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12-08-2010, 09:00 PM
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Hardcore Equipment Tester
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Abington, MA
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Originally Posted by JohnR
NOOOOO!!!!!!! We don't want to start troubleshooting DDRT errors!!! 
I've been meaning to grab a re-cert off Newegg and flash with that but I have FIOS with COAX from the ONT to my Craptiontec router. Have not invested the time to bother with it out but if I kick out FIOS TV and bridge my router DDRT is how I plan to go. |
Call them and tell them you want an ethernet wan, you will still need the actiontec for the settop boxes though. |
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12-08-2010, 09:19 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Originally Posted by TheSpecialist
Call them and tell them you want an ethernet wan, you will still need the actiontec for the settop boxes though.
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Bill - I'm thinking of dropping the TV all together. The price is getting stupid. Right now I'm looking at alternatives for TV (Hulu Pro, Netflix, other stuff) and boosting the Internet to 25/25.
Getting tired of total bills north of $150 per month. |
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12-08-2010, 09:55 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Originally Posted by JohnR
Bill - I'm thinking of dropping the TV all together. The price is getting stupid. Right now I'm looking at alternatives for TV (Hulu Pro, Netflix, other stuff) and boosting the Internet to 25/25.
Getting tired of total bills north of $150 per month.
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Been thinking the same thing. Comcast doesn't have speed options over here.
Also check out new Verizon Home Cellular plan. With the cellular hotspot you can add your home phone for 20 bucks a month to your family plan, when it becomes available I am definitely looking at the shutoff the cable and the phone thing |
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12-10-2010, 08:08 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 25
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Originally Posted by JohnR
Bill - I'm thinking of dropping the TV all together. The price is getting stupid. Right now I'm looking at alternatives for TV (Hulu Pro, Netflix, other stuff) and boosting the Internet to 25/25.
Getting tired of total bills north of $150 per month.
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I dropped DirectTv, phone, and internet that was costing me $220 a month for Triple Play.
Getting back to routers . . . is there a best router out there for Win 7? |
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12-10-2010, 11:11 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
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Originally Posted by SurfPlug
I dropped DirectTv, phone, and internet that was costing me $220 a month for Triple Play.
Getting back to routers . . . is there a best router out there for Win 7?
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My tripple play has creeped up to 165 / month with taxes.
I've used a few of these on small installs - very sweet if your laptop has wireless N:
Newegg.com - NETGEAR WNR2000-100NAS 802.11b/g/n Wireless-N Router up to 300Mbps/ 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Port x4
$60 at Newegg, usually 90 at Staples. |
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12-11-2010, 12:49 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
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Good suggestion . . . how the heck do you tell if you have wireless N? OMG this sounds so complicated G, A, B, and now N.
Anything is better than paying over $200, but at $165 I will still be ahead. Right now I got it at $109 with taxes the triply play. I bet if you tell them you will cancel they will find a way. I did that with my ADT and they dropped it from $153 to $111.
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12-11-2010, 01:35 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Originally Posted by SurfPlug
Good suggestion . . . how the heck do you tell if you have wireless N? OMG this sounds so complicated G, A, B, and now N.
Anything is better than paying over $200, but at $165 I will still be ahead. Right now I got it at $109 with taxes the triply play. I bet if you tell them you will cancel they will find a way. I did that with my ADT and they dropped it from $153 to $111.
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What model Thinkpad do you have? The original receipt will say. Newer ones are often "N" and the router is backwards compatible to support B/G which you 99.99% certain have.
FIOS: Yes, but I'm trying to go from 165 - under $30 + Internet - just getting tired as I watch it creep up. |
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12-11-2010, 05:34 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 25
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Originally Posted by JohnR
What model Thinkpad do you have? The original receipt will say. Newer ones are often "N" and the router is backwards compatible to support B/G which you 99.99% certain have.
FIOS: Yes, but I'm trying to go from 165 - under $30 + Internet - just getting tired as I watch it creep up.
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Okay John the thinkpad I have is the SL510 with Wind 7 Pro on the intel duo cpu 2.00ghz. I guess I have to find that book about the laptop. I had thought all you needed was a Win 7 router. |
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