Dear Verizon

Thank you for calling me today (and every day this week) to let me know about the “exciting new” FiOS Internet service. You may recall installing it at my home back in February. While I do appreciate the persistence on your part to sell me a service I already subscribe to it would be nice if your CSR’s would remove me from your database or at least cross reference your current subscriber database. I really like the service – just quit pestering the shit out of me :)

Respectfully,

Jon

FiOS!

I switched over to Verizon’s FiOS high-speed Internet service today. The install was a breeze and only took a few hours from start to finish. So far my only gripe is the port-80 blocking but other than that things are working smoothly. My review at DSLReports is here.

Before (DSL)
DSL Speedtest

After (FIOS)
FIOS Speedtest

Sweet! :)

decorations

This afternoon we finally got around to disposing of our Halloween pumpkins and dug out our holiday decorations. After untangling the ball of lights left over from last year I found the majority of them no longer worked. I vaguely remember having the exact same problem then as well. Either I buy really cheap lights or I suck at storing them. Fortunately, strands of lights are relatively inexpensive so after a quick trip to the store we could finish decorating. We might hang some more lights during the week but so far I’m pleased with how it turned out.