Google Fi is an MVNO telecommunications service that provides telephone calls, SMS, and mobile broadband using cellular networks operated by Sprint, T-Mobile, and others. Fi has easy-to-understand pricing, can be paused or canceled without penalty, allows up to 9 additional data-only SIM cards to share the same plan, and charges only for the data consumed. […]
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RockitCoin ATM rates will cheat you
Edit (2017-09-03 at 6:30 pm): Thanks to a user’s comment, I now realize that I may be in the wrong. RockitCoin may have in fact informed me of their exchange rate before I inserted my money. I simply misunderstood their quote because it did not seem plausible (it was higher that Bitcoin’s all time high […]
Replacing Windows Media Center with a Tablo OTA DVR
In 2007, I cut the cord and adopted Microsoft’s Windows Media Center on Windows Vista Ultimate. I purchased a Shuttle XPC small form factor computer for one TV and an Xbox 360 with its built-in Windows Media Center Extender for remote access on another TV. Windows Media Center was wonderful. It had an elegant 10-foot […]
Netgear ProSafe VPN not ready for SSL VPN
I purchased a Netgear ProSafe VPN Firewall FVS336G in December 2008. I was mostly interested in its dual-WAN and SSL VPN capabilities. In regards to the SSL VPN feature, I remain disappointed and do not recommend purchasing a FVS336G. Dual-WAN The dual-WAN feature works okay for a small business. Basically when WAN1 fails (which requires […]
iVM Close Up
My biggest concern would be that my selection would get stuck. A hanging $1 candybar is much more tollerable than a stuck $100 iPod.