reading Redirector Browser Extension Takes You Where You Want to Go
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Robocalls Are Easy To Fix
Because it's still relevant, I'll leave my initial robocall fix idea below. But I've had some time to think about robocalls for a few years and I have a better idea. Charge for every call. Find some amount. I'd like to make it high, like a penny. One measly cent. But others have arguments to … Continue reading Robocalls Are Easy To Fix
Verizon SNAFU
A tale of trying to switch back to Verizon for local phone service I use First Communications for local and long distance phone service i.e. my "land line". First Communications is a CLEC, which means they resell an ILEC's (or RBOC's) telephone lines. Verizon is the ILEC/RBOC in my area. Because Verizon sucks, using a … Continue reading Verizon SNAFU
Bing.com won’t load on Verizon Wireless
(Updated 3/25/2010 below) If your Verizon Wireless connection does not load bing correctly. Please leave a comment here. If you're not having a hard time viewing bing.com in both firefox and internet explorer over a Verizon Wireless air card EVDO connection, then you're going to be really bored here. Go visit uncool instead. Verizon Wireless … Continue reading Bing.com won’t load on Verizon Wireless