Re: [AFMUG] Neg 48V Power Supply

2023-02-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Any isolated 48V supply works, just use the + wire for your return and the - for your -48v. I'm fond of the meanwell hlg supplies. The only gotcha is that some supplies will tie the negative wire to the ground pin on the ac plug, forcing it to be a +48v supply. You can use an ohmmeter to

Re: [AFMUG] Neg 48V Power Supply

2023-02-07 Thread TJ Trout
48 volts is 48 volts the only difference is +48 your - is grounded, -48 your positive is grounded, if you don't make a connection between +/- to the tower/rack etc it's floating Must check psu and input devices if they have a chassis reference, i.e. any continuity between the chassis and the

[AFMUG] Neg 48V Power Supply

2023-02-07 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I've got a few projects where I just need a simple telco -48v power supply from AC plug. I've got a lot of the "normal" PS units lying around. But what does it take to power a -48v device? Is it something I can/should just rig from a standard AC to DC 48v PS? Or is there something out there I

Re: [AFMUG] Missed me by that much

2023-02-07 Thread Darin Steffl
Has anyone had luck hiring a public insurance adjuster? I may need one for property damage from my roofing contractor who caused water ingress from a storm at my movie theater. I don't think it'll be fun working with two insurance providers (my contractor's and my own). So I thought hiring an

Re: [AFMUG] Missed me by that much

2023-02-07 Thread Josh Luthman
Totally depends on the model. Some record 24/7. Some on movement. Some will overwrite the oldest files. Some will simply not record at all. On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 6:08 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > So do dash cams record continually whenever your car is turned on? > Do they write over

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread Josh Luthman
Uhh..you mean a 45 year old white man? Unless your goal is to get shot. On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 4:36 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > Time to either identify as a black male teen or hire one as a beard. > > > > *From:* Carl Peterson > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 7, 2023 1:06 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm

Re: [AFMUG] Paying the ranson

2023-02-07 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
I think the only tactic that could work is to tell them you are poor, broke and will just have to start over from scratch. It might be a bluff but if they think that they will get nothing, they might cut you a deal. From: James Howard Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 3:45 PM To:

Re: [AFMUG] Missed me by that much

2023-02-07 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
So do dash cams record continually whenever your car is turned on? Do they write over memory? From: James Howard Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 3:35 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Missed me by that much Record all your calls with them. My daughter made a left

Re: [AFMUG] Paying the ranson

2023-02-07 Thread James Howard
My brother-in-law works for a company that got hit as part of the Microsoft debacle in Fall of 2021. They had all their systems in place that apparently only resulted in blocking the notifications that might have warned them that they were infected BEFORE the ransomware kicked in and actually

Re: [AFMUG] Missed me by that much

2023-02-07 Thread James Howard
Record all your calls with them. My daughter made a left turn (she thought she had a green arrow but wasn’t positive and told the cop and insurance guy that) in front of a car that might have run a red light if she was correct. It was a four lane street and the oncoming car by all accounts

Re: [AFMUG] Paying the ranson

2023-02-07 Thread Bill Prince
My SO got hit a few years ago, and she noticed right away that something was amiss. She called me over and I saw what was happening and managed to pull the plug before it went very far. She lost a "gob" of pictures, but was able to save almost everything else. We pulled the HD from her

Re: [AFMUG] Paying the ranson

2023-02-07 Thread TJ Trout
there are decryptors available for some of these On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 11:49 AM Steve Jones wrote: > Any of you nerds ever had to pay the ransom on a ransomware? > > Are there brokers who handle th negotiation? > > This client does not carry the insurance, so there is no insurance > resource.

