A Crummy Commercial

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2c9-LDP0t0 No, not some flounder, Frontier.  This ominous looking piece of mail popped up on Informed Delivery: It's the (hopefully) final insult from Frontier: Apparently for Frontier just refunding the money electronically (the way I was paying) was too easy - same for a physical checkie.  They have to provide a debit card.  I would give it away except that it literally has my name on it :( I finally flipped through enough hoops and was able to request a no-fee check for the balance: In 7 to 10 business days I should have a checkie.  I should have dumped Frontier a decade ago ! Update 7-7-2026: I received and deposited the check. Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm  

Pupin source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRUsfIW1aYM     Some internet links on Pupin and the loading coil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loading_coil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihajlo_Pupin   Michael Pupin, from Immigrant to Inventor htm:  https://www.gutenberg.org/files/66886/66886-h/66886-h.htm pdf:  https://www.eserbia.org/images/books/Michael-I-Pupin-From-Immigrant-to-Inventor-1924.pdf Note that the video doesn't mention him but apparently this guy: Campbell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ashley_Campbell   had also patented the idea (at AT&T) so AT&T bought Pupin's patent to prevent any legal wrangling ?  We know that these patent and IP tussles (such as Armstrong versus RCA or Edison versus Tesla) are exhausting, expensive and time consuming. But still, I had never heard of Pupin before - and I used to work for a telephone company :) Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm  

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 ...