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This morning I was downloading the latest Vista with sp1 (x86) and I noticed that my download speed has doubled to about 20Mbit/sec...Awesome. I wonder if this is in response to the upcoming competition from Verizon FIOS. They have just started digging in my neighborhood and laying the fiber. I think Comcast is going to have to speed up their next generation channel bonding technology...I hear in some areas, Verizon is offering 50Mbit/50Mbit symmetrical upload/download speeds... Look out Comcast...
The one thing I have to say is that I am addicted to being connected to the net. From my smartphone to my laptop I kind of wish that every device had the ability to plug-in to the net. I any case, I currently have a Verizon USB727 USB wireless modem. Overall I am very happy with the performance. But it seems that performance seems to vary a bit from minute to minute and hour to hour. I have been finding myself disconnecting and reconnecting to the Verizon network, multiple times of the day. My performance would vary from 50-60Kb all the way to 800-1000Kb. A big variation if you ask me. I had to install the following hotfix... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940646 Additionally I setup my USB727 modem to use the NDIS interface. This allowed me to utilize the OpenDNS DNS servers. I then renamed the connection to "EDVO" and set the OpenDNS servers If you want to set the DNS servers on the command line you can use the following syntax...
I was a bit a cynical when I read this article about OpenDNS. But you know what? It WORKS! Go and set your DNS name servers now! https://www.opendns.com/start
First we had AT&T with their 10lbs paper bills now everyone is trying to promote the paperless bill. I recently ran into an interesting bug with one of those paperless systems. So In June I switched my phone service from Verizon to AT&T to enjoy the iPhone. So as usual I paid my bill online before the switch. Lately I have been rather disappointed with the AT&T Options 3G PC-Card, so I decided to go back to Verizon to satisfy my wireless broadband addiction. I placed the order for USB727 USB rev A card and I was sent a notice that I had an outstanding balance and my order was put on hold. I scratched my head and wondered how I could owe money...I didn't receive any emails...nor did I receive any paper mails. So I called Verizon and then discovered I did indeed have a balance. But due to a bug or possibly a feature of the paperless billing system, the moment my account was deactivated, so was the notifications of billing. Well...