by jnelson | Mar 20, 2021 | How the Net Works, News
By Mark Costlow, SWCP President Adapted and updated from the SWCP Portal, January and February 2021 In a move that was largely unnoticed outside tech circles, Apple recently introduced a new range of laptops using their own CPU chips. Called Apple Silicon, the current...
by jnelson | Sep 25, 2020 | How the Net Works, Interesting Items, News
Technical jargon can often be confusing to ordinary users, and with all the hype surrounding mobile telephones can particularly dizzying. Advertisers nowadays talk excitedly about “5G” and how that is superior to “4G”, for instance, as if everybody understands exactly...
by jnelson | Sep 6, 2020 | News
One sure indicator that we are living in the future is that proposed or brand-new technologies often sound right out of science fiction. In a world of jetpacks, laser cannons, rockets that land upright, self-driving trucks, talking robot assistants and virtual...
by Mark Costlow | Aug 30, 2020 | News
We don’t have a lot of details yet, but CenturyLink is suffering a nationwide internet outage at the moment. Not all sites are down, some are fine, some are intermittently reachable, some not at all. Our local connections in Albuquerque are fine, but...
by Network Operations Center | Aug 12, 2020 | News
You may notice your Internet service bill is smaller this month. The Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) was first enacted in 1998. It directed states not charge sales tax for Internet access. There was a grandfather clause which allowed states which were already taxing...
