Posts Tagged ‘broadband’

Five Rural Maine Towns Form Coalition For Affordable Broadband

Maine – Spurred to action by inadequate high-speed Internet service as the pandemic besieged their communities, local officials and citizen volunteers in five rural Maine towns formed the Southwestern Waldo County Broadband Coalition (SWCBC) in an effort to bring ubiquitous and affordable broadband to its portion of Waldo County. Two years later, the SWCBC is close to securing […]

American Communities Are Installing Affordable Municipal Broadband — Is Yours?

American Communities Are Installing Affordable Municipal Broadband — Is Yours? Activist Post / Activist Post By B.N. Frank A group of telecom experts who call themselves “The Irregulators” are among the many organizations that have filed lawsuits against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for failing to protect Americans from the telecom industry. The good news […]

Net Neutrality Is Vital – So Is Rural Broadband

Net Neutrality Is Vital – So Is Rural Broadband Above photo: The sun sets behind a microwave broadband tower, part of GCI’s TERRA network that provides internet to 40,000 people in rural Alaska. (GCI photo) Most issues look different from rural America, but that’s especially true of net neutrality. No one doubts that net neutrality policies to […]

Broadband advisor picked by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai arrested on fraud charges

A broadband advisor selected by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to run a federal advisory committee was arrested last week on claims she tricked investors into pouring money into a multi-million dollar investment fraud scheme, according to The Wall Street Journal. The advisor, Elizabeth Pierce, is the former chief executive of Quintillion, an […]

SpaceX Begins Starlink Satellite Broadband Trial

SpaceX Begins Starlink Satellite Broadband Trial February 24th, 2018 Via: cnet: A pair of small satellites named for an adventurous Belgian cartoon character could serve as proof of concept for an ambitious global broadband service envisioned by Elon Musk. After days of delays, a […]

Israeli Firm to Deliver Broadband Internet in Latin America

An Israeli firm, Gilat Satellite Networks, won a contract with an unnamed Latin American country to connect rural regions by satellite. The name of the client has yet to be disclosed, but this should raise alarm bells. This company has quite a presence already in Central and South America. The control of […]

Voters Say ‘Yes’ To City Run Broadband In Colorado

Above Photo: Still from an industry-funded ad warning against municipal broadband in Fort Collins, Colorado. Priorities First Fort Collins Google is blocking our site. Please use the social media sharing buttons (upper left) to share this on your social media and help us break through. Municipal broadband wins “David vs. Goliath battle” in Fort Collins, Colorado. Voters […]

When is an Unlimited Broadband Plan a Suitable Choice

Broadband products are suitable for both commercial and residential applications because internet usage is now commonplace for most people. Companies cannot function without it because it allows communication, marketing and other numerous office roles. Households need the internet for watching movies and TV, socialising and for some people, working. Unlimited broadband […]

Federal Spending Bill Appropriates Taxpayer Dollars to Be Used to Spread Pro-GMO Propaganda

As more food companies are opting to go “GMO-free” in response to rising public awareness, Monsanto and the biotech industry can count on their friends in government to help counter the movement. A paragraph tucked into a new spending bill would give the green light for a government propaganda campaign on behalf […]

DHS to create a new ‘threat index chart’ to keep Americans in fear

It seems like DHS will go to any lengths to keep Americans in fear, even if that means reviving a useless color-coded threat chart. A recent AP story revealed, DHS spent $90K in taxpayer money to review whether they should bring back their color coded threat chart. The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) hired by DHS, found their color-coded threat […]

Independent Autopsy Finds Cop Shot Akiel Denkins In The Back

Print Friendly Above Photo: From Filmthecops.news via MySanAntionio.com  Contrary To Police Story An independent autopsy states that a Raleigh, N.C. police officer fatally shot 24-year-old Akiel Denkins in the back, contrary to what the police department has stated. The results of the autopsy were announced at a press conference by the family, along with their attorneys, and […]

Telstra Bigpond Email SMTP Server security

Bigpond have set up restrictions so that nothing outside their own network will have access to anything apart from their own mail server on port 25. ( outgoing mail server) So if you are using multiple email accounts other than @bigpond.com Telstra Bigpond broadband connection, will not allow you to send email, unless you use […]

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