The Bleeding Edge

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...]

I powered up the 4900 to print some of the Canada pictures. It had been about six weeks since I’d used it, which is pushing it with the 4900; it likes to be used a lot. I had last printed on roll media, and it was demanding that I load some. I didn’t want to; I just wanted to … [Read more...]