How Fast-Air Internet Works

Welcome to the Fast-Air Internet Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air Internet customers. About Fast-Air Internet Have you ever wondered how you connect to the Internet through Fast-Air Internet? Fast-Air Internet is an Internet Service Provider (ISP). An ISP is a person or group of people who…

Quick and Simple Security Tips

Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. While there might be 50 ways to leave a lover, there are thousands of ways to improve computer security. Understand that security is not a single, all-in-one solution. Security is a never-ending strategy of using many…

Net Neutrality

Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 2015 Open Internet Order classified Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as telecommunications services. The classification provided FCC members more oversight powers over ISPs. The 2015 Order created three explicit rules for ISPs:…

The End of 2017

Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest newsletter topics. End of the year. Time to relax a little. How about some crazy but real computer messages? Keyboard not found. Hit F1 to continue. Your mouse is not working, please click here…

That Won’t Happen To Me

Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Helen awakened from her nightly slumber. She stretched her arms, looked through the window, and saw a mix of fading morning stars and the beginning of a rising sun. She was cold. She rolled over in…

Customizing Windows 10

Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. For many users the default Windows 10 interface is cluttered with something called live tiles. Reducing the clutter is possible by “unpinning” the live tiles that appear when opening the Start menu. “Right-click” on each tile…

Protecting Privacy with Google Chrome

Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest newsletter topics. Google Chrome is a popular web browser. The reason is much like the days of Internet Explorer — that is what is installed on many computers — for free — and that…

Customizing Firefox

Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest newsletter topics. Advertisements are one of the more pervasive ways people are tracked online. Security challenges exist as well because often ads come in the form of Flash. Running Flash videos inside a web…

Firefox Security and Privacy – Part 2

Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest newsletter topics. Firefox is a good choice for protecting online privacy, but there are some built-in features that users might want to change to better support that goal. One such feature is the Firefox…

Firefox Security and Privacy – Part 1

Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest newsletter topics. The Firefox web browser provides a robust environment for improving online security and privacy. Most people should use the Extended Support Release (ESR) version of Firefox. Download and install that version from…