Author: Michael

I have been thinking lately about a lot of things broadband related. If telecom and cable companies don’t start investing in building out high-speed internet they are going to lose. When Starlink and OneWeb and even if Kuiper gets up and running they are going to lose a good portion of there customer base depending if these low orbit satellites residential price is right.

Centurylink and Frontier will definitely be bankrupt and probably under Government control.
For instance, I inherited a piece of property in rural part of the Country. The fastest internet I could get there is only 15/1 ADSL2+.  However, it might be more viable to me with gigabit internet with low latency. Just my two cents.

Welcome 2020 be kind to us and thank you Lord Almighty for another year in your presence.

This will be my last entry for 2019, my 50th year on this Earth. This year has been a much better year than the last few in many ways and worse in some ways. Overall, I will say I did not mind this year. Not sure how 2020 will turn out for me, but I am hoping it will build on the positive things from this last year. My 50th year overall was positive and hoping 2020 will continue.

I am praying that if Jesus does not come back that my family and myself have a great and blessed year (2020) along with every one of my friends.

See you in the New Year. 2020 here I come!

Google Thank you for completing RCS! You did it. Now just add encryption, but thank you!!!!

I watched Season 2 of the New Lost in Space from Netflix. This is the greatest show Netflix has. It was outstanding. I can’t wait for Season 3 and hope I don’t have to wait another year.

Netflix get to work or sell it to Disney Plus.

Google should shun the Carriers and just build or turn on their own RCS services and make a bold announcement about it. Then bypass the Carriers and bake in encryption and just make a true competitor and Android version of iMessages. It is time Google. 

OK, Google are you listening! Do it and show the Carriers if you want to you can beat them at their own game.

Google now is the time to go full speed ahead and take RCS into your own hands and out of the carriers. You want to be Apple-like when it comes to phones well that includes RCS messaging. Bypass the Carriers and do it yourself like Apple does. This way it is own your own Phones by default and probably get other phone makers (except Samsung) to make Andriod Messages the default.

Google the Pixel 4 disappoints. Please listen for the survival of the Pixel line. No, I don’t have the Pixel 4 nor do I want one. Why?

1.  No fingerprint reader. Face unlock/ID might be just as secure, but it is not 100 percent reliable. 
2. No FM chip. I know that streaming is your bread and butter but it would bring in more people to the Pixel ecosystem and it does have National Security/Emergency implications.
3. No Headphone-jack. Think of it you would trump Apple and shame Apple at the same time. 
4. Minimum 128GB and 256GB for memory instead of 64GB and 128GB. 
5. Bringing back the 2 front cameras and keeping the soli chip. 
6. Improve video recording quality to beat Apple like the superior still shots.
7. This is a big one lower the price by 200 to 250. I believe you will still make a profit. 
8. Optional adding to 2TB SD card support, but I could live without this one. 
9. Bring it out in July instead of October. Beating Apple by 2 months and being able to use the latest Qualcomm chip before it becomes obsolete in October.  

My permanent retirement is still a little ways off. Just wondering where I should retire. I have pluses and minuses for each one. Thinking of the list below. Does anyone have any thoughts and suggestions? My retirement will be mostly Social Security and will need my money to last, high-speed internet and good medical facilities (which includes doctors).

1. Paris, Tennessee
2. Logan, WV
3. Lewisburg, WV
4. Chattanooga, TN
5. Inverness, FL
6. The home city where I am now.
7. St Ives UK
8. Corfu, Greece 

The highlight of this week was watching the Microsoft Surface Event. I liked and wanting everything they announced. My wallet says no and that is the final word. My head says get get get! I plan on waiting to see the reviews and hope that next year will be a better year financially so that I can maybe get one of the new devices. I am really looking forward to the Surface Neo.
Google’s event I am kind of not looking forward too. I like the camera advancements I have been hearing about. Google why can’t you leave the fingerprint reader, add a headphone jack and an FM tuner that would make it a big BUY for me. I know Google is planning to announce other things, but I have several Google devices and like every one of them. I wish the would simplify the privacy options by having one setting choice so that I could saw delete all my maps, history and other information collected after 18 months. Instead, you have to set each feature separately.