Your .com names are probably going to go up and why
On January 3, 2020, ICANN announced significant changes to the contract it has with Verisign, Inc. to operate the top-level domain .COM.
Is your password secure?
One of the reasons to use password managers such as LastPass with 2Factor authentication
J2 Podcast is on TuneIN
Some great news for the j2 podcast can now be heard on TuneIN. Head over to https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/J2-Podcast-p1285217/
You can still upgrade to windows 10 for Free
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U.S. DOT Issues Proposed Rule on Remote ID for Drones
FAA announced a proposed rule that would require drones to be identifiable remotely.
Bad habits of a network admin/tech
Recently there was a thread on the Facebook group WISP talk. The author outlined the following bad habits of network folks. Below is the original list. I just copied it and it’s not mine. Install and forget; If it ain’t …
Do you work on SBA or Vertical Bridge towers?
From an e-mail received today The National Wireless Safety Alliance (NWSA) announced today that vertical infrastructure real-estate companies SBA Communications Corporation and Vertical Bridge are placing NWSA certification requirements for technicians working on their respective sites and networks in their …
Interesting product: Firewalla
Interesting product. https://firewalla.com/
WISPAPALOOZA 2019 News and tidbits
WISPAPALOOZA 2019 is rapidly approaching October 14th-18th 2019. I will be attending in several capacities. FD-IX will have a booth with Athereal, Ascilis Telecom (booth 135). Come by and say hi. We have some giveaways as well as a comfy …
MacOS Catalina RIP 32-bit programs
As many of you, Mac users may know the new Mac OS version, codenamed “Catalina” has dropped support for 32-bit programs.
Fedora drops 32 bit Linux
https://betanews.com/2019/10/08/fedora-linux-32bit/