Here's the "neutrality" (hey, have you ever neutered your dog???) scoop (something you need to shovel the "crap" thrown at us these days.)
https://www.theverge.com/23727238/net-neutrality-history-fcc-legislation
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Helping SE South Dakota Rural Internet current and potential consumers find affordable, reliable and financially competitive (with our city cousins) internet options and avoid misleading info about various types of broadband or high-speed internet.
https://www.theverge.com/23727238/net-neutrality-history-fcc-legislation
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- VOIP is Voice Over IP InternetProtocol/provider) There are many to choose from and you will need their special adapter (see previous Ooma posts from October 2018)
- OOMA Adapters are about $70-$80 on sale
- Monthly as low as $6-$7 per month Basic Service (USA/Canada unlimited long distance and covers the fees, taxes and 911).
- Premium service which includes lots of extras like Spam control, Second Line, 3-way calling, etc is about $11/month--See all details at VoIP Phone Services - #1 VoIP for Business and Home (ooma.com)
- Walmart sells Ooma Genie at a considerable discount but labelled as Ooma Genie--see description here--BUT the type of internet service it requires may be LTE Cellular only instead of regular Wi-Fi But at $29.88-- a real steal https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ooma-Phone-Genie-VoIP-home-phone-service-Affordable-Internet-based-landline-replacement-Unlimited-nationwide-calling-robocall-blocking-and-more/710320138?athbdg=L1100
- GOOGLE VOICE Adapter -- about same price on Amazon, but is very technical to keep up with and does not include 911 service. Also, support limited to one year and not easily reached. I use it only as a backup.
- VONAGE--another VOiP service--tried it for a couple of months--more pricey/month with less minutes/month than Ooma and customer support iffy--but you get the adapter free (still have mine) but had trouble transporting my regular phone number out to Ooma)
AFTER 2 1/2 YEARS, RESURRECTING THIS BLOG AS THINGS IN THE INTERNET WORLD HEAT UP!!!!🗼
After May 2019, when my husband had a near-fatal tractor accident--the Old Farmall just backed right over him and with a lot of miracles, prayers and lots of help, short hospitalization, 11 cracked ribs and still now still keeping things going, then Covid hit, but that brought out the best (AND worst) in home internet and would like to catch up for those wondering what's happened in the world of wires and towers!
Please note the Links to the right--some updates and some yet to be corrected, but there are new "kids on the block" and some oldies (but goodies) and we'll catch up with what's happening with those and the new stuff!
Today’s cellular and Wi-Fi networks rely on microwaves – a type of electromagnetic radiation utilizing frequencies up to 6 gigahertz (GHz) in order to wirelessly transmit voice or data. However, 5G applications will require unlocking of new spectrum bands in higher frequency ranges above 6 GHz to 100 GHz and beyond, utilizing submillimeter and millimeter waves – to allow ultra-high rates of data to be transmitted in the same amount of time as compared with previous deployments of microwave radiation. [Source]Among the many potential problems with exposure to 5G radio waves are issues with the skin, which is interesting when you consider that this technology is already being used in the military for crowd control purposes.
One of the ways 5G will enable this is by tapping into new, unused bands at the top of the radio spectrum. These high bands are known as millimeter waves (mmwaves), and have been recently been opened up by regulators for licensing. They’ve largely been untouched by the public, since the equipment required to use them effectively has typically been expensive and inaccessible. [Source]
This kind of technology, which is in many of our homes, actually interacts with human skin and eyes. The shocking finding was made public via Israeli research studies that were presented at an international conference on the subject last year. Below you can find a lecture from Dr. Ben-Ishai of the Department of Physics at Hebrew University. He goes through how human sweat ducts act like a number of helical antennas when exposed to these wavelengths that are put out by the devices that employ 5G technology. [Source]The U.S. military developed a non-lethal crowd control weapon system called the Active Denial System (ADS). It uses radio frequency millimeter waves in the 95GHz range to penetrate the top 1/64 of an inch layer of skin on the targeted individual, instantly producing an intolerable heating sensation that causes them to flee.
U.S., Russian, and Chinese defense agencieshave been active in developing weapons that rely on the capability of this electromagnetic technology to create burning sensations on the skin, for crowd control. The waves are Millimetre waves, also used by the U.S. Army in crowd dispersal guns called Active Denial Systems. [Source]