Verizon and Frontier Communications Make $8.6 Billion Deal

Cutting the land line
Do you remember rotary telephones? I’ve never owned one, but I remember my parents having a couple. Spinning the dial took forever if you compare it with today’s speed dial and voice-activated wireless devices, but there was something about guiding your finger to its destination in the [...]

Payday Loans: More Available Than Broadband in U.S.?

Payday loans easier than getting the internet?
Is it easier to get payday loans in America than it is to find broadband Internet? If cases like those of Robert Berger are any indication, bank on payday loans.
Isn’t America the most technically advanced nation on Earth?
Robert Berger, a blogger who lives in [...]

Map of Saratoga, California by wikipedia, the place where you can't get broadband internet