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Big changes

eBox e-mailed me tonight to let me know that my new vCable 400 Internet connection had been activated.

So after watching the hockey game on TV, I connected my new technicolor TC4400-AM modem onto the coax cable with my old Videotron modem used to me connected, and within a few minutes my new internet connection was indeed up and running.

So after checking that everything was up and running properly, I ran the olde Ookla speed test to see if the speed was as advertized.

Whoa! I now get 454 Mbps download and 56 Mbps upload. This is nice.

It's also almost 3x the speed I had before for 30% less money monthly (to be fair, I've also changed some services, but rather minimally).

This is a nice upgrade... only thing left to change is the outgoing SMTP server in my Thunderbird connection, and then I'll be done with the internet connection.

Later on tomorrow, I'll configure the eBox TV app on my Sony Bravia Android TV: apparently, I will no longer need a set top box and my TV will be able to manage the eBox TV connection directly. I can't wait to try this out and see, but now it's late so time to go to sleep.

Oh, and until I cancel my Videotron contract, my old TV service still works, so no huge rush to migrate (except for the fact that as of today, I'll be paying twice for the service).

Good night all!

PS. Ah ha. There was more to do: not only did I need to fix the /etc/hosts.allow files on my internet servers to allow access from home, but I also needed to fix the SPF records for both of my domains to authorize e-mail coming from eBox's SMTP servers. I've cleaned up the hosts.allow file pretty heavily, so I may need to go back and authorize my mobile phone and such... Sigh, there are always little things left and right.

/admin | Posted at 01:24 | permanent link