Pandemic purgatory. Photo: Steven Puetzer/Getty Images The spike in Americans working from home has led many people to reckon with the fact that their home internet service probably sucks. Almost everyone in America hates their internet-service provider, since they are effectively monopolies that deliver mediocre service at excessively high prices to a captive market, but […]
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Is Your Internet Down? Turn Your Smartphone Into a Hotspot (But There Is a Catch) – The National Interest Online
With millions of Americans hunkering down in their respective homes and taking classes and working remotely, it’s not a surprise to see that internet outages are on the rise. Before this health pandemic, internet traffic was much like your average morning/afternoon rush hours, which had busy times and not-so-busy times. But these days, with […]
2020 Census, starring the internet – Politico
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The Internet Archive Started an “Emergency” Online Library. Authors Are Furious. – Slate
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The internet is now rife with places where you can organize Zoom-bombing raids – ZDNet
The internet is rife with online communities where users can go and share Zoom conference codes and request that pranksters connect and hurl insults, play pornographic material, or make death threats against other participants — in a practice called Zoom-bombing or a Zoom raid. ZDNet began tracking the tactic since mid-March when the term was […]
Poor internet poses challenge for remote learning during pandemic – vtdigger.org
Jeff Francis, executive director of the Vermont Superintendents Association. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger But in the town of Newbury, which is in the same supervisory union, 30% of students don’t have internet connection. He said that he’s getting requests from superintendents to ask the state to fund or require telecommunications companies to provide emergency broadband […]
Coronavirus for kids without internet: Quarantined worksheets, learning in parking lots – USA TODAY
Google to provide computers, internet to California students studying from home – San Francisco Chronicle
SACRAMENTO — Google will provide thousands of computers and free internet access to help California students finish the school year online, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday. The company plans to donate 4,000 Chromebooks and make broadband internet available to 100,000 households through the end of the school year. Newsom said at a news conference that […]
The Internet Archive Started an “Emergency” Online Library. Authors Are Furious. – Slate Magazine
A “closed” sign outside the Tenley/Friendship DC Public Library on March 16, 2020, in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan/Getty Images Tiger King Chose the Wrong Villain The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, and Hulu in April That Girl Was Ahead of Its Time. This Episode Shows Just How Far Ahead. […]
EarthLink: How to Optimize Your Home Internet Experience – Business Wire
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–With everyone conducting both work and school from home, households are relying on multiple connected devices at the same time. Here are some key considerations from EarthLink’s Chief Product Officer Leon Hounshell to help you ensure that the technology in your home stays fast, safe and secure for everyone involved: The speed you need […]