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A Lesson in Crisis Aversion

In Thursday’s early morning monsoon, I fumbled my Motorola RAZR2 into a nice puddle. I immediately thought the worst, and my concern was what to do with the impending death of my personal cell phone. The problem I was now facing was even worse, as I do not have the optional phone insurance. [...]

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Waiting for Verizon

I am now able to join the ranks of those suffering under the pain that is Verizon Repair Services.  The other night, while desiring some General Tso’s Chicken from the local Chinese place, I decided to utilize my rarely-used home phone.  I picked up the receiver and did not get a dialtone.  Thinking the problem [...]

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Avoiding the Pain of the Verizon Actiontec DSL Modem/Router

The Verizon Actiontec GT704WG Wireless  Gateway pictured below is an incredibly engineered piece of FAIL.

If Verizon attempts to send you this for your DSL service, run away from this piece of hardware as fast as you can.  There are two major problems I have with this hardware:

it uses Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) for securing the [...]

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