[Speed Gibson,
Wednesday July 27, 2005 at 11:55pm]
Place Your Bets
We are going whole hog this Friday, when Comcast comes out to convert us from analog to digital cable, including broadband internet service. I have three TV's, one of which will be equipped with a dual tuner DVR (like Tivo). I will be installing some form of home network, too, probably a dual band 802.11 a/b/g system serving two computers and an X-Box.
How long do you think it will take to get everything working? That morning? Later that day? Monday? Later? Place your bets!
Anyway, I will soon be rid of dial-up. It has served me well for years, but the hour has come.
UPDATE 1: Comcast did the three TV's in 45 minutes! I picked up the cable modem yesterday, will descend into Internet hell tonight. But I'm impressed so far.
UPDATE 2: All done. It took a casually paced 4 hours to get it all up and running. It's 1 AM and my son is wailing away on his now on-line X-Box. I downloaded a Dennis Pager mp3 file, runs about 3 times as fast as the LAN at work.
How long do you think it will take to get everything working? That morning? Later that day? Monday? Later? Place your bets!
Anyway, I will soon be rid of dial-up. It has served me well for years, but the hour has come.
UPDATE 1: Comcast did the three TV's in 45 minutes! I picked up the cable modem yesterday, will descend into Internet hell tonight. But I'm impressed so far.
UPDATE 2: All done. It took a casually paced 4 hours to get it all up and running. It's 1 AM and my son is wailing away on his now on-line X-Box. I downloaded a Dennis Pager mp3 file, runs about 3 times as fast as the LAN at work.