Shedding Load, part II: the long local nightmare is over
Previous mention: getting rid of DSL here:
https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2026/05/shedding-load-or-may-4th-be-with-you.html
Although Starlink has already emailed that after my trial period the monthly rate will be increasing $5 to $55 per month :(
But in happier news, May 20, 2026 was the last day of landline service from Frontier. I finally was able to get my old home landline number transferred to Mint Mobile. If I had known it was this much of a hassle I would have just dumped the landline number and gone with a new one. Frontier got to charge me for another week or so of landline service, is any big company that mean that they would lie just to get a few more bucks ? I hope not, probably just some disinterested employee ? Anyway it's done !
Strangely I still have landline dial tone on May 21st but probably that will be
gone soon.
Having cell phone service is weird though for a first timer like me, it's like the cell phone is a new body part that has been grafted on ! It gets taken everywhere, you have to be sure to take care of it, don't drop it or lose it, you no longer need a watch or a camera just whip out that all purpose everything machine, your phone.
I gather that this is a bad time to be buying a cell phone as far as hardware goes due to the insane push for data centers driving up chip prices. I bought the cheapest unlocked phone with a name I'd heard of, a Moto G 2025:
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2026/05/shedding-load-or-may-4th-be-with-you.html
Although Starlink has already emailed that after my trial period the monthly rate will be increasing $5 to $55 per month :(
But in happier news, May 20, 2026 was the last day of landline service from Frontier. I finally was able to get my old home landline number transferred to Mint Mobile. If I had known it was this much of a hassle I would have just dumped the landline number and gone with a new one. Frontier got to charge me for another week or so of landline service, is any big company that mean that they would lie just to get a few more bucks ? I hope not, probably just some disinterested employee ? Anyway it's done !
Strangely I still have landline dial tone on May 21st but probably that will be
gone soon.
Having cell phone service is weird though for a first timer like me, it's like the cell phone is a new body part that has been grafted on ! It gets taken everywhere, you have to be sure to take care of it, don't drop it or lose it, you no longer need a watch or a camera just whip out that all purpose everything machine, your phone.
I gather that this is a bad time to be buying a cell phone as far as hardware goes due to the insane push for data centers driving up chip prices. I bought the cheapest unlocked phone with a name I'd heard of, a Moto G 2025:
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
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