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WD - My Cloud 3TB External Hard Drive (NAS) - White

This 3TB WD My Cloud external network-attached storage device's Gigabit Ethernet interface allows connection to your existing network, so you can easily store and access files with compatible PC, Mac, mobile phones and tablets from anywhere in your home.

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Media Support is Useless

on March 13, 2015

Posted by: waltoswego

from Oswego, NY

I bought this drive because I wanted access to my media files (music and pictures) from my iPad. It is totally useless for that.

First. the drive's media indexing service finds and indexes everything on the drive no matter what folder it is in. This is not configurable. My plan was to keep my entire photo library on the drive and then make only the best visible to iOS by copying to another folder. You can't do that! In addition, their mobile app chokes on folder structures that are only moderately complex, giving irrelevant error messages instead of navigating them.

I also planned to keep my entire music library on it. I have worked long and hard on this library. Apple's iTunes displays it correctly. The server for my Squeezebox radio displays it correctly. The indexer for this drive displays a mess. Albums are broken into separate albums for no apparent reason. Album art is displayed for some tracks and not others. There is no support for playlists.

The drive itself may be reliable and but from what I have seen of the media support, I do not trust their software. For instance, I have had bad experiences with backup software in the past. It appears to work but, when it comes time to restore you can't. I can not say if WD's backup software is trustworthy but I do not intend to find out the hard way.

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Ooma - Telo VoIP Home Phone Service - Black

This hub works with your high-speed Internet and your home phones to deliver VoIP phone services and supports up to 4 Ooma Telo handsets. With easy setup, you can enjoy unlimited U.S. calling and low international rates.*

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Good way to save on your phone bill.

on June 9, 2013

Posted by: waltoswego

from Oswego, NY

Verified Purchase:Yes

You can try Ooma for free for a month. I've been using it for almost a month and I've decided to get rid of my "real" landline. Nearly every call is perfectly clear and the few that aren't are no worse than a not so good cell phone call.

My house has Ethernet and phone wiring everywhere so my setup was simple. First I went online to Ooma to register the Telo and get a phone number. I plugged the Telo into my home LAN, behind my router. I setup my "real" landline to forward calls to the Ooma number, disconnected my landline phone line from the house phone wiring and connected the Telo to it. All my phones ring just as before.

People getting my outgoing calls see the Ooma number for the Caller ID. That's not been a problem during my trial but could be have been if I needed to call a credit card company. Now that I've decided to keep the Ooma, I'll have my landline number ported to it.

My internet service is typical. It's faster incoming than outgoing. That means that the person I am talking to is more likely to hear some garbling or experience delays than I am. I've had a few calls, not many, that have been difficult because of that. If I regularly made calls that were important, or if wanted to always make a good impression, I would not switch to VOIP. But, as I said above, it's no worse than a cell phone.

My Best Buy number: 0963538978

What's great about it: Easy setup. Good performance.

What's not so great: Occasional difficult call.

I would recommend this to a friend!

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