Many have been debating the “format war” between HD-DVD and Sony’s Blu-ray about who will become the (HD) high definition DVD standard, but the real HD war is just beginning. I believe the real battle begins with the term “HD” and ends with how you will be getting your content in the next few years. Read the rest of this entry »
This just in. A friend who is currently a GCI Internet subservient subscriber forwarded an email they received from GCI regarding a complimentary, gratuitous or “just because they felt like it” speed increase. Hooray! Read the rest of this entry »
Rumor has it that GCI is talking about a significant speed increase in their cable modem products. The word is that speeds as high as 10Mb/s down with 1Mb/s up are scheduled to hit sometime soon. I assume that this means GCI is again pioneering the new cable modem standards as they have done in the past. Comcast recently announced their plans at CES 2008 to make 100Gb/s internet access via their cable network using DOCSIS 3.0. Knowing GCI, they’ve already got DOCSIS 3.0 in place and are just waiting to pull the trigger.
We’re all waiting GCI… don’t disappoint us.
Yet again, the ISP choices in Alaska show their lack of timeliness and professionalism. For some of you who may not know what DNS does, it’s basically the phonebook that tells your browser where to find any website by its name “websitename.com”. DNS entries are updated when people move their sites from one server to another or when a new domain name is created. Read the rest of this entry »
One of the primary motivators for the creation of this blog stemmed from my continuing distaste for the state of ISP (Internet Service Providers) offerings in south central Alaska. Before I dive headlong into a diatribe about the dismal state of Internet access in the Last Great State, allow me to explain how I arrived at the conclusion that “it sucks”. Read the rest of this entry »
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