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Comment by wts on Why City Folks Must Fight For Rural Broadband (September 22, 2018 03:41 AM)
Vote in November! Take note of who controls the FCC and therefore who is favored in its decisions. Who is receiving the biggest bribe (campaign) donat...
Comment by Charles H. on Use Google Apps Without a Gmail Address? (September 22, 2018 12:16 AM)
Sarah L.: I have the same problem with the Google captcha forms. The images are so dark it's often hard to tell what's in them. So I use the audio opt...
Comment by Jon S on Why City Folks Must Fight For Rural Broadband (September 21, 2018 11:52 PM)
Thank you Bob. Well said. The implications of it all are quite scary. ...
Comment by NB on Why City Folks Must Fight For Rural Broadband (September 21, 2018 10:45 PM)
It seems that the introduction of autonomous vehicles will make high-speed wireless ubiquitous. ...
Comment by dennis werth on Why City Folks Must Fight For Rural Broadband (September 21, 2018 09:33 PM)
Clyde - 144.5 mbps UPLOAD? I question that speed....
Comment by Kenneth Heikkila on Why City Folks Must Fight For Rural Broadband (September 21, 2018 09:11 PM)
??? @Gary Groves: You think we have cable in the woods of rural WA??? Hilarious! Like I would be on satellite if I had the choice of cable or any wire...
Comment by JJ on Why City Folks Must Fight For Rural Broadband (September 21, 2018 09:06 PM)
"These people demand not only broadband but also housing, roads, electricity, sewer systems, supermarkets and restaurants, and all the other amenities...
Comment by PgmrDude on Geekly Update - 19 September 2018 (September 21, 2018 08:32 PM)
I've been using Chrome for several years now, and like it better than the others I've tried. I have noticed that it is getting increasingly slower, an...
Comment by Gary Groves on Why City Folks Must Fight For Rural Broadband (September 21, 2018 08:24 PM)
Charter/Spectrum - Believe it or not, I have excellent Internet Service from them in the Hiawatha National Forest. With my Amplifi router, I have con...
Comment by Ken H on Why City Folks Must Fight For Rural Broadband (September 21, 2018 07:46 PM)
Thanks for addressing an issue I have been bitching about for at least 12 years. When we moved here (rural WA) there was ADSL or satellite. The suppos...
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