The Bleeding Edge

The Dell computer arrived Tuesday, one day late by my reckoning, and on time by UPS’s. Amazon hasn’t weighed in on the matter, in spite of saying to me in the vaguely apologetic email: “To make sure your issue is fully resolved, I'll follow up to you until you received your … [Read more...]

I’ve been trying to get AT&T’s Flexible Reach service up and running for some time now. The data part is working great – I’m seeing upload and download speeds of 35 Mb/s and 48 Mb/s on 50 Mb/s fiber, and the speed appears to be limited by my firewall, not AT&T’s … [Read more...]

The phone came promptly; the quoted delivery time was four days, and it arrived in three. Setup was easy, but all the application update downloads failed. The operating system update -- to KitKat -- succeeded, and after that all the applications updated themselves … [Read more...]

I've wanted to order a Moto X, but I've been waiting for two reasons. First, I upgraded another line -- call it line B -- from an iPhone 4 to a 5s, and Verizon said I couldn't change the equipment on line A for two weeks after the order went through. Second, Verizon didn't … [Read more...]