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Time to either identify as a black male teen or hire one as a beard. From: Carl Peterson Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 1:06 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW Josh - has a lot more to do with who "you" are. Black

Re: [AFMUG] Sas fees

2023-02-07 Thread Steve Jones
it offsets whe fees you would pay for local controllers in lte On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 2:22 PM Mathew Howard wrote: > Cambium uses either Google or Federated, but it gets billed through > Cambium instead of directly from the SAS provider. It's $3 regardless of > which one you use, I believe. > >

Re: [AFMUG] Paying the ranson

2023-02-07 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
They are totally fucked. A company I worked with got hit. They paid. No way around it. The bad guys were very easy to work with and made it easy to pay and they totally restored everything, but there is no way around it. Off site, air gapped backup is the only thing I know of that will

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread Robert
He gets arrested and killed by the police for being in the good neighborhood...   ( I said it before Steve did ) On 2/7/23 12:09 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: What about a black male teen in a good neighborhood? On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 3:07 PM Carl Peterson wrote: Josh - has a lot more to do

Re: [AFMUG] Missed me by that much

2023-02-07 Thread Robert
That episode left a lot out, specifically about crumple zones. 1) should have had a car sitting against the wall and slammed into it at 100mph and 50 mph 2) should have had their clay tests with objects that deform. 3) should have had a car stationary not against a wall against a car moving

Re: [AFMUG] Sas fees

2023-02-07 Thread Mathew Howard
Cambium uses either Google or Federated, but it gets billed through Cambium instead of directly from the SAS provider. It's $3 regardless of which one you use, I believe. On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 2:19 PM TJ Trout wrote: > So is 'cambium' = federated? $3/sub? And google is $2.25 per sub? > > If

Re: [AFMUG] Sas fees

2023-02-07 Thread TJ Trout
So is 'cambium' = federated? $3/sub? And google is $2.25 per sub? If you have a billing system and a qoe system you end up giving away close to $10 a sub that's crazy! On Tue, Feb 7, 2023, 12:08 PM Josh Luthman wrote: > Generally speaking it's $2.25 per device. > > Cambium doesn't charge per

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread Josh Luthman
What about a black male teen in a good neighborhood? On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 3:07 PM Carl Peterson wrote: > Josh - has a lot more to do with who "you" are. Black male teen is likely > more like 1/5. 45yo white guy in a good neighborhood is more likely to get > ripped on conduit fees and taxes.

Re: [AFMUG] Sas fees

2023-02-07 Thread Josh Luthman
Generally speaking it's $2.25 per device. Cambium doesn't charge per AP, they charge per SM, and the rate is $3. On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 2:50 PM Steve Jones wrote: > thats cheap, you must not be using cambium > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 1:21 PM TJ Trout wrote: > >> Are cbrs sas fees really $2+

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread Carl Peterson
Josh - has a lot more to do with who "you" are. Black male teen is likely more like 1/5. 45yo white guy in a good neighborhood is more likely to get ripped on conduit fees and taxes. I actually live in MN now but my office is still in Baltimore. On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 1:43 PM Josh Luthman

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread Carl Peterson
3.33 per foot per year. They have a temp 2.22 per foot rate they are so graciously charging in the interim. On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 12:57 PM wrote: > $3.33 one time, or recurring? > > > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Carl Peterson > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 07, 2023 12:00 PM > *To:*

Re: [AFMUG] Sas fees

2023-02-07 Thread Steve Jones
thats cheap, you must not be using cambium On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 1:21 PM TJ Trout wrote: > Are cbrs sas fees really $2+ per customer? That's what I saw on Google > SAS, that's crazy! > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- AF

[AFMUG] Paying the ranson

2023-02-07 Thread Steve Jones
Any of you nerds ever had to pay the ransom on a ransomware? Are there brokers who handle th negotiation? This client does not carry the insurance, so there is no insurance resource. The veem image backups were also encrypted -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread Josh Luthman
Isn't Baltimore known for its massive growth? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Baltimore >The American city of Baltimore, Maryland, is notorious for its crime rate, which ranks well above the national average. >Your chance of being a victim of violent crime in Baltimore is 1 in 64 and

[AFMUG] Sas fees

2023-02-07 Thread TJ Trout
Are cbrs sas fees really $2+ per customer? That's what I saw on