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yes, I waited on some LOOONG lines, 2 hours, but I got my free Tivo. The downside? I dropped my digital camera and broke it. How peeved am I?

Anyway, I got the box, strapped the huge thing to the back of my Vesoa (woulda made for a nice pic) and drove it home in torrential downpours.

Once I did get it home, I eagerly set it up, popped the phone line on and… dialing… connecting…. disconnected….

dialing… connecting…. disconnected….
dialing… connecting…. disconnected….

this went on for a while… until I realized… its the Vonage line!!! The whole analog to digital back to analog thing meant the box could net get it’s initial update (which would allow me to connect a broadband connection).

I called Tivo… they said “yeah.. that doesn’t work with Vonage, go to your neighbors house and borrow their phone line.”

So off I went, to my cousin’s, got the update and came home. Since then, works like a charm. I also set up the Tivo to go, but have not yet tried to burn a show to DVD.