Fiber Rocks
On a first look at CenturyLink gigabit fiber service in St. Paul, I was seeing speeds over Wi-Fi of typically 30-60 Mbps. Wresting more speed from the connection turned out to be simple. Initial hardware … ‣ more…
Category Archives: Internet
Fiber » Cable
After decades of living in small towns, suburbs, and exurbs, I now call the city of St. Paul home. One advantage of urban living is the availability of more and faster choices for Internet connectivity. … ‣ more…
Farm to…
The locavore movement (farm to table or farm to fork) has grown explosively since its origins in Boulder, CO in 2001. (Elon Musk’s brother, Kimbal, turns out to be one of its founders; who knew?) … ‣ more…
LANline
When the telephone meets the Internet, local loses out. We moved to Minnesota and didn’t immediately install a land-line telephone, with copper to the premises and powered from the central office (i.e., not on the … ‣ more…
Access
The Internet is a sometime thing at our new place. The cable guy comes Friday morning to get us hooked up for 50 Mbps down / 5 up. Comcast: imagine my joy. We had initially … ‣ more…