Tour of My Home Network (and More!)
So I have had a ton of requests over the years to give a tour of my home network. Honestly, I never gave the tour because I just didn’t think people would be that interested in what I had. Well I have had enough requests to get the idea that some of you really do […]
Ethernet Switch Between the ONT and the Router (FiOS)
When FiOS was first launched by Verizon it was a glorious time. The city I live in (Keller, TX) was the first city in the nation to get FiOS! It was fantastic. The fastest stuff on the block was DSL from Verizon or AT&T at 1.5Mb/s down and 128 Kb/s up and it wasn’t reliable […]
How I Cut the Cord!
For several years I had considered cutting the cord. I mean, I rarely watch anything on TV that couldn’t be streamed from the Internet. I’m not really into sports, but I don’t mind an occasional football game (mostly the Super Bowl), and that is available from an over-the-air antenna. There are really only a small […]
Verizon FiOS Chat Support Sucks
Several of my neighbors had recently installed Verizon FiOS at their home and were getting a much more modern system that what I had. I wanted to upgrade my old receiver to the newest receiver and DVR. So I decided to chat in Verizon FiOS customer service. I should have expected better, but alas, this […]