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What is Spectrum, or Charter Spectrum?

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 08 May 2017 11:00:30 +0000

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

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

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:00:14 +0000

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. IPv6 is a

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

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 11:00:39 +0000

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. I can think of two times this year I’ve seen my

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How to size your Internet connection

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 04 May 2015 11:00:04 +0000

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

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

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 11:00:18 +0000

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

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How to save money on tech

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:53:46 +0000

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. Use smart strips

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

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:43:06 +0000

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

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Back in business after a 20-hour hiatus

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:08:45 +0000

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

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