Internet – The Musings of the Big Red Car

Net Neutrality — Did It Wreck The Internet?

Big Red Car — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:27:47 +0000

I woke from a dead sleep this morning at approximately 2:27 AM. I sat bolt upright and thought, “WTF happened when the FCC (Federal Communications Commission — I often clarify abbreviations when awoken suddenly) eliminated the net neutrality rules?” Wasn’t the world supposed to end? What happened? It’s been two years already. You will recall […]

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Russia Shuts Down the Internet

Big Red Car — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 04:41:46 +0000

Russia announced that it will be conducting a “trial shutdown” of the Internet country-wide. What bad could happen from that, you ask? Russia explains it will be testing its own homebrew version of the Internet called the “RuNet.” Must have worked with a very powerful branding firm on the naming. Catchy. The Russians will pull […]

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BRC — The Website Troubles

Big Red Car — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 18:03:17 +0000

About a month ago, the BRC website was hacked. I first noticed it because my Amazon Web Services “instance” (the hosting arrangement) kept cutting out for excess CPU usage. At the time, I knew nothing about it and hadn’t put any analytics on the site. To fix this, I had to dig into AWS, close […]

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Internet — How Big? May Catch On?

Big Red Car — Thu, 11 May 2017 16:29:37 +0000

Internet, today we talk the size and breadth of the Internet. Big Red Car here on a gray day with a new roof almost finished on my house. My house. So, The Boss comments on the Internet using Disqus as “JLM.” You can find his fingerprints if you look. One of his favorite blogs is […]

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Internet Speed

Big Red Car — Sat, 28 May 2016 13:45:17 +0000

Internet speed? How fast is fast? The other day, the Big Red Car gets some spoofing from a pal who says, “Those one gig Internet speeds are all baloney. Nobody really gets those speeds.” So, the Big Red Car checks it out. Here is the actual speed test for the Grande Communications Internet Speed Test. […]

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Internet Scams

Big Red Car — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:30:35 +0000

Big Red Car here. Hope you are enjoying this great weather and temperature. Ahhh, the ATX is some nice living. Into this great weather is injected just a spot of trouble — the continuing presence of absurd Internet scams and scammers. The Boss was recently the prey for a couple of scammers. Imagine picking on […]

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