Bear in mind the times of dial-up web? We needed to be off the telephone simply so we may use the web at our residences. The service wasn’t remotely quick, however if you happen to had sufficient persistence to attend on your search engine to do its factor, you may navigate round from web site to web site. Occasions have definitely modified since then so that sort of gradual service is now not the case for nearly everybody (sure, dial-up nonetheless exists). Nevertheless, compared to the remainder of the U.S., Wyoming has one of many absolute slowest speeds of web within the nation.
Why is that this? We have now had such developments in expertise over time that in all places ought to have lightning quick web service, proper? Apparently, that’s not the case.
The states with the very best web speeds appear to be on the east coast, up within the northeast particularly, as Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island had the very best web speeds. Sure, Rhode Island, which is the state the place if you happen to drive about three blocks from the place you’re, you in all probability need to pay a toll to get again into the state as a result of it is tremendous small. Their speeds vary from 144.7 Mbps (megabits per second) to 134.5 Mbps. The typical for the U.S. is 119.03 Mbps. Wyoming is NOT EVEN CLOSE to that.
Bear in mind when ‘South Park’ did that episode about having no web after which Stan went together with his household out west to search out an web connection?…There’s actually no comply with up with that, it was only a hilarious episodes to look again on for a second.
However because it seems, Wyoming has the third worst common web pace of any state. Yikes! Wyoming’s common web pace is 69.9 Mbps. In case you assume that is dangerous, Montana’s pace is 63.4 Mbps and even worse in West Virginia at 60.7 Mbps. These are the one two states which have a worse web pace than Wyoming on common.
So sadly, we do need to put up with gradual web speeds on common and there is not all that a lot we are able to do about it. However hey, not less than it is not dial-up speeds of 56 kbps and you’ll keep in your telephone whereas utilizing the web as of late. Then once more, who’re we kidding, nobody makes use of their telephone for precise telephone calls as of late anyway. Thanks, texting, social media, and each different app within the universe!
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — “Sulphur Creek, Wyoming,” writes photographer Will Lawton. “End of day ice fishing. Great day to be alive.”
It sure is, Will. It sure is.
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Ashton Jeanty became Boise State’s first 2,000-yard rusher by collecting 169 yards on 19 carries as the 12th-ranked Broncos beat Wyoming 17-13 on Saturday night in Laramie, Wyo.
Jeanty, who also found the end zone once on the ground, entered the contest as the nation’s leading rusher with 1,893 yards. His big performance on Saturday helped Boise State (10-1, 7-0 Mountain West Conference) clinch a berth in the conference championship game.
The Broncos got 53 rushing yards from Jeanty during their penultimate drive of the game, which ended with Jambres Dubar rumbling across the goal line from 2 yards out for a 17-13 lead with 5:02 to go.
Wyoming (2-9, 2-5) turned the ball over on downs on its ensuing possession. It had gone up 13-10 earlier in the fourth quarter when John Hoyland made good on a 35-yard field goal with 9:03 remaining.
Maddux Madsen completed 14 of 26 passes for 168 yards for Boise State. Cameron Camper had five catches for 74 yards, while Dubar rushed for 22 yards and the touchdown on five touches.
Kaden Anderson started under center for the Cowboys, but he did not play in the second half because of an apparent injury. He had 116 yards and a TD on 9-of-14 passing prior to exiting. Evan Svoboda took over and hit on 6 of 13 passes for 87 yards.
Wyoming’s Justin Stevenson had four catches for 82 yards and a touchdown, and Jaylen Sargent finished with four receptions for 86 yards. Boise State took a 7-3 lead on a 61-yard Jeanty touchdown run with 3:40 to go in the first quarter. Jeanty cut back and sprinted down the wide side of the field for the score.
Early in the second quarter, Anderson launched a pass from the Cowboys’ logo at midfield and found a leaping Sargent for a 41-yard completion. Two plays later, Stevenson grabbed a 5-yard TD for a 10-7 lead with 9:36 to go.
As time ran out in the first half, Jonah Dalmas’ 24-yard field goal tied the game at 10.
–Field Level Media
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wyoming men’s cross country program finished 30th as a team with 707 points at the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Saturday.
The Cowboys were led by junior Jacob White throughout the whole race. White finished 119th with a time of 30:00.4. Following a theme of Cowboys finishing together throughout the season, senior Ryker Holtzen finished right by White in 120th, improving his placement at each 1K interval since the 7K mark, with a time of 30:01.3.
To close out his collegiate cross country career, senior Gus McIntyre came in 184th crossing the line at 30:34.9. In his first year in Wyoming, senior Dylan van der Hock finished with a time of 30:58.8 for 211th after improving his standing by nine places in the last kilometer. To close out the scoring five, senior Mason Norman grabbed 214th with a time of 31:00.8.
Two more Cowboys, and Wyoming natives, started the 10K in seniors Trevor Stephen and Asefa Wetzel. Stephen finished in a time of 31:24.4 for 233rd overall. Wetzel remained in 251st place at the 5K and 6K mark before having to step out.
As a team, the Cowboys averaged a 30:31.2 10K with individual finishes of 119-120-184-211-214 and point totals of 99-100-153-176-179.
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