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Saturday, February 22, 2020
Faster Internet on Windows 10 ( DNS Settings Tutorial ) via TechGumbo
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Harvard Study Shows Why Big Telecom Is Terrified of Community-Run Broadband Community-owned internet service providers are cheaper and better.
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/d345pv/harvard-study-shows-why-big-telecom-is-terrified-of-community-run-broadband
Harvard Study Shows Why Big Telecom Is Terrified of Community-Run Broadband
Community-owned internet service providers are cheaper and better.
Monday, December 18, 2017
Rural America Is Building Its Own Internet Because No One Else Will
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/paax9n/rural-america-is-building-its-own-internet-because-no-one-else-will?utm_campaign=sharebutton
Saturday, December 16, 2017
Sparking Competition with Municipal Networks
Frustrated with the #netneutrality repeal?
Check out @communitynets’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/communitynets/status/941834519115530240?s=09
Frustrated with the #netneutrality repeal? Start organizing locally for alternatives to monopoly cable cos - organize a screening of Do Not Pass Go - https://t.co/FmuFEC1RZz 23 min - Ask me for details. https://t.co/KpRqZNWhhv
DSL speeds on wet string
https://boingboing.net/2017/12/13/rfc-2549.html
You can get over 3.0 Mbps download speed with wet string. But you can't even 1.5mbps in the rural areas of Floral City, Florida with CenturyLink DSL.
With the end of Net Neutrality, don't expect it to get better.
http://www.revk.uk/2017/12/its-official-adsl-works-over-wet-string.html?m=1
Monday, December 11, 2017
Net Neutrality & What Proposed Changes Could Mean for the Disability Community
IRL Podcast Net Neutrality Emergency with Veronica Belmont
https://irlpodcast.org/bonus2/
IRL Podcast Net Neutrality Emergency with Veronica Belmont.
Saturday, December 09, 2017
FCC Chair Ajit Pai Falsely Claims Killing Net Neutrality Will Help Sick and Disabled People
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzg8yy/ajit-pai-net-neutrality-speech
FCC Chair Ajit Pai Falsely Claims Killing Net Neutrality Will Help Sick and Disabled People
Friday, November 24, 2017
Monday, September 04, 2017
IRL Podcast - Episode 6 - All Access Pass
https://irlpodcast.org/episode6/
All Access Pass, episode 6 of IRL Podcast hosted by Veronica Belmont , brought to us by Mozilla . A story known all to well by the residents of Floral City, Florida in regards to the lack of Internet access, or very slow speeds. If any rural residents think that CenturyLink or Spectrum or the Citrus County Board of County Commissioners will take care of our lack of services, or poor service, you will have a long wait. #FloralCityFlorida #FloralCityFL #CitrusCountyFL #CitrusCountyFlorida #ISP #InternetServiceProvider #DSL #BroadBand https://irlpodcast.org/episode6/
Monday, August 21, 2017
The Future of Internet Infrastructure
Friday, July 28, 2017
Why we need Net Neutrality & What we can do about it
Why we need Net Neutrality & What we can do about it. Via: Barnacules Nerdgasm
Saturday, July 15, 2017
Ajit Pai not concerned about number of pro-net neutrality comments
Ajit Pai not concerned about number of pro-net neutrality comments
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/ajit-pai-not-concerned-about-number-of-pro-net-neutrality-comments/
Monday, July 10, 2017
Internet Health Test
July 12th: Internet-Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality
JULY 12TH: INTERNET-WIDE DAY OF ACTION TO SAVE NET NEUTRALITY
https://www.battleforthenet.com/july12/