Well FCC you did us all a solid on this issue. Good to put an end to this before the other carriers decided to try to follow suit.

However, not is all well you still have some explaining to do for this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NDPT0Ph5rA

I'm eying the Lenovo in the picture. Can't quite make out what model it is. Looks like a T61, but the USB ports aren't right. Could be a T400 or T500 but the modem should be on the back and their should be a display port next to the VGA.

That looks like quite a bit of hardware in the smart router box. I wonder how much this new smart technology is actually going to cost consumers in the development of smart devices, routers, management overhead, etc. As with everything, anything that has the chance to eventually save money will have the R & D costs pushed down to the consumer on the front side. Sure it has the prospects of saving money and energy production by making a smart power grid, but the dollars to grease the wheels of change in the near future is what makes me wonder.

Picture frames and printers go together like Chines food and chocolate pudding. Let's face it.

@JP23 Welcome to technology. As soon as you pull the trigger and buy something, something else faster, better, and/or cheaper will come out.

$1200 for the possibility of being arrested for receiving stolen goods, I think I'll pass. I'm pretty sure these chips come with a nice NDA and a clear statement that they are not to be resold and that they are the property of Intel. I'm actually surprised Intel hasn't taken this auction down. Then again there are usually older laptop C2D ES chips on Ebay as well. However, those laptop chips are generally a generation old not unreleased products.

@Edobe As FrozenIpaq said its only available to law enforcement. So just make sure to avoid the jealous husbands in law enforcement and dating crazy women in law enforcement and you should be fine.

@kjb434 I have only heard of one cable company blocking VPN connections and that was some little dinky cable company in the middle of Kansas. I have never had a cable, DSL, or other ISP block VPN connections. VPN connections are needed by remote workforces or working from home which does not constitute a business connection. If I want to get my email in Outlook or even remote desktop to a computer at work from home I have to go through VPN. I see it as a pretty bastard move by Comcast to require you pay twice as much for the luxury of using a VPN connection. Its crap pricing policies like these that kept me from even considering Comcast for any services. When I bought my house I checked out Comcast as they were the only cable service available. I found it ridiculous that you had to get their premium cable tier to have the option of PAYING for a DVR service. I went with Dish for TV and ATT for internet and never looked back.

I know what my tax refund is going towards!

Wonder why they went with the mini front USB ports. They really could have gone full size there. Also interesting use of the dual gigity.