Ethan Banks

@ecbanks

How Uber Charges You Money, But You Get No Ride

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The oddest thing was the realization that with all of the negative press around Uber in the last year, I rather despise the company anyway. If even half the reports are true, there is no redemption for their corporate culture.

Beware n1wireless.com: Bait & Switch

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Over the weekend, I ordered an Apple Airport Extreme wireless router from n1wireless.com. The price was great, and their site stated they had 90 in stock. This afternoon, I receive via e-mail one of the oldest sales tricks there is–the bait and switch.

All Of Ethan’s Podcasts And Articles For July 2017

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Packet Pushers Weekly Podcast Episode 347: Ethan & Greg AMA #3 Episode 349: Future Of Networking With Mark Townsley Packet Pushers Network Break Podcast Network Break 144: Cisco Unveils New UCS Line; Microsoft Targets Rural Broadband Datanauts Podcast Episode 91: Found On The Internet Series 2 Episode 92: Microsoft MCSA Lab Creation With Chef Episode 93: […]

All Of Ethan’s Podcasts And Articles For June 2017

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Packet Pushers Community Blog OpenDaylight Carbon And What SDN Has Become Packet Pushers News Uila Adds User Experience Tracking To Their Monitoring Platform Rubrik Integrates With Oracle, Hyper-V, Nutanix In 4.0 Release Packet Pushers Weekly Podcast Episode 342 – Big Ideas About Networking with Mike Bushong Episode 343 – Future Of Networking Q&A Live From Interop […]

Value Constrains Us. At Least, It Should.

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A friend of mine asked me, “How do you manage the billions of chat messages, chat apps, social media, etc.? I’m becoming so inefficient it isn’t funny.” I offer a long-form answer.