Can I force Tivo to call at night?

[Howard]

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"Rich Hagan" <RichJH@pacbell.net> wrote in
news:LPude.425$X21.275@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com:

> I just bought a new router and computer which connects to the internet
> at Super G speed, 108 Mbps. God I wish Tivo ToGo connected at that
> speed!

I doubt it. In fact, I very highly doubt it is even transferring to the
LOCAL network at that speed (yes yes, I am more than well aware of what it
says when you hover over the icon, thank you very much). I can assure you
it's not going anywhere near that speed over the Internet.

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[Gman]

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In article <11786oumkhurd75@corp.supernews.com>, Mike Hunt <in2sheep@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On 2005-04-30, GMAN <glenzabr@nospamhere.xmission.com> wrote:
>> In article <1114865365.055ad00ff4bdb0dde64a32003145d47a@teranews>, LurfysMa
> <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 02:49:41 -0700, Joe Smith <joe@inwap.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>LurfysMa wrote:
>>>>> Is there a way to force Tivo to make its calls at night or to specify
>>>>> a time window? I couldn't find anything in the on-screen options.
>>>>
>>>>My TiVo makes its call every 26.3 hours - it's a different time
>>>>each day. Some weeks it is during the day, some weeks it is at night.
>>>>This is not a user-adjustable setting.
>>>> -Joe
>>>
>>>Interesting. I'll have to check if that interval applies on mine, too.
>>>
>>>If so, this says to me that it's not an oversight, but an intentional
>>>misdesign for their convenience, not mine.
>>>
>> Mine only calls in every 4 days or so. Why isnt mine phoneing home very
>> night?????
>
>DirecTiVos only call in once every 7 days or so. Since they get the guide
>data from the satellite, they don't have as much of a need to call in.
Thanks for that heads up.