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Not really a full on episode, really just a function check for some new equipment and to see if everything still is setup for the podcast. Real episodes will be on tap next year.

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I’ve updated the theme of the web site for the holidays. Happy Holidays everyone!

The new Droid ad infers that other touch phones are beauty queens while the Droid is ugly but functional.  The metaphor the commercial uses is a racehorse duct taped to SCUD missile.  I’m not a marketing whiz by any stretch of the imagination but I think Verizon and Droid need to seriously consider connecting their service and phone with a 1950’s era missile that has been used to attack Israel in 1977,  fired by both Iran and Iraq during their war in the 80’s, and used against US troops in the first Gulf War.

Watch carefully and you’ll see that the missile doesn’t appear to be a SCUD at all but, resembles the American Polaris missile.

I suppose Verizon and Droid want to emotionally connect their phone with a Soviet weapon system employed by such wonderful countries as North Korea, Iran, and Vietnam for some particular reason.  Perhaps Droid is going to go for the left over international market where other touch phones are not available. Why would you sell to the American market by comparing your product to an adversarial missile system?

My DSL service has returned and seems to be better than ever.  Fairpoint was very responsive via Twitter and e-mail.  I got several direct messages from @MyFairpoint and an email that kept me in the loop with everything that was going on with my service.

I know that WCAX or the Free Press won’t be interested in my story, because it was a fairly standard service call.  I wonder how many customers Fairpoint helps versus the few horror stories we read about in the media?