One week with FiOS TV
It’s been a week since I switched from Time Warner Cable to Verizon FiOS TV. After years of having only one choice in my town for cable TV, Verizon just sta...
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Initial impressions of the Netgear WNDR3700
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Price Chopper’s RoboDeli is great idea, but flawed
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