Well for all the hype – That was a bust!

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After making all the noise about turning off our power for 8 hours, the electric company didn’t do it.

However, because they were supposed to kill the power, we sat up here with our technology off anyway.

Until about noon, then I said, “screw it” and brought the minimum systems back online. By 4PM I brought the rest of the systems back online.  

They went to the expense of hanging door cards throughout the neighborhood, and then called us the night before, you’d think they were serious about it.

I guess NOT!

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This begs the question; are they going to arbitrarily turn off the power on Monday, or Tuesday and call it all the same? 

I find myself looking at WiFi Router hotness.  As much as I like the Apple Time Capsule, it’s five years old. I’m wondering if its time to buy an updated machine and see if I can get better range. This would also allow me the flexibility to turn off the backup drives and still have internet access in situations where the power gets a little dicy. 

$200 bucks for a new powerful WiFi router? Or $400 for a new Time Capsule, with the same WiFi technology and 3TB of storage? Decisions, decisions. 

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Maybe I’ll buy a WiFi only router and test it out for fourteen days. If its good, I’ll keep it if Its bad I’ll return it and wait for the next generation Time Capsule.

Perhaps, I’ll just leave well enough alone, and not spend any money.