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Broadband update: free public Wi-Fi in Torch Lake Township

November 6, 2008

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You have heard me whine about my inability to obtain reliable high speed internet at the heavily-wooded Writing Studio and Bait Shop.  I was particularly frustrated last summer when I was trying to edit large documents for a client in Minneapolis.  Downloading and uploading over my slow dialup seemed to take longer than the actual […]

Again with the broadband??? Yup.

October 4, 2008

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There is a most interesting wire service story in the LA Times: Congress passes bill aimed at measuring Internet access.  So what’s the big deal?  Well, according to the FCC, 99% of the nation has broadband.  If you live in northern Michigan you know that’s nonsense.  Here’s where the phony information comes from.   If even […]

Back on my broadband soapbox

September 13, 2008

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This morning I poured a cup of coffee and popped over to Susan Och’s French Road Connections for breakfast for my brain.  She offered up a blue plate special on one of my favorite aggravations: the lack of universal, affordable broadband in northern Michigan.  She summarized a position paper by Dan Scripps, who’s running for State […]

Naked People Stealing Firewood and Other Myths of the North Country

February 28, 2008

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I’m alert to the odder nooks and crannies of Torch Lake Township lore, so you can imagine my excitement when I found this on the internet (that paragon of accurate information): WJML News – Monday, April 23, 2007.  Naked People Stealing Firewood.  Sounds like it might be the title for a book, right? It’s actually […]

Broadband in the woods and drumlins?

February 20, 2008

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Gee I wish I could get really good cellphone coverage at the Writing Studio and Bait Shop. That way I could take phone calls while waiting for my slow dialup to load a web page. Hmmm. There seems to be a pattern here. Much as I love technology, it seems that it is financially unrewarding […]

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