Archive for March, 2009:

Pittsburgh FiOS Firmware 1.6.2

{ Posted on Mar 31 2009 by Steve }
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Categories : Electronics, Entertainment, General, News
The latest firmware update for the FiOS set top boxes, 1.6.2, is set to be rolled out in Pittsburgh on April 7, 2009. It was designed to fix some issues/bugs, including: - Improved SD picture quality/sharpness on HD boxes. - Less audio hiccups - ...Read More »

XM Radio Flat Out Lies To Subscribers

{ Posted on Mar 16 2009 by Steve }
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Back in January I started to receive these emails: Dear Steven Charles, Because you are a valued customer and you enjoy listening to XM Radio online, we are offering you a special opportunity to continue to listen online at no cost if ...Read More »

FiOS vs. Comcast, Latency Test (Part 1)

{ Posted on Mar 09 2009 by Steve }
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Categories : Gaming, General, Internet
In my last blog post, Juanus had some questions regarding latency concerns with FiOS. I said I would do some simple ping tests for now to try and give some answers regarding the FiOS latency. At work (a few miles from my ...Read More »

The FiOS Installation

{ Posted on Mar 05 2009 by Steve }
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Yesterday I had Verizon come and install FiOS. Like I said in an earlier post, I had their television, internet, and phone services installed. I will try to be as detailed as possible so that any questions you may have with ...Read More »
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