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IPv6 is coming, is your ISP ready?

The internet is officially out of IPv4 addresses. If you don’t know what that means, the short version is that the unique numbers that connects computers and phones to the internet (eg: 208.67.222.222) have run out, similar to when New York moved to using area codes for their own area many years ago because they ran out of exchanges on their phone system. Over the last several years there has been a new protocol called IPv6 which has support in many network cards and operating systems, but ISPs have been slow to support it due to the enormous amount of time and money it would take to do so.

Michael Gaines | Feb, 4, 2011 | 0 comments

How to fix your slow DNS problem with Mac OS 10.5 and the Verizon Actiontec router

A while back when I first got my Verizon FiOS hooked up, I was thrilled to death. The connection was blazing fast and had a rather fat pipe of 35/35 to go with it. One day, my Mac OS 10.5 system started acting strange. If I’d use any app to go to any site on the internet, the connection wouldn’t respond for about 15 seconds. It was driving me crazy because everything took so much longer, and if you were on a web page that pulled in a large number of ads, those would take 15 seconds each to start loading.

Michael Gaines | Jan, 26, 2011 | 0 comments

Verizon giving back up to $200 for customers that buy the iPhone 4 at full price

Verizon has posted an FAQ about their iPhone 4, and tucked inside was an answer about whether or not customers would be able to get a rebate if they bought a different phone over the holidays.

Michael Gaines | Jan, 18, 2011 | 0 comments

Verizon announces iPhone 4 on CDMA

After years of speculation, Verizon today announced that Apple’s iPhone 4 will be coming to Verizon’s CDMA network. While people may think that this is simply a Verizon iPhone 4, there are some major differences between the Verizon and AT&T versions of the phone.

Michael Gaines | Jan, 11, 2011 | 1 comment

Things to remember when switching ISPs

It’s not very common for people to switch ISPs on a whim. Once you’re locked into an ISP in your area, it could be time consuming and costly to switch. It wasn’t until I recently switched from Comcast to Verizon that I realized how many services and web sites I signed up with my Comcast email address, and if I’m going to get rid of Comcast, I’m going to have to change my email address on all of them. The biggest reason for doing so is password recovery. If you forget your password, it’s generally emailed to you. However, when you drop your ISP, you no longer have access to that email account, making password recovery difficult, if not impossible.

Michael Gaines | Jun, 1, 2010 | 0 comments