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iMac Problem Of Not Getting Internet.

August 30, 2021 Score Card Comments 0 Comment

NOTE: This computer problem ONLY came about because our house has the option to connect both WiFi and Ethernet connections to our computers. I suspect that Apple changed their recent operating system to allow for this conflict. Both Wi-Fi and Ethernet to be turned on at the same time into your computer. CAUTION: The following descriptions and solutions can be rather difficult to understand. If my explanations are not clear to you, do NOT attempt any of these changes. If…

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Alleged Any Desk Application Scam

July 2, 2021 Score Card Comments 0 Comment

Alleged Any Desk Application Scam July 2, 2021 I get a call from 667-203-6635 (11:35 am Pacific Time). and the man at the other end of the call claims to be working for Amazon security. He asked me if I just purchased an iPhone for $729? I replied no. That person then said that one of my electronic devices was compromised to make this purchase. He warned me not to use my cell phone in any location where I…

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Facebook Should Not Be In A Safe Harbor

May 31, 2019 Score Card Comments 0 Comment

Opinion Facebook is currently protected by a legal provision called “safe harbor”. The legal definition is that it gives legal protection from liability under specified conditions. Safe harbor is necessary for such industries that provide the pipes through which data flows because their only purpose is to link two opposing points with information. They do not create the content, they provide the connections between the send and receive points. They should not be responsible for the content they move through…

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Cruise To Alaska and Canada Technology Problems

May 11, 2019 Score Card Comments 0 Comment

As for weather, absolutely no provided information from the ship and my cell phone. My cell phone, T-Moblie service provider, really was quite awful in Alaska and even in larger cities of Canada, such as Vancouver. It was not until I got into Washington and Oregon that it provided good service.

Your Apple Account Has Been Breached.

December 30, 2018 Score Card Comments 0 Comment

December 30, 2018, I get a call on my cell phone telling me that my Apple account has been breached and to press the number one on my phone to talk to technical support. I press number one but get disconnected. I look at my cell phone call log and write down the phone number that shows for this last call. I go to my computer and do a phone number reverse lookup and discover that the call shows coming…

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Choosing Which Multiple Home Wi-Fi Access Point To Use May Be Important.

July 15, 2018 Score Card Comments 0 Comment

I have two wireless access points in my home. The main access, Apple Time Capsule, shows 12 Wi-Fi devices connected. That Time Capsule gets our cable signal directly. The second access point, Apple Airport Express, only had one Wi-Fi device connected and gets it’s signal from an Ethernet feed from our router. Both my wife in the kitchen and I in the dinning room were watching the 2018 FIFA World Soccer match using Spectrum Live TV application. That application is…

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Charter Spectrum Review

June 26, 2018 Score Card Comments 0 Comment

Charter Spectrum has our cable TV service for our city. I have no issues with any of the people who came to our house to troubleshoot issues. I do despise this utility for their corporate business plan for the following reasons: They refuse to finish fiber optic cables to the homes. They do have fiber optics runs within a quarter of a mile. To finish fiber optic runs to the homes would cost them a lot of money. Their TV packages…

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Sirius XM Satellite Radio

December 7, 2017 Score Card Comments 0 Comment

I do not trust Sirius. I wanted a proposal to be sent to me by e-mail so I would have proof of what I was told over the phone. He refused. I had to repeatedly say I want the account cancelled. I typically make a recommendation or not. I think the Sirius Radio works for some people. It may be worth your consideration.

JayBird X2 Wireless Bluetooth Headset Problem Solved.

June 18, 2017 Score Card Comments 0 Comment

I purchased a JayBird X2 headset for about $180 in 2016. After using them for no more than 20 times, the device failed. It would ONLY power on just after taking the headset off the charger. I had been turning the headset ON and OFF each time I needed it. My son came up with the solution. He told me to keep the headset ON all the time! In short, this was the near perfect solution. He said the battery…

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How Good Is Your Internet Provider?

June 7, 2017 Score Card Comments 0 Comment

This test measures whether interconnection points are experiencing problems. It runs speed measurements from your (the test user’s) ISP, across multiple interconnection points, thus detecting degraded performance.