Why is it that I can download / play music, go to websites, message, read my email, and so on (with my Treo 650),  but I often get a lousy connection and get dropped on a regular basis just using the phone for what it was intended - making calls?!

When it works it is great.  It is not as fast as DSL, but the price is good and the performance is acceptable.  It is a bit slow for downloading movies or even songs, but everyday use is fine.  The problem is that at least once a week, things slow down or stop.  Mostly at busy times, but at other times as well.  I have heard that Comcast isn't perfect either.  Why can't they just make this work?!  Much of the promis will not be achieved with this level of reliability.

Being able to watch what I want to watch, when I want to watch it is why I first purchased a Tivo.  And it is why I have a Comcast DVR today (I will save the story about why I no longer have Tivo - which I would prefer, for another blog entry).  But the model is wrong.  This functionality should not require a settop box.  It should be a service provided by the cable or sattelite company.  It would be far more popular as it would be easy to add new subscribers, and it would be more reliable as they fix it once and it works for everyone.  So why hasn't this happened?!

Aa an aside - why is the software so buggy?  Being a software guy, I actually believe I know.  There was a HUGE push at Comcast to get their own DVR out there.   Why give the business to Tivo when they could have it all to themselves.  They were right, but they put the boxes and software out there before it was ready.  And they have still not fixed it fully.

I want to buy music once and share it everywhere.  On my computer at home.  On my computer at work.  In my car on my car radio.  On my iPod (just got a Nano and it is awesome!).  On my home audio system.  In my bedroom.  And so on.  There just isn't a good way to do this.  I suspect that this will take a LONG time.  There are some steps that will happen along the way.  The internet has the best chance of solving this.  Put the music entitlement online and let me play it from there.

I have a couple of computers networked together in my office.  They work fine, share files and printers, and with the wireless modem, allow for a laptop to share the internet.  I suppose my laptop can also share the printers and files, but I have no idea how.  I have tried doing it myself.  I have read everything that I could find and no luck.  Maybe I need the Geek Squad (great idea by the way!).  This really is too hard.  It will limit our ability to connect everything together and provide new services across all devices - like my music example.