The (Other) End of the Internet

Welcome back!When we upgraded to high-speed internet, our ISP gave us a Westell router that I think is on drugs. When it establishes a DSL connection, it reports
DSL Connect Rate (Down/Up) 1728 Kbits/sec by 32 Kbits/sec
If, however, I leave it turned on but disconnect the phone line from it for a […]

My daughters’ cell phone contracts ran out recently so we took the opportunity to upgrade their phones. After two years of use (or abuse, as the case my be) these poor phones were in sad shape. One of them feels as though the keypad has been cleaned with steel wool and neither of them will […]