Jul 29, 2009 | broadband, business, Internet
Comcast Internet subscribers in the North Bay are getting a free speed increase, and some new choices for even faster Internet connections. Here’s today’s press release. The increase covers much of Northern California, including all of Sonoma and Marin counties....
Apr 8, 2009 | broadband, business, computers, hardware, mobile, netbooks, phone, wireless
Netbooks will be widespread by the end of the year, shaking up the PC market and changing our world in ways that will be more dramatic than you expect. You might not have foreseen one of the ways they’ll be distributed – sold and subsidized by the cell phone carriers....
Jan 15, 2009 | broadband, Internet
This doesn’t affect you directly but it’s an interesting glimpse at How Things Work. The vast bulk of international voice and Internet traffic travels through underwater cables. There were several reports in 2008 of broken or cut cables in the Mediterranean, giving...
Dec 15, 2008 | broadband, Internet
Sometimes you’ll hear me groan or sob quietly when you describe a simple problem. Let me give you an idea of some of the things that go through my head when a problem comes up. Take this as an example: “My Internet connection is slow.” Your Internet...
Sep 13, 2008 | broadband, Internet
I was testing Speed.io, a new site for measuring the speed of an Internet connection and displaying it in a lovely way. (I’ve put in on the bruceb favorites page under Internet / Online Tools, joining an old favorite, Bandwidth Speed Test.) The test results...
Aug 24, 2008 | broadband, Internet, mail
I’m occasionally asked why I have such a negative opinion of AT&T’s DSL service. This chilling account should answer that question – a complete log of one person’s experiences on two different occasions, dealing each time with more than a...
