If your internet speeds fluctuate throughout your home. Like in the office next to the modem it’s screaming fast, but head down to the basement or upstairs to the kid’s bedroom and it crawls, then you need a wifi extender like Google Wifi.
Geoffrey D. Rasmussen is the father of four budding genealogists. He graduated with a degree in Genealogy and Family History from Brigham Young University and has served as director and vice-president of the Utah Genealogical Association. He is th
Thank you but, I have unfortunately learned, if the speed isn’t available coming in to the home you are still stuck with boosting it to what is available. I can usually only dream of the slowest speed (14 Mbps) you showed. Speedtest showed my download speed yesterday morning to be 0.80 Mbps; the upload was 26.08 Mbps so it not my equipment that is at fault – it is congestion and (perhaps, but shouldn’t be) intentional speed limiting by the provider to manipulate you into paying more for another access plan. That is not an unusual dichotomy of results on Telstra, the largest and supposedly best (also the only real choice in many parts of regional and rural) Australia. I often joke about how dial-up would be an improvement.
Oops. Just did another Speedtest and, a transient miracle, download is up to 12.27 Mbps. Gotto go and download some of those 50MB files I need before each one returns to being a daylong exercise in frustration.
Searching for your ancestor in unindexed records is now possible thanks to the new Full-Text Search. Join Geoff Rasmussen for a brief demo of what he found during his first uses of this new tool from FamilySearch Labs.
Searching for your ancestor in unindexed records is now possible thanks to the new Full-Text Search. Join Geoff Rasmussen for a brief demo of what he found during his first uses of this new tool from FamilySearch Labs.
In this brief tip, Geoff Rasmussen demonstrates how he made an illegible document, legible.
This was part of the webinar, Celebrating 2,000 webinars! Plus 10 tips you can use today.
In this brief tip, Geoff Rasmussen demonstrates how he made an illegible document, legible.
This was part of the webinar, Celebrating 2,000 webinars! Plus 10 tips you can use today.
Have a blurry old photograph? Watch Geoff Rasmussen as he discovers MyHeritage's new Photo Enhancer for the first time. The transformations in his old photographs are incredible!
Have a blurry old photograph? Watch Geoff Rasmussen as he discovers MyHeritage's new Photo Enhancer for the first time. The transformations in his old photographs are incredible!
If you're squinting, adjusting your glasses, or even sitting closer to your PC's monitor to see what's on the screen, you will benefit from these 5 tips about how to make things on your screen bigger.
If you're squinting, adjusting your glasses, or even sitting closer to your PC's monitor to see what's on the screen, you will benefit from these 5 tips about how to make things on your screen bigger.
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Does it work with any ISP or do you have to have Google Fiber?
Thank you but, I have unfortunately learned, if the speed isn’t available coming in to the home you are still stuck with boosting it to what is available. I can usually only dream of the slowest speed (14 Mbps) you showed. Speedtest showed my download speed yesterday morning to be 0.80 Mbps; the upload was 26.08 Mbps so it not my equipment that is at fault – it is congestion and (perhaps, but shouldn’t be) intentional speed limiting by the provider to manipulate you into paying more for another access plan. That is not an unusual dichotomy of results on Telstra, the largest and supposedly best (also the only real choice in many parts of regional and rural) Australia. I often joke about how dial-up would be an improvement.
Oops. Just did another Speedtest and, a transient miracle, download is up to 12.27 Mbps. Gotto go and download some of those 50MB files I need before each one returns to being a daylong exercise in frustration.
Thank you for the tech tips!!!
I’ve considered a booster but needed to see the diagram and item explained. Thank you
Another very helpful video on tech! Will look into this also. Thank you Geoff.