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COVID Resources

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There are lots of great resources on the state of COVID in general and for your community. Here are some that I frequent: CDC: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/ NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/news-event/coronavirusand https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html Osterholm Podcast: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/podcasts-webinars CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy): https://www.cidrap.umn.edu The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/category/what-you-need-know-coronavirus/ Don McNeil (former NYT): https://donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com

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Cheap Comcast for the Poor and Veterans

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Comcast has cheap internet for people who get government housing or food assistance, and now also offers this for Veterans. For $10/month you get 15Mbps/sec download and 2Mbps/sec upload. This is 10x faster than the old DSL speeds and more than fast enough for streaming HD video. There are no

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How to test Ethernet cables and WiFi speeds

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I recently had to diagnose poor ethernet speeds in a home in Arlington, VA. A person was getting 60 Mbps/sec, certainly not bad, but far less than the paid for 100 Mbps/sec. The problem was first diagnosed by going to speed test websites: http://www.speedtest.net https://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ This computer had FIOS, so

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