In the not-so-distant past, ultra-high-speed internet was seen as a luxury. But those days are long gone. The emergence of streaming media, smart gadgets and videoconferencing changed our home internet needs in a big way, and there’s no turning back.

Why does it always feel like your home internet provider doesn’t respect your time? It’s because dealing with them—from installation to billing to service—is always on their terms. If this sounds familiar, you may be suffering one of the five stages of I.I.G. (Internet Installation Grief).

Let’s start with a riddle. Out of all the precious and natural resources on Earth, only one of them is both abundant and scarce at the same time. It’s non-renewable, so you can’t make more of it. And no matter how far you dig, you’ll never find any to spare.

More television viewers than ever are getting their news, sports and entertainment through streaming apps over their home internet connection instead of from traditional cable or satellite TV.

What makes all this streaming possible is broadband internet delivered by lightning-fast fiber optic cables, like the gigabit C Spire Fiber that keeps your home connected. But figuring out how to choose among all the streaming services can be a hassle.

One of the biggest issues parents have with gaming platforms and online games is the time their kids spend staring at a screen. The other big one is the ability for kids to engage in conversations with strangers. Both of those concerns—as well as content restrictions—are addressed in parental controls for the three most popular gaming platforms, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Xbox.

No matter what you’ve heard, the sun doesn’t always shine on TV. In fact, the sun can cause your TV to go dark.

Twice a year, during the spring and fall, the tilt of the Earth's axis and its orbit around the sun places the satellites that receive TV signals directly in line with the sun.