Freestream (FAST) now on Sling TV Last Thursday, Sling TV unveiled access to Freestream. It’s an advertising-supported video platform, provided at no charge to the viewer, and with no enrollment required. The new platform is a FAST service. FAST (free…Continue Reading →
Hurricane Victims Get Aid from AT&T You probably wouldn’t choose to have your dwelling hammered by a hurricane. You’d avoid it if you could. The situation isn’t entirely without its compensations, though. You might at least get free broadband service…Continue Reading →
Hopper Plus, New DISH Video Tool Dish Network has long distinguished itself from other video service providers by technical innovation. For example, it released the Hopper seven years ago. That was the world’s first whole-home HD DVR receiver. The Hopper…Continue Reading →
VIX+ Comes to DISH & Sling TV For anyone seeking Spanish-language TV, this may be the best option. Dish Network and its streaming subsidiary Sling TV, announced last week that they will carry VIX+, a new Spanish-only channel bundle launched…Continue Reading →
Ma Bell’s Flying Cows If you’ve seen The Wizard of Oz, you may remember the flying cow carried by a tornado past Dorothy Gale’s window. An executive at AT&T evidently thought, “We need something like that!” With that in mind,…Continue Reading →
Vegas: DISH Goes Live with 5G Internet What happens in Vegas, won’t stay only in Vegas. Dish Network has entered a 5G Wireless market that, until now, has been almost the exclusive property of T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T. On Thursday,…Continue Reading →
Too Timid to Try TriLink? Of course you’re not. You have no reason to be. If you want full 4G LTE internet access while away from home, TriLink Internet may provide exactly what you need. And we proudly carry it….Continue Reading →
The War Online Two weeks ago, Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then, the war has taken a few dramatic and unexpected turns. And the kinetic war: bombs, bullets, missiles, etc, has elicited reaction by subtler electronic forms of warfare. Keyboard warriors…Continue Reading →
Solving Common WiFi Problems You can obtain WiFi access in many places lacking wireline internet service. The convenience, though, may come at a price. Connections can be intermittent or slow. Some users forget their passwords. Some devices may report that…Continue Reading →
Facebook’s Metaverse: The Matrix Cometh Before long, Mark Zuckerberg will own all of us. It’s his world, and he’ll expect us to show appropriate gratitude that he allows us to live in it. Consider, for example, his latest brain bubble:…Continue Reading →