When the 6Mbps DSL became too slow for my son and I to use simultaneously around 4 years ago, I looked into Comcast. Their residential plans had the 1TB monthly cap. Since I watch lots of streaming video, and the son (who has since moved out) was big into gaming and regularly downloaded huge game files, I knew that wouldn't work out well, so I'm paying a bit extra for Comcast Business Class. No caps on it so far, and the service is surprisingly stable.
I've already been living without one for a little over 53 years. Didn't get my first mobile phone until a couple years ago, and it's a cheap $15 flip Tracfone. Mainly bought it in case something comes up when away from the house. Rarely use it. Since the minutes roll over, I have over 1200 minutes accumulated so far.
I finally broke down a couple of years ago and bought a cheap flip Tracfone to carry when I leave the house, in case of emergency, or I might need to make a VERY random call, since it's near IMPOSSIBLE these days to find a pay phone anymore. Sometimes I forget to grab it when walking out the door though.
To give you some idea how often I actually use it, I buy the 60 minute card(for $20) once every 90 days (I get double minutes because of the model phone I bought). Since the unused minutes "roll over", I currently have a little over 1100 minutes accumulated.
Happens to me several times a week in Gmail. The first couple of times, I contacted the person the email was for, it was about a Verizon payment due notice for someone living in New York, After it KEPT happening, for emails meant for more other people, I just started marking them as Spam and deleting them. Still get account info for some guy concerning his Lloyd's Bank account. Never happens in my paid Yahoo Mail, or my free Hotmail account. ONLY Gmail. I think there's something screwy with Gmail's algorithms.
As a result, I NEVER trust Gmail with anything important. No telling WHO would get the email. These days, I mainly use Gmail as a "spam dump".
I got rid of Netflix a little over two years ago after they started dropping all the good classic TV shows and started shrinking closing credits without a way to turn that "feature" OFF by default.
So, people DO leave Netflix. I currently only subscribe to the ad-free Hulu, CBS All Access, and Britbox.
Around three years ago, we had a power outage here (northeast Louisiana area) that lasted two and a half days. The old fashioned "POTS" line was down the entire time also, no dial tone (I have a wired handset phone on my home office desk). That's when I decided to start saving around $30/month by switching to a Voip service. I figured, "Hey, if the expensive landline fails during an outage also, what's the difference?"
Will the issue of getting OTHER peoples emails in my Gmail inbox be fixed? If not, I still won't take them seriously as a useful service. It's for that reason I'd never trust them with sensitive emails. No telling WHO would get my email. This NEVER happens with the other two services I use, ONLY Gmail. Their algorithm is seriously borked.
From the Opera Mail download page: "Opera Mail is at the end-of-life stage of its product life cycle. This means neither technical support nor product and security updates will be provided. The product is still available to download, but you will use it at your own risk."
I constantly get those in Gmail also. That's the main reason I NEVER use Gmail for anything 'sensitive". I never get those kinds of emails in Yahoo or Hotmail, ONLY Gmail.
Shortly after getting a Gmail account a few years ago, I noticed that a few times a week, I'd get emails meant for other people. Emails from their banks, phone accounts, cable accounts, and most recently Gmail added flight info to MY calendar, and I've never even flown before. A day later, in Gmail, I got a confirmation request from Asia Air for the flights that showed up in the Google Calendar.
I managed to get into that persons Asia Air account, by using the "Forgot Password" feature and canceled his flights. I do the same, when I can, for other erroneous emails I get in Gmail. I'll continue to do this until Gmail fixes their broken algorithm.
Because of this, I will NEVER trust Gmail with anything "important". No telling where emails meant for ME would end up!
I stopped using Firefox as my default browser a little over three years ago. Didn't care for the new UI, and knew that CTR wouldn't work any more after version 57.
I'm used to the browser menu being in the upper left corner. That's where Opera puts it. Hulu and a few other sites with video are a bitch to get working in Firefox. They all work fine in Opera. I also have a separate search box in Opera, via "Advanced Settings". Also, Opera is a LOT better on memory than Firefox, compared with the identical tabs open in both browsers.
Tried Google Chrome, but it's a crashy mess after about half an hour on every machine I've tried it on. Opera has never crashed on me (yet anyway).
