Archive for: March 2005

Today, I finally got my care package from Qwest which included the ActionTec GT701-WG, which ActionTec doesn’t list on their site anywhere, though they do list a similar model. Here is the spec sheet Qwest provides. Someone even …

On of Jeff Pulver’s latest call to arms is to protect Net Freedom and Consumer Empowerment. I’m certainly for that. Maybe my pulpit isn’t as loud as Jeff’s (or some of the people he mentions), but I can certainly …

I’m sure most of you have heard of Qwest, but not many of you have heard of Wave Broadband, the cable company that services my area.

For the past several years, I have had cable internet service first …

Om has a piece in his blog about Naked DSL and how the FCC said that states can’t force telcos to offer DSL without underlying phone service. The only reason I agree with this is the “50 different sets …

According to this thread on DSL Reports, it’s quite possible to take your Packet 8 DTA, load some firmware from Leadtek on it, and turn it into a fully functional DTA you can use with other service providers. Can’t …

Am I a journalist? Well, I have written stuff for Voxilla and have been known to exhibit journalist tendancies in the past, but does that make me one? Some of the VoIP bloggers are journalists in the conventional sense of …

I am outgrowing the ability for the SIP Switch in my Intertex IX66 to service the various VoIP adapters I have. I am also getting a variety of ATAs to test and I need *something* to hook them up to. …

I should know better than to log into Qwest’s MyAccount site during their “daily maintenance window,” but this is just too funny. Both of my PSTN lines (on seperate bills) show the following message:

Our records show that this …

Looks like my observations about the Universal Service Fund were picked up by DSL Reports, or at least a reader thereof.

In general, I am against corporate welfare, which is, in a sense, what the USF and …

Riian responded to my comments on the Skype ATA, as well as some commnets by others. He did see my point, which I always appreciate.

One of the reasons Riian likes Skype is because it is convienient …