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Free from the Wildblue!!!
As some of you may know I was stuck with Wildblue Satellite internet. Using the internet was pretty much unbearable and it worked to pay the bills with but browsing for info was pretty brutal, especially during peak hours.
After filing complaints with some different people I was finally released from the contract with no termination [...]
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FCC Finally Realizes 200kbps is Not Broadband
Here is a quick summary of what has been announced, the full article is at DSL Reports.
200Kbps speeds are no longer considered “broadband.”
768Kbps, which is the entry-level speed offered by major DSL providers like Verizon, will be considered the low end of “basic broadband,”
Upload and download speeds will have to be reported in a more [...]
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My new Deere
This is not a paid advertisement, this is just an article about me buying a John Deere Lawn Tractor. I asked my Dad to come along, mainly because he has bought more tractors than me, and he has a truck. We went down to Lowe’s on Sunday morning and
spent some time checking out the different [...]
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The local weather people
I have given up hope for the local weather guys. So far this year they are 0 for 6 on snow predictions of more than 1 inch, including a dusting that was supposed to be 7-9 inches as well as a grass covering that was predicted to be 5-6 inches. At this point I pretty [...]
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Daylight Saving Time Wastes Energy
This was posted on Slashdot earlier today,
An anonymous reader writes “With the time approaching when we’ll be changing our clocks again, the Wall Street Journal is running a timely article on a study done by a UC-Santa Barbara economics professor and a Ph.D. student. The study unambiguously concludes that Daylight Saving Time not only doesn’t [...]
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Dish Network Comments
Here is a letter I received from Dish after inquiring about the most recent bill increase.
Dear Customer, Thank you for your e-mail. We appreciate your feedback regarding the 2008 price changes. The changes are a result of our programmers enhancing and adding new channels to our programming packages, including a growing selection of HD programming. [...]
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Broadband Census
The FCC says Broadband penetration is very high in the US, help the broadband census out by taking their short survey to help dispute the FCC’s claims. According to the FCC I have 7 internet broadband services available in my zipcode, when in reality there are none. Please take a few minutes to go [...]
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Healthcare and ME.
I know it has been a long time since I posted, we moved and were stuck with dial up for a long time, and then I pretty much ignored the site for the last several months. Well I have decided to post something up but only because insurance companies make me so mad.
This rant [...]
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Golf Handicapping?
I have been playing a decent amount of golf this summer and as I play more rounds I like to track my handicap. Many amateur golfers don’t track their own handicap and sometimes when you go to enter events you need it. check out this golf course software it will not just [...]
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Gas Prices falling, and no one seems to care?
Well on my way home from my second job today I decided I need to fill up the tank in my Grand Prix. I had noticed prices had made a slight decline over the week to the tune of about 11 cents per gallon. I still don’t think thats good but at this [...]
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