From the Mailbag - 06/09/2021

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AVI AND RIVKAH are returning to their offices after almost a year of working from home. They adopted a puppy several months ago and are looking for a way to watch and talk to him while they are gone during the day. Any suggestions?

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KYLIE found the Refurbished Mac page at Apple's Web site. The pricing looks good but is buying a refurbished Mac a good idea?

Yes, a lot of times the refurbished Mac is actually brand new! If someone buys a Mac and then has buyer's remorse and returns it, then Apple cannot sell it as new. You will be OK buying directly from them. One of their technicians has examined the machine and certified it for resale. You will get the same warranty as a new product.

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SHELBY recently moved into a new apartment. Verizon DSL is the Internet Service Provider (ISP) and it is REALLY SLOW. At his old apartment, with Xfinity he was getting ~230 Mbps down/6 Mbps up. At the new apartment, on a good day he gets ~2 Mbps down / .5 Mbps up. Would getting an AC router improve his connection speed?

Unfortunately, no. You need to get off DSL. Usually Verizon offers DSL in areas where their FiOS service is not available. I would start by double-checking that. If FiOS is available, then get it. If not, then see if you can switch back to the Xfinity Double Play service that you had before.

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