Year: 2004

Verizon Fios

August 17, 2004

Computer/ Tech Related

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The past week, Verizon’s been installing some fiber optic lines on my block. So I was researching some things and I learned that they are the first phone company to do this in prepration for Fios. Fios will be a high speed internet that will blow away DSL and even cable. Currently, DSL goes 1.5 MBPS down and 128 KBPS up. Cable goes anywhere from 2.5 – 4 MBPS up and up to 1 MBPS down (depending on usage in the neighborhood).

Fios will run 5 MBPS down and 2 MBPS up for the $39.99/ month plan and 15 MBPS down and 2 MBPS up for the $50/ month plan. That’s nuts. I can’t wait until it’s available here (they already started putting new wires, so hopefully soon). Very fast! Verizon will provide a router, free installation, 9 email accounts and MSN. It’s nuts. I can’t believe it. And reasonable, also. Go to http://verizon.net/fiber for more information.

Hurricane Charley

August 13, 2004

Website Related

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Hurricane Charley caused some downtime for this site. Aparently, the datacenter where my site is hosted is located in Orlando, Florida. There must have been a power outage as the storm passed. My host claimed to have generators and I don’t know if they’re running now or if the area has power, but if you’re reading this and if I’m posting, it’s up. I was worried that the datacenter was trashed or something because my files weren’t properly backed up. I’ll have to do some backup in the event that this happens again, but is worse. Thanks for the understanding.

Back

August 11, 2004

Useless Update

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As you know I wasn’t online all of last week. Then I came home Saturday and left on Sunday and just got back now. Ugh, it’s terrible having no access to a computer for such extended periods of time. However, I did a little thinking while I was gone and I will say that there are going to be a few new pages added to this site in the near future. See, when you’re not rotting in front of a computer, your brain thinks a little bit. Anyway. I’m done.

Forums Back

August 8, 2004

Website Related

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The Forums are back up, so everyone can post again. I also accidentally messed up the uploader (some sort of php parse error), but it’s working now. So that’s the boring news, nothing to see here. Nothing cool or anything.

The Forums Will be Down

August 3, 2004

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The forums will be down starting now and will return sometime late on Sunday, August 9, 2004 (maybe late Saturday night if you’re lucky).

You will be able to read the forums while they are down, but you will not be able to post new topics, or reply to topics. Anyone new will not be able to register until these forums are back up.

Sorry for the inconvenience this has caused. The reason for this downtime is not anyone here, but I have a few things to fix and update. The forums will be exactly the same as they are now and no posts will be lost. I look forward to the time when these forums are up again. Don’t forget about this site during the time they’re down LOL.