Tag: Internet
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A New Internet Provider Is Coming to Cord Cutters in Buffalo, NY
Recently Greenlight Networks announced plans to expand to Buffalo, New York. This service offers Internet plans starting at $50 for 500 down and 50 up Internet all the way up to 2,000 Mbps down. Greenlight Networks offers fiber Internet currently in other parts of New York including Rochester, Syracuse, and Albany. Now they are expanding…
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The FCC is Spending $13 Million to Bring High-Speed Internet to Rural Americans
Today the FCC announced that it has awarded over $13 million in new funding to help bring high-speed internet to rural Americans. This award will help expand internet across the United States, helping people who live in rural areas get access to high-speed internet. This is part of the FCC’s plan to spend $1.488 billion…
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Cord Cutters Can Get Home Internet for Just $9.25 a Month (If You Qualify)
Did you know most Internet providers offer discount plans? The FCC requires Internet providers to offer discounted home Internet. The catch is you have to qualify for these plans. So, here is a quick break down of some discounted home Internet services and how to apply. Verizon Fios Discount Internet Verizon Fios Internet service also…
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Spectrum, Altice, & Cable One Have an Internet Monopoly in Over Half of Their Markets
Over the last few years, we have seen a growing number of services try to launch high-speed Internet options to compete with traditional cable and DSL Internet. The hope has been to offer true competition for home Internet. Now according to a report from Grounded Reason, we get an idea of why more competition is…
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Amazon, SpaceX, & 5G May Make Fully Cutting The Cord On Comcast & Spectrum a Reality
For years cord cutting detractors have pushed the idea that you can’t cut the cord if you get your Internet from a cable or DSL provider. The argument is if you are still paying a company that also owns a traditional pay-TV service its not real cord cutting. But now a growing number of companies…
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Why Does The FCC Need to Help Bring High Speed Internet to Rural America?
The FCC recently announced plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to bring high-speed Internet to rural America. This raised the question from our readers on why this is so hard and why does the government have to spend tax dollars to bring internet to rural America. One of the main issues with offering…
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TOAST.net is Offering Free Installs For its Cord Cutting Friendly Internet Service This Week Only
Home Internet is an important part of cord cutting for many cord cutters. Without it, accessing streaming content from services such as Amazon, Sling TV, Hulu, PlayStation Vue, and DIRECTV NOW is difficult. Thankfully there are Internet service providers that are happy to have cord cutters as customers and even give them a special deal.…
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The United States House Wants All Americans to Have High-Speed Internet By 2025
Today the United States House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn announced in a statement sent to Cord Cutters News that they are launching a new task force on rural broadband. The goal of this task force is to get all Americans high-speed Internet by 2025. “High-speed internet is an essential service in America today—yet too…
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Toast.net Is Now Offering Free Fiber Internet Installs (Limited Time Deal)
Toast.net has long been known as a re-seller of AT&T DSL. Last year Toast.net added fiber to their offerings. Now Toast.net is waving their install fee on their 100 Mbps and 1,000 Mbps fiber services. With Toast.net you can get fiber in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri,…
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How to Lower Your Internet Bill With Cord Cutting
Access to the Internet is becoming an important part of every American’s life. Not just for cord cutting but everything from work to banking is done online; however, the cost of internet can easily get out of control if you are not careful. Now over the years of being a cord cutter, I have found…