You have amazing ideas! (Yes, of course you do.) And those ideas might be worth $$! (Maybe.) Well, great ideas are lost or stolen every day. Can you protect them? Yes. Maybe. Sometimes. Welcome to the strange world of intellectual property law. Patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, oh my.Continue Reading
The internet is one of the top issues in Chatham County. If you happen to live in a certain area, you have no problems. If you live in another area, you have no internet at all. It seems we are in general agreement that the internet is a necessity orContinue Reading
The problem with the map, as others pointed out, is that satellite access is problematic. Most current services are not going to work with VPNs. We use VPNs both for work and for our personal use, so the satellite providers that will not work with a VPN are useless for us.Continue Reading
Responding to Judith Bush about the FCC map process I mentioned in Chatlist #7449… Listening to the FCC and NC DIT webinars, the FCC has dutifully published the satellite provider information but they also acknowledge that satellite (at least as it is now) is not a good solution for any butContinue Reading
Regarding the telehealth event from Innovate Chatham mentioned in the Chatlist from Dec 10, I’m still learning how to use the Chatlist, apparently, and the links did not come through. Sorry. Innovate Chatham holds free tech-related public events once a month and this month we have invited experts from UNC HealthContinue Reading
Thanks to Innovate Chatham for informing us of one step in improving internet service in Chatham County that we can all take (see Chatham Chatlist #7449). In brief, go to broadbandmap.fcc.gov, find your address, and review whether the bandwidth available is accurate. Burney Waring provided some examples for providers claimingContinue Reading
We were among the many poor sods who got disconnected when BrightSpeed took over CenturyLink “service.” I won’t go into the details of our struggle with BrightSpeed…it’s no news to most of you. Fortunately I found the solution. Our “go-to” guy, Sam (owner Chatham Cellular Computer Repair) has completely resolvedContinue Reading
North Carolina is providing $350 million in grants for areas unserved with broadband (anything lower than speeds of 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload). Those of us making do with CenturyLink DSL or worse sure could use the higher speed internet service. Wouldn’t it be great if our County Commissioners or ourContinue Reading
For Ann,Years ago I also had a problem with Century Link that went on and on and on……. When I filed a complaint with the Attorney General’s office I got it fixed real fast. Good luck. Pam Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 11:50:33 -0400From: Pam Fulk Subject: Century Link problemsContinue Reading
After struggling with CenturyLink for quite some time, we finally discovered T-Mobile wireless internet. It’s not available everywhere but if it is at your location, I can recommend it. We’ve had good service since getting it about 4 months ago. You order it online. It’s such a relief afterContinue Reading
Hello GOP, Here is a friendly question for you after reading the platform you posted to the chatlist: Right now the GOP in Raleigh is 100% responsible for keeping Chatham Residents from quality fiber based internet by first passing a law keeping local government from running their own networks andContinue Reading
I really wish Randolph Telephone would get off their backside and start rolling out to more areas. We’ve been on their interested list for over two years now. We got excited when someone installed fiber down old 421 and through parts of Goldston last summer, but RT says it wasn’tContinue Reading
Re: Do you live on Castle Rock between Henderson Tanyard and 87 We live on White Smith Rd between Silk Hope Gum Springs and Henderson Tanyard. We switched from Century Link to RTTI a while ago and have never looked back. And they keep notifying us of improvement we didContinue Reading
Hello Neighbors! I have had TERRIBLE Centurylink internet for over a decade, ever since Imoved in. It hasn’t improved in all this time and is so unreliable. I have been in touch with the Randolph Fiber Company. They are at the point of deciding if they are going to continueContinue Reading
I just want to shout out to John Roach. He did a wonderful job helping me with MacBook. Remote, fast and really professional. I am so happy to have my little Mac Book working again. He will help you too. Ducka Kelly Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 18:27:10 -0500From:Continue Reading