I don't use the built-in adblocker in Opera however, it's severely lacking. I turn it off and use Ublock Origin instead.
I still check in on the latest Firefox Nightlies a couple times a week though. Seems to be getting worse and worse.
This. I got rid of cable TV a little over 7 years ago. Had AT&T DSL until early last year, then switched to Comcast Business. Both my son and I are heavy internet users, and the 6Mbps AT&T DSL maxed out at wasn't fast enough for us to use the internet at the same time. The Comcast Business plan we now have is 50 down / 10 up, with NO CAPS. Most of the time we get closer to 60 down / 12 up. Rare for the internet to slow down or go out.
With my outdoor antenna, I get 22 channels FREE, with all the major broadcast networks. With that, along with Hulu, CBS All Access, Warner Archive, and Britbox (all less than $40/month total), we have more than we have TIME to watch.
I don't have a use for services that stream cable TV channels over the internet. It's the same lame channels I wasn't watching back when I had cable TV, just delivered a different way.
I don't have a use for services that stream cable TV channels. It's the same lame channels I wasn't watching back when I had cable TV, just delivered a different way. I'll stick with the current ad-free "on demand" Hulu I'm currently subscribing to. For "live TV", I'm getting 22 channels free over the air.
I only subscribe to Hulu, CBS All Access, Britbox, and Warner Archive. Less than $40/per month total. With those, and the 22 channels I get over the air, I have more than I actually have time to watch!
Same here! I still buy physical media for the stuff I know I watch numerous times. Stuff disappears from the streaming services, but it's always on my shelves!
I upgraded both my desktop and laptop that came with Windows 7 to Windows 10 early last year starting with the technical builds. Only issue I've had was a graphics driver issue on the desktop after installing the Anniversary Update. A quick visit to AMD's website for a new driver fixed that right up.
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They are owned by Verizon now.
When the 6Mbps DSL became too slow for my son and I to use simultaneously around 4 years ago, I looked into Comcast. Their residential plans had the 1TB monthly cap. Since I watch lots of streaming video, and the son (who has since moved out) was big into gaming and regularly downloaded huge game files, I knew that wouldn't work out well, so I'm paying a bit extra for Comcast Business Class. No caps on it so far, and the service is surprisingly stable.
I've already been living without one for a little over 53 years. Didn't get my first mobile phone until a couple years ago, and it's a cheap $15 flip Tracfone. Mainly bought it in case something comes up when away from the house. Rarely use it. Since the minutes roll over, I have over 1200 minutes accumulated so far.
I finally broke down a couple of years ago and bought a cheap flip Tracfone to carry when I leave the house, in case of emergency, or I might need to make a VERY random call, since it's near IMPOSSIBLE these days to find a pay phone anymore. Sometimes I forget to grab it when walking out the door though.
To give you some idea how often I actually use it, I buy the 60 minute card(for $20) once every 90 days (I get double minutes because of the model phone I bought). Since the unused minutes "roll over", I currently have a little over 1100 minutes accumulated.
Happens to me several times a week in Gmail. The first couple of times, I contacted the person the email was for, it was about a Verizon payment due notice for someone living in New York, After it KEPT happening, for emails meant for more other people, I just started marking them as Spam and deleting them. Still get account info for some guy concerning his Lloyd's Bank account. Never happens in my paid Yahoo Mail, or my free Hotmail account. ONLY Gmail. I think there's something screwy with Gmail's algorithms.
As a result, I NEVER trust Gmail with anything important. No telling WHO would get the email. These days, I mainly use Gmail as a "spam dump".
Microsoft should abandon Skype and bring back Netmeeting.
I got rid of Netflix a little over two years ago after they started dropping all the good classic TV shows and started shrinking closing credits without a way to turn that "feature" OFF by default.
So, people DO leave Netflix. I currently only subscribe to the ad-free Hulu, CBS All Access, and Britbox.
Unfortunately, Opera Mail is an "end of life" product now. Will no longer get new features or security updates.
Around three years ago, we had a power outage here (northeast Louisiana area) that lasted two and a half days. The old fashioned "POTS" line was down the entire time also, no dial tone (I have a wired handset phone on my home office desk). That's when I decided to start saving around $30/month by switching to a Voip service. I figured, "Hey, if the expensive landline fails during an outage also, what's the difference?"
Will the issue of getting OTHER peoples emails in my Gmail inbox be fixed? If not, I still won't take them seriously as a useful service. It's for that reason I'd never trust them with sensitive emails. No telling WHO would get my email. This NEVER happens with the other two services I use, ONLY Gmail. Their algorithm is seriously borked.
Have you tried Opera Mail?
From the Opera Mail download page: "Opera Mail is at the end-of-life stage of its product life cycle. This means neither technical support nor product and security updates will be provided. The product is still available to download, but you will use it at your own risk."
They'll get over it.
...that I bought for Trillian several years ago. After AIM shuts down, I'll only be using Trillian for ICQ and Facebook Messenger.
I constantly get those in Gmail also. That's the main reason I NEVER use Gmail for anything 'sensitive". I never get those kinds of emails in Yahoo or Hotmail, ONLY Gmail.
Shortly after getting a Gmail account a few years ago, I noticed that a few times a week, I'd get emails meant for other people. Emails from their banks, phone accounts, cable accounts, and most recently Gmail added flight info to MY calendar, and I've never even flown before. A day later, in Gmail, I got a confirmation request from Asia Air for the flights that showed up in the Google Calendar.
I managed to get into that persons Asia Air account, by using the "Forgot Password" feature and canceled his flights. I do the same, when I can, for other erroneous emails I get in Gmail. I'll continue to do this until Gmail fixes their broken algorithm.
Because of this, I will NEVER trust Gmail with anything "important". No telling where emails meant for ME would end up!
If you live in the US, all the old Doctor Who serials are streaming on Britbox.
A lot of the youngsters here probably won't understand that reference.
I stopped using Firefox as my default browser a little over three years ago. Didn't care for the new UI, and knew that CTR wouldn't work any more after version 57.
I'm used to the browser menu being in the upper left corner. That's where Opera puts it. Hulu and a few other sites with video are a bitch to get working in Firefox. They all work fine in Opera. I also have a separate search box in Opera, via "Advanced Settings". Also, Opera is a LOT better on memory than Firefox, compared with the identical tabs open in both browsers.
Tried Google Chrome, but it's a crashy mess after about half an hour on every machine I've tried it on. Opera has never crashed on me (yet anyway).
I don't use the built-in adblocker in Opera however, it's severely lacking. I turn it off and use Ublock Origin instead.
I still check in on the latest Firefox Nightlies a couple times a week though. Seems to be getting worse and worse.
Someone was just angry about the mess Mozilla has been making out of Firefox the past few years.
If people don't want to see or hear things they find offensive, just don't watch those movies or TV shows. Stick with G-Rated fare.
This. I got rid of cable TV a little over 7 years ago. Had AT&T DSL until early last year, then switched to Comcast Business. Both my son and I are heavy internet users, and the 6Mbps AT&T DSL maxed out at wasn't fast enough for us to use the internet at the same time. The Comcast Business plan we now have is 50 down / 10 up, with NO CAPS. Most of the time we get closer to 60 down / 12 up. Rare for the internet to slow down or go out.
With my outdoor antenna, I get 22 channels FREE, with all the major broadcast networks. With that, along with Hulu, CBS All Access, Warner Archive, and Britbox (all less than $40/month total), we have more than we have TIME to watch.
I don't have a use for services that stream cable TV channels over the internet. It's the same lame channels I wasn't watching back when I had cable TV, just delivered a different way.
I don't have a use for services that stream cable TV channels. It's the same lame channels I wasn't watching back when I had cable TV, just delivered a different way. I'll stick with the current ad-free "on demand" Hulu I'm currently subscribing to. For "live TV", I'm getting 22 channels free over the air.
I only subscribe to Hulu, CBS All Access, Britbox, and Warner Archive. Less than $40/per month total. With those, and the 22 channels I get over the air, I have more than I actually have time to watch!
Same here! I still buy physical media for the stuff I know I watch numerous times. Stuff disappears from the streaming services, but it's always on my shelves!
I upgraded both my desktop and laptop that came with Windows 7 to Windows 10 early last year starting with the technical builds. Only issue I've had was a graphics driver issue on the desktop after installing the Anniversary Update. A quick visit to AMD's website for a new driver fixed that right up.