What Are You Doing Right Now
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I found a much older Toshiba T4700CT/200 when doing a job a few months ago. That takes the cake for the oldest relic that I've come across in recent times. Specs: http://www.toshiba-europe.com/computers/products/notebooks/t4700ct/product.shtm
Which according to PC Mag 28 Jun 1994 (Google Book here) was $4,475 back in 1994! Wowzers!
EDIT: According to http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ that's worth $7,266.50 today!
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Whew... man, what weekend! Wife & Kid had strep throat... I think I managed to dodge the bullet this go round.
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Dreamt that I was in a zombie apocalypse. Had to catch up on some sleep, got none yesterday (CPAP issues.) @dominica got almost none last night as she stayed up late and then had to take her parents to the airport early this morning. She is fast asleep now.
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Holy cow am I behind, so much to catch up on!
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Thinking I might have to make a FiOS move sooner than later...
"Thank you for being a Verizon Fios
customer. We’re committed to providing you with the best internet experience possible, backed by the latest technology.
Our records indicate that you have an older model router that is being discontinued. If you do plan to keep using your current router, we will begin billing, on 9.29.16, a monthly Router Maintenance Charge of $2.80 (plus taxes), to ensure we deliver the best support.
You also have the option to upgrade to a certified, pre-owned Fios Advanced
Wi-Fi Router. It’s a one-time purchase of $59.99 (plus taxes) with free shipping and handling for a limited time. This is a great opportunity to enhance your Fios experience with faster Wi-Fi speeds. -
@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Thinking I might have to make a FiOS move sooner than later...
I have FiOS, it's awesome. It's just in a house I never get to go to.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Thinking I might have to make a FiOS move sooner than later...
I have FiOS, it's awesome. It's just in a house I never get to go to.
It really is awesome.
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@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Thinking I might have to make a FiOS move sooner than later...
I have FiOS, it's awesome. It's just in a house I never get to go to.
It really is awesome.
Can you buy and use your own modem, etc with FIOS? It's not in my area yet, but I'm always curious about the equipment requirements of various providers.
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@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Thinking I might have to make a FiOS move sooner than later...
I have FiOS, it's awesome. It's just in a house I never get to go to.
It really is awesome.
Can you buy and use your own modem, etc with FIOS? It's not in my area yet, but I'm always curious about the equipment requirements of various providers.
It's a little complicated because their TV service also runs through the box they give you. But I think you can. You can definitely buy one through them.
But like here at work, we don't use any of that stuff. Just ethernet right into our building.
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@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Thinking I might have to make a FiOS move sooner than later...
I have FiOS, it's awesome. It's just in a house I never get to go to.
It really is awesome.
Can you buy and use your own modem, etc with FIOS? It's not in my area yet, but I'm always curious about the equipment requirements of various providers.
It's a little complicated because their TV service also runs through the box they give you. But I think you can. You can definitely buy one through them.
But like here at work, we don't use any of that stuff. Just ethernet right into our building.
I meant buy your own equipment, not theirs. And I would never want their TV service (or any), so I guess that changes what gear can even be used.
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@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Can you buy and use your own modem, etc with FIOS? It's not in my area yet, but I'm always curious about the equipment requirements of various providers.
I don't believe so. If you can, I don't know where you can buy the gear since you need FiOS specific fiber gear. I don't know why you'd want to, though. It's very high quality gear with built in UPS and everything.
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@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I meant buy your own equipment, not theirs. And I would never want their TV service (or any), so I guess that changes what gear can even be used.
Theirs is free, included and on their side of the demarc. So not of any concern.
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@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
It's a little complicated because their TV service also runs through the box they give you. But I think you can. You can definitely buy one through them.
That's only complicated if we aren't talking about Internet.
Buy one through them? Are you sure? I don't believe that I have that option. It's just included. There is no modem as there is no analogue line here. It's an Ethernet handoff. Nothing needed, it goes straight to your firewall.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Can you buy and use your own modem, etc with FIOS? It's not in my area yet, but I'm always curious about the equipment requirements of various providers.
I don't believe so. If you can, I don't know where you can buy the gear since you need FiOS specific fiber gear. I don't know why you'd want to, though. It's very high quality gear with built in UPS and everything.
Because with cable internet, the gear that they lease or sell you is overpriced crap. And 7-8 months of leasing would pay for a new, better one, but I know fiber is different. I get angry when an ISP tries to tell me I have to use their equipment (because the only decent one here is comcrap, and they are liars of the highest order. And their equipment sucks).
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@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Because with cable internet, the gear that they lease or sell you is overpriced crap.
But they don't sell or lease anything with FiOS.
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Verizon doesn't want people monkeying with fiber drops. The accidental damage would cost them a fortune. They never expose the fiber, ever. That ends on their side of the demarc. You get Ethernet. So the entire concept of the bridge from their network to yours does not exist with FiOS. You are already on Ethernet as a starting point.
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Now if you wanted a Token Ring network, sure, you would have to bring your own bridge.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Because with cable internet, the gear that they lease or sell you is overpriced crap.
But they don't sell or lease anything with FiOS.
Which is why I inquired about that equipment. Fiber is supposedly "on the way", so I was wondering about the equipment deal... like should I be watching for a sale price on anything in particular.
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After fighting with the higher ups they finally allowed me to show them everything I have seen since starting. We have one single backup on-premises (4 are listed in some of the esxi hosts, but aren't actually in use) and it hasn't been run since May. Someone changed a bunch of settings probably accidentally and broke everything. The permissions on my file server are the stuff of nightmares. Everyone in dietary regardless of position has modify rights and auditing wasn't enabled. So now someone deleted a bunch of stuff from the shared folder and its a shit show. I see some old backups I'm hoping will be of some use, but this is a complete nightmare. All because when I said we don't have a backup they said "that can't be" and I said "yes actually it can". What the hell would this company have done if I weren't here and they got hit with ransomware?
/wrists
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Have FiOS at work and home.
At work, its a ethernet hand-off. Plug it into your firewall and you're done.
My home installation comes to a box on the side of the house as fiber then coax into the house. I had to purchase their router for like $100. For the tv, you rent their equipment. If i remember right, the dvr is 15 bucks and a standard hi-def box is 9 bucks per month.
I looked into purchasing my own receivers but verizon doesn't sell them. Tivo receivers work but from my research it takes years to start actually saving unless you get a sweet price on used equipment that hast lifetime service. You still have to pay 5 bucks to verizon for a CableCARD to use a tivo.
