I’ve avoided this subject for a reason, because most people don’t understand it enough to care about it, but I can’t resist mentioning it. The basic idea is that the telcos think they should be able to charge sites like Google or Amazon for using all of the internet provider’s bandwith. They see it as [...]

I spent the last 5 days up north at my cottage, and not having broadband internet access or cell phone reception really changes what you do. I did get a lot better at horseshoes and golf though. Honestly, I can’t believe how slow dial up access is though (although it is just a free dialup [...]