My original TIVO is till connected to a phone line, for some reason. But when my husband got me a new TIVO for Christmas, it came with the wireless adapter - and it changed my life!! We live out in the sticks, so the phone has to make a long distnce call to update - and that is practically the only calls on my phone bill, becaus it calls a LOT. I had tried an older USB Adapter before and it would not even recognize my network, so I was sceptical, but this adapter connected on the first try - and it has never failed or missed anything since!! I LOVE IT!!