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What is Spectrum, or Charter Spectrum?

Dave Farquhar ISPs May 8, 2017March 7, 20181990s, AT&T, AT&T U-verse, cable tv, comcast, Missouri, New York, Paul Allen, phone service, time warner, verizon

What is Spectrum? Charter Spectrum, or simply Spectrum, is a new name to many parts of the country. Spectrum is the brand name for cable, Internet and phone service from Charter Communications.

Although Charter started using the Spectrum name prior to its merger, the name Spectrum gained prominence as a result of the second, fourth, and sixth-largest cable operators in the United States merging in 2016. Post-merger Charter is now a Fortune 100 company.

Dave Farquhar

David Farquhar is a computer security professional, entrepreneur, and author. He started his career as a part-time computer technician in 1994, worked his way up to system administrator by 1997, and has specialized in vulnerability management since 2013. He invests in real estate on the side and his hobbies include O gauge trains, baseball cards, and retro computers and video games. A University of Missouri graduate, he holds CISSP and Security+ certifications. He lives in St. Louis with his family.

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Why you can’t get to Google and Facebook on AT&T U-Verse

Dave Farquhar Servers and Networking July 13, 2015July 12, 2015AT&T, AT&T U-verse

If you have AT&T U-Verse, from time to time you may have issues with Facebook or Google sites like Youtube not working, while the rest of the Internet works fine.

The solution is simple but non-obvious: Disable IPv6.

Dave Farquhar

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Does AT&T U-Verse drop connections like DSL?

Dave Farquhar ISPs June 5, 2015August 3, 20171960s, AT&T, AT&T U-verse, phone wiring, Southwestern Bell

I got this question anonymously, but it’s a fair question: Does AT&T U-Verse drop connections like DSL?

In my experience, over the 3½ years I’ve had it, sometimes. But not nearly as often.

Dave Farquhar

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How to size your Internet connection

Dave Farquhar ISPs, Servers and Networking May 4, 2015August 3, 2017AT&T, AT&T U-verse, netflix, Roku

So I understand ISPs are upselling connection speeds saying it’ll make Netflix work better. That’s a nice theory. But if you’re already over 10 megabits, there’s a decent chance your connection speed won’t do much for Netflix at all. Here’s how to size your Internet connection. Read more

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How to ensure you never get another Windows tech support scam call again

Dave Farquhar scams February 2, 2015October 29, 2018AT&T, AT&T U-verse, phone service, spam, verizon, VOIP

I haven’t received a fake Windows tech support call in a very long time. A couple of the operations doing this have been shut down, but based on the continued popularity of the things I’ve written about them, I wonder if some people are still getting them.

That makes me reluctant to block them, just in case they call me again, but if you’re getting those calls and want them to stop, I can tell you how to do that.

Dave Farquhar

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How to save money on tech

Dave Farquhar Saving money January 29, 2013December 6, 2018antivirus, asus, AT&T, AT&T U-verse, avast, cable tv, Libre Office, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Security Essentials, netflix, Nook Color, office 2010, panasonic, prime95, saving money, sony, Windows 10

CNN offered up some good tips on saving money on tech. But of course I want to analyze and comment on it myself. Anything else would be out of character. Here’s how I save money on tech.

Dave Farquhar

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Things I wish I’d known about AT&T U-Verse before I signed up

Dave Farquhar ISPs November 14, 2011February 8, 2018antenna, AT&T, AT&T U-verse, caller id, phone service, VOIP, western electric

As I wrote earlier this week, I’m a new AT&T U-Verse customer. Prior to that, I was using old-school POTS with a DSL connection. Between the phone service, DSL, and long-distance calls, I was spending around $75 a month. So it looked like I could switch to U-Verse with the 250-minute voice plan and 3-megabit Internet, save some money, and get a bit of an upgrade in connection speed.

I was mostly correct.

Dave Farquhar

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Back in business after a 20-hour hiatus

Dave Farquhar Uncategorized November 10, 2011AT&T, AT&T U-verse

A routine upgrade to AT&T U-Verse ended up being anything but. The good news, however, is that everything works now, and I have a much faster upstream connection than I ever had before. If the blog is faster now, that’s why.

Dave Farquhar

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