Commerce
AirPaper Cancels Comcast Bills for $5.00

AirPaper Cancels Comcast Bills for $5.00

There are a lot of reasons to cancel service with an ISP or cable TV provider. Perhaps the quality of service has gone done hill. Or maybe a competitor has offered a better deal. It could also be something as…

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Shawn Thorpe
Technology
Cox Leaving Wireless Business on March 30, 2012

Cox Leaving Wireless Business on March 30, 2012

A confidential document got leaked out stating the Cox cable has decided to get out of the wireless business. Within 24 hours, Cox officially stated this was true – on March 30th, 2012, Cox will end their wireless service. Back…

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J Powers
Information, Set Top Box, TV
Freeview HD Coverage Checker

Freeview HD Coverage Checker

As the UK slowly moves towards turning off the analogue terrestrial TV signal and switching to digital transmissions, it’s been overtaken by consumer demand for high definition (HD) broadcasting. The satellite and cable providers, namely Sky and Virgin Media, have…

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Andrew
DirecTV, DVR
The Simple Functionality that DirecTV Still Lacks

The Simple Functionality that DirecTV Still Lacks

A few days ago I had a DirecTV HR23 box go belly-up.  I awoke one morning to the smell of melted plastic.  I didn’t open the box, so I don’t know what went wrong, but it was obviously something bad. …

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Alan
internet
Virgin Trials 1.5 Gb/s Cable Broadband

Virgin Trials 1.5 Gb/s Cable Broadband

In a press release today, Virgin Media announced that it was trialling 1.5Gb/s cable broadband connections with four media companies in London. Offering 1.5 Gb/s down and 150 Mb/s up, if successful it would be the world’s fastest cable broadband…

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Andrew