Old technologies made new

All across the United States, it seems that the economy is getting worse for many people. The services we are used to are beginning to be unaffordable for many people. Everybody is looking for ways to save money while keeping the things we want and need. One area that this can be easily done is by taking advantage of a technology called dsl. It is a service that provides internet service over the phone lines that are already installed in your home.

Typically, the average dsl service is cheaper than the high rates a cable company would charge you for using their service. The internet is a critical service for many these days and using dial up has come back into fashion. The rates are low and it is very reliable. There are a few companies that you can rely on to help you get what you want for less. One company is called copper.net and they can give you the internet service you need quickly and efficiently.

It used to be that only people who live in rural areas used dsl. That is no longer the case. The price of your internet service has now come into play and many people are taking advantage of the lower rates that dsl employs. Some say that dsl is to slow. I have found that this is not the case in most instances. New technologies are being employed everyday to speed things up for the average person. I believe that this technology should be looked into again. I am sure that you will be glad you did.

More News

The local channel that carries Oprah is our NBC channel. I don’t know if that is true in other cities, but I believe it is the same across the country. So now that Oprah has quit and this is her last week of shows, I was wondering what they would find to put in the empty time slot. Not that I watch Oprah. I’m just telling you like it is. And besides, I am almost never home at 4:00 in the afternoon.

Anyway, it turns out the our local NBC station is going to expand their news coverage and add an extra hour to their newscasts. So now we have the news at 4:00, and at 5:00 ad at 6:00, then again we have the late night news at 11:00. I think that is crazy to have so much news every day. There is only so much going on that needs to be reported!

The Boob Tube

When I was a kid, I remember my folks calling our TV set, “The Boob Tube.” And I didn’t really know why. I thought the word boob meant a woman’s breasts, and I don’t remember seeing much of that on TV. So I finally spoke up and asked my dad why did they do that?

He said that the word boob also means someone who is dumb, and that they meant that people who watch TV are boobs for wasting their brain cells and time on stupid shows. I know there were several years when my mom did not watch TV at all. She said there was nothing interesting on the TV and that she would rather spend her little bit of free time doing something she enjoyed.

I don’t know – maybe it is a generational thing. I seem to always be able to find some kind of show that is interesting. I like a lot of the programs on the History Channel and the Biography channel. And sometimes there is a pretty good series running on HBO. Mae as I get older I will lose interest in what I’m watching now, but maybe the variety of shows and quality of the the programming has improved a lot since when my mom would have watched.