GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR DATA PLAN If you use the internet for much more than e-mail and light web-surfing, you could exceed your data cap now and then. If you do, your internet service provider (ISP) ‘throttles’ your…Continue Reading →
5G Wireless: What’s In It For You? If you’ve been active on social media lately, you’ve probably read or heard buzz about 5G wireless. Most internet service providers (ISP) predict 5G will be launched in 2020. South Korea, though, says…Continue Reading →
STREAMING VIDEO FROM CHARTER To borrow a line from Jimmy Durante: “Everybody’s gettin’ inta da act!” Dish Network’s February launch of Sling TV demonstrated the consumer appeal of an internet-only video streaming platform. And if imitation is the sincerest form…Continue Reading →
SHORT-FORM VIDEO ON COMCAST X1 If you’re like most people, you spend almost an hour every day watching internet video from YouTube, Vimeo, Yahoo, and other sources. It’s not likely, though, that you’d use your cable box for streaming it….Continue Reading →
MY TECH CUSTOMER SERVICE APP When you have a delivery, repair. or installation scheduled for your home, you don’t want to wait for hours wondering when the technician will arrive. Dish Network doesn’t want you to wait, either. The satellite…Continue Reading →
WiFi THROUGH YOUR TV SET? Most of us are accustomed to receiving wireless phone and internet signals via WiFi connections. We wouldn’t expect to get the signals from a local TV broadcast station. According to researchers at Rice University, though,…Continue Reading →
COMCAST: WE’LL OFFER 10 GB/S BROADBAND TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS BY 2018 This is brave talk. Will Comcast be able to back it up? On Friday, August 21, an executive of the largest cable system operator in the United States said…Continue Reading →
STARBAND TO CEASE OPERATING The party’s over. It’s time to call it a day. They’ve burst your pretty balloon and taken the moon away. It’s time to break up the masquerade. Take off your makeup. The piper must be paid……Continue Reading →
AI can flirt Will your computer flirt with you? It may happen sooner than you expect. Artificial intelligence (AI) software has advanced rapidly in the last two years, and “flirtation” in a computer operating system may not be far off….Continue Reading →
VERIZON SMALL BUSINESS BUNDLE After being very unhappy with my business internet and phone services, I switched to Verizon. Not only was the process easy, but I got far more than I expected. Verizon worked with me to make the…Continue Reading →