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Alpena and Northeastern Michigan’s telephone history
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (740+ words) Sandwiched between today's technology and Alpena's first telephone were land lines. Well over three decades ago land lines transmitted facsimiles and connected you to the internet via noisy dialup. Going back further in years, the telephones were once touch tones…...
Data centers: Progress need not come at the expense of our communities
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (257+ words) Data centers require enormous amounts of electricity to operate computers, servers and cooling systems around the clock. Before approving these projects, communities are wise to require that developers provide dedicated sources of renewable or alternative energy rather than placing additional…...
Meeting new friends
3+ week, 1+ day ago (14+ words) thealpenanews.com 130 Park Place, Alpena, MI 49707 - Copyright © The Alpena News...
Yes on the AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act
1+ mon, 23+ hour ago (643+ words) It is rare for me to support anything inserting more government into our lives. However, I’m now looking at one of these exceptions. It’s the AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act. The legislation pushes back against automobile manufacturers moving to…...
In defense of data centers
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (467+ words) New York just became the first state in the country to sign a moratorium on data centers. There are two paths forward on this issue. One path builds the infrastructure that runs the next 50 years of the American economy. The…...
Fiber internet cooperative on its last phase of fiber internet construction project
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (661+ words) ALPENA–After five years of construction work, 7,500 customers are now connected to fiber internet from the Presque Isle Electric and Gas Cooperative (PIE&G) in Northeast Michigan. This is part of a long-term project by the PIE&G to make…...
No middle ground on data centers
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (852+ words) “Don’t confuse me with the facts. My mind is made up.” That poignant little phase has been part of our political fabric for years. You name the issue and it applies. Someone against something knows they are right and those…...
No plans for big data centers in Alpena County
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (478+ words) ALPENA – Local officials say they have not been approached about building any large new data centers in the area. The community does have one smaller data center already in operation. The 1010 Technology Center on US 23 North stores computer data for…...
Why aren’t you location sharing?
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1041+ words) A frustrating part of surviving the social landscape of Gen Z is that there are silent, digital cues to affirm one’s loyalty to another. These cues are often not explicitly stated. To understand these cues one must first betray the…...
Big Tech’s ugly data centers finally meet the opposition
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (636+ words) It appears that folks living in the gently rolling farmland of southwestern Ohio don’t want a 2-million-square-foot data center plopped down the road from their front porches. What’s wrong with them? Are they snotty not-in-my-backyard liberals? Not quite. Wilmington, Ohio, is…...