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Which Internet Provider Is The Best For Streaming Netflix?
How well you'll be able to stream season two of Breaking Bad on Netflix may depend largely on which company you're paying to provide internet service to your home. Netflix has just released the results of its own study on network performance and the results may not surprise you.
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Airlines Waiving Re-Booking Fees With Hurricane Irene On The Way
A really nasty woman named Irene is about to swoop in from the tropics and potentially screw up air travel for everyone. So in advance of the hurricane, many airlines are playing nice with their re-booking fees and policies for flights to and from destinations affected by the storm.
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An Airline Actually Reduced A Fee
Airlines have tacked on more and more fees over the years as a way to recoup costs without having to raise their base fares as much, but Frontier has broke with these seemingly relentless upward tradition and actually reduced some fees this week. Thunderclap!
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Frontier Takes Over Our Internet Service, Slows It Waaaaay Down
As Verizon builds their FiOS network, they've sold off their landline and DSL business in many markets to Frontier. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it has been for Nick and other former Verizon customers in his town in West Virginia. Their connection speed fell to one-sixth of what it was with Verizon. The speed has improved recently, but they've traded consistent slowness for intermittent outages. Nick can now stay online for about two minutes at a time.
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E-Trade, Borders And Frontier May Vanish This Year
Get ready to say goodbye to the E-Trade baby and Frontier Airlines. According to 24/7 Wall Street, the two businesses are among their 10 picks for companies that will not survive the year. Others that may not be long for this world: Sara Lee, Gateway and Office Depot.
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How Do Airlines Compare On Fees?
It's hard to keep track of all the extra fees airlines have invented to pad a ticket purchase, especially since they keep introducing new ones; USA TODAY says revenue from added fees have jumped
nearly 16% from a year ago. The newspaper reviewed fees from 13 airlines in the U.S. and compiled this
handy reference chart of current fee schedules, to make comparison shopping a little bit easier. As expected, Southwest continues to be one of the best values.
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What's The Best Airline For Your Pet To Travel?
Sometimes you don't have a choice—you have to fly with your pet. In memory of
Paco, the dog Delta Airlines lost back in May, here's Petfinder.com's updated list of the best airlines for traveling with kritters. All of the recommended carriers have changed from last year. Spoiler alert: Delta is not on it.
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Your Complete Big-Ass Guide To Annoying Airline Fees
As reported earlier today, the Government Accountability Office thinks
airlines could do a lot more to be transparent about the fees they charge. And buried about 45 pages deep in the GAO's report are two very helpful tables detailing fees for checked bags and other items that U.S.-based airlines charge extra for.
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Passenger Says Frontier Airlines Used Fake Weather Delay To Avoid Compensating Passengers
Scott says his flight from San Antonio to Denver was delayed last night because "the weather computer was not working," but two hours later that excuse was replaced with a "weather-related delay" in Denver. The problem is, Denver was sunny and clear at the time.
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Hawaiian Airlines Tops Quality Study, American Eagle Falls Flat
For the second year in a row, Hawaiian Airlines has topped a study that ranks 18 commercial carriers according to a formula that accounts for everything from on-time arrivals/departures to baggage handling to customer complaints. On the bottom end of the rankings was American Eagle.
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