Archive for October, 2009
Why does Asus suck so bad?
Oct 28th
They are a large extremely integrated company that has many products out in the market, so how is it they have the worst fricken inventory control eveh, and terribad customer support to boot.!
I have a Asus Arctic Square Cooler, pretty straight forward.. They only make 1.. They make no other products name, “Arctic Square”, yet why is it they cannot find a part for this item. They cannot even cross-reference their own site, to Newegg or Amazon. (Both of which, don’t seemly know the model number of the product either.)
These guys are amazing in that they don’t even know what products they sell, or how to get parts for said products.
Where the hell has the customer support gone..
BTW – Does anyone know where I can buy a backplate for a Asus Arctic Square??
I have a $50 CPU cooler, and need a $2.00 part, yet that seems impossible.
Minimum Payment Law
Oct 17th
Is anyone else as scared of this as I am? I cannot image the Credit Card companies are too happy with this either.
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- 78 percent of American households — about 91.1 million — had one or more credit cards at the end of 2008. A year earlier, there were 90.4 million households with cards. (Source: Nilson Report, April 2009)
- The average outstanding credit card debt for households that have a credit card was $10,679 at the end of 2008. One year earlier, that average was $10,637. (Source: Nilson Report, April 2009)
- 5% of $10,000 is $500.00.
Can you image just 5% of all Americans with a $10,000.00 balance or more all filing Bankruptcy?
Blu-Ray or PS3?
Oct 17th
Here I sit, having ordered and canceled purchases numerous times on (alternating back and forth LG BD390 or pre-ordering the PS3 250GB ).
I didn’t think this would be that hard, but it seems every time I feel confident in my decision, I think of at least 3 reasons to choose the other.
The only thing I have finally made up my mind on is pre-ordering Star Trek in Blu-Ray..
Now, how to watch it….
uVerse is Here!!
Oct 14th
Today is the day!
Today is the day we celebrate our Independence day…. Oh wait…
Yep, that right folks, today completes the installation of uVerse at yours-truelies. (is that a word)
As promised I have pictures of the installation, and what was actually installed and how my installation looked during and after.
At promptly 8:30AM EST I received a call from Mark from AT&T confirming his arrival at 9AM to begin my internal installation.
At 9AM, Mark arrived in a AT&T truck on-time and ready to rock. After acknowledging a quick EULA of sorts, Mark gave me the run down, and expectations. Basically the installation went down as such:
- Inspect cable, replace/rerun as necessary.
- Confirm all settings, install RG. (Residential Gateway)
- Install both TVs (2 installed, 1 HD and 1 SD), update systems.
- Login and register account, verify all settings.
- Verify all TVs working.
- Setup Phone.
- Recheck all settings, and walk-through/tutorial
New NID
Running new RG6
post RG6 Run
Battery backup for RG
RG
HD DVR
Updating
So, I know what you are asking, pictures are great, but what do you think?
Well, judgment is still out, and I believe it will take time for both the spouse and I to rein in solid opinions of uVerse. I know that’s not what you want to hear, so let me tell you there are so many features, I couldn’t possibly list them all here right now. I will admit, my personal opinion is that if you reside in the Jacksonville, FL area, and have the option of uVerse verse Comcast, your an idiot for not making the transition..
As of this posting, my download was running between 9MB to 12 MB down and 1.5 to 1.7 MB up.
So I think the fair answer is, I need more time to pass judgment.
I will say that the TV service and HD, blows Comcast away, which in my opinion almost makes any issue moot. So all in all, only time will tell.
uVerse – Phase 1
Oct 10th
Gearing up for the uVerse installation this October 14th, I received the first call for the Exterior Line Tech. David called at 8:30 AM this morning, to come over to check all exterior cabling, and trace the signal from the block box to the house, and to take bandwidth measurements in insure everything was set for the interior installer on Wednesday.
After a few checks, a brand new external junction box, and a walk down the street to verify distance (500ft to block box); everything checks out. I measure in at 65MB total upgradeable available bandwidth, currently set to 25 MB down, 2MB up to my house.
David was top notch, and we are the absolute 1st uVerse customers in our neighborhood, so I’ve got a bit of a warm fuzzy thus far, especially since my history with AT&T is a bit tainted.
Tune back in on Wednesday for a full update on the uVerse installation experience. I’ll try to snap a few pictures too.
woot!
PS – It’s nice to see that AT&T sent out a real AT&T tech, instead of a contractor. Not sure if the is common with uVerse, but it was the first thing I noticed.
