Tag: wifi

  • Upgrading to AT&T Fiber Internet with Google Nest WiFi

    This month our family transitioned from cable modem high speed Internet access (from Cox) at home in Oklahoma City to true fiber optic Internet service from AT&T. By “true” I mean that the fiber optic cable has literally been pulled into our house… The “last mile” is not copper or coaxial cable. In this post,…

  • My Videoconference Is Not Working. What Can I Do?

    I received an email message from a member of our church this week, who has someone in their Sunday School class having trouble with audio and video quality in a Zoom videoconference. I did not receive any more specific details than that via email, so I had to compose a pretty generic and wide ranging…

  • Google Mesh Home WiFi Makes our Internet Access MUCH faster

    This is a review of the “Google WiFi system, 3-Pack – Router replacement for whole home coverage” (NLS-1304-25) product which I posted to Amazon today. “Google Mesh WiFi” (CC BY 2.0) by Wesley Fryer I have been wanting to purchase a mesh Wi-Fi system at home for many months, and finally pulled the trigger last month. Wow what…

  • LTE Data Speeds versus Hotel Wifi

    Alexander and I are in Albany, New York, tonight, we just flew up after school today so he can tour Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute tomorrow and Olin College in Massachusetts on Friday. Friday morning I’ll be sharing my 4th closing keynote with educators in India over videoconference, but I won’t be using my speedy home cable modem (100…

  • Benefits of Updating a Home WiFi Router to Apple’s Time Capsule

    This weekend our family finally made the jump to upgrade our home wifi router. For the past three years, we’ve been using a second generation AirPort Extreme wifi router which I stumbled upon at a local pawn shop. Prior to that time, we’d just used “el cheapo” Linksys (now Belkin, formerly Cisco) and Netgear routers…

  • iPhone Mobile Hotspot Capability Coming with iOS 4.3?

    MacRumors reported today the forthcoming iOS 4.3 from Apple, demoed on the CDMA Verizon iPhones announced today, will support the creation of mobile hotspots. The big question for customers, however, is whether local carriers will permit this function to be activated. The track record of AT&T in the U.S. with supported tethering makes this uncertain.…