April-28-2025,
Last day in Europe and returning via Madrid, Spain’s Capital.
I’de been here 4 days, worked out the metro swipe cards, maps,
the staccato Spanish, the food and late night entertainments after
museums – More snacks and walking, humming an average five miles a day also.
Last Airbnb on the 9th floor of an apartment a few miles SW of the Center. a regular Madrid family, three generations AND a toddler
who looks mystified at my slurred Spanish…
The airport is 12 miles away and the efficient metro system goes the whole way from her door with only 2 changes- Checkout: 12:00 pm as arranged, Board the Metro with my 10lb Yahoo! backpack and we are OFF!
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MAC Remote Desktop RUSTDESK
We use the free open source remote control software RUSTDESK available HERE
Verizon Home Internet
https://www.verizon.com/home/internet
Similar to T-Mobile Home Internet but a Different Company. )
Similar pricing, etc, use Link above to check your come address
5G cellular standards up to 32MBps
T-mobile home internet
https://www.t-mobile.com/home-internet/eligibility
Internet using cell tower’s 5G connectivity up to 320Mbps.
Check your address at the link above.
You will receive a simple box that collects data from likely (?) a single cell tower (which can resolve issues of ‘contention;’ or over-usage,…
and puts it around your house as WiFi. About $55/month with ‘free’ reciever.
Trial usage available – 30 days?
not intended for ‘portable’ use or as a roaming ‘hotspot’- although is known to work that way!
This is DIFFERENT from a Hotspot as the data cap & speed are far higher,
starlink.com
This is Elon Musk’s low earth orbiting constellation of thousands of satellites.
To see if it’s available to you fill in your approximate address..
Then, To see then if it can reach you where you live, get the App. from the site above onto your smartphone and use its camera to ‘look’ at the Sky- It will need at least a 100 degree clear sky view in a particular direction.
Not sure of the effects of trees leafing out later if you do this in Winter : )
Surprisingly easy to install, the base equipment as it is currently is a single small rectangular panel about 2′ x 3′ on a single pole.
You use the same App to Aim it.
You can pick up the ground station kit at Best Buy ot order it at the site, currently $600 as of post date and sometimes available refurbished for less – Speeds I have seen average 120MBps– Plenty.
Low Latency- comparable to Cable Internet,
IF you live ‘off grid’ it uses almost 100w of power in operation and more when de icing (!) but can be Turned On and Off with ease and even scheduled. Great design!
hughesnet.com
https://www.hughesnet.com
Geostationary satellites 22,000+ miles away provide Internet anywhere you have a clear view to the South. This creates latency (delay) issues but visit the site for more info of some workarounds that exist.
Other methods of getting Internet are preferred!
Smarter Broadband
Terrestrial wifi’ (WiSP) local to Nevada County- needs a clear view of hilltops where transmitters are based – site above shows coverage and costs- May require tower use or small disk a few inches across on a pole
and possibly tree-climbing
CAL.NET
CAL.NET
Terrestrial WiFi (WISP) AKA long range wireless across large areas of the Central Valley up into some foothills bordering
Nevada County. Chat & 800# are at that web page.
SCAM PAGE
Following are images of SCAM web pages that ‘jam’ your Browser: Chrome, Safari, Edge, etc and MAC, PC LINUX, Android, iPad etc are all equally susceptible! Page LOOKS like you have a virus or something bad when you do not:
Your Anti Virus will not say anything. because a Web Page is NOT a Virus.
It proves hard to close or exit the screen as the web page maker suruptiotiosly hides all the ‘close’ ‘minimize’ ‘exit’ buttons, etc..
NEVER call the number. NEVER answer unknown calls. NEVER click Any links at such pages NEVER respond in ANY way,
because that itself is the Scam.
Try the [Esc] Key. This MAY bring up Navigation buttons again so you can Exit.
MAC: Use [Command-Option-Esc] and KILL safari or Chrome of Firefox
PC: Use:: [Ctrl-Alt-Delete] to kill Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Etc.
These Pages show up in several ways:
a) the Pagemaker has lured Google into showing this result when searching for something innocuous. Often: the result itself is harmless but directs you to harmful page. Worse, NOT EVERY redirect happens and often it re directs 5-10 times AT RANDOM so it’s hard to report the result to Google, etc…
b) the page server you usually visit has been ‘invaded’ and itself compromised to show the page- your usual Weather or News page may suddenly show this!
Testimonial Gordon
“Paule was very helpful in returning my new LG laptop from a Windows 11 confusion to a usable system that my old computer had and I was used to. I was confident and did a computer share, and was very thankful for all the navigating through the removal of unnecessary files and start up programs. I was able to restore my Thunderbird email which was not working since I loaded it on the computer. He helped me set up my 5TB back up hard drive. He also helped me reduce 3 security softwares to one which speeds things up on a protected computer. It was an enjoyable and worthwhile experience, and I hope when I have further issues and need support he will be as helpful.”
— Gordon Mann, http://mannandtrees.com Jan 2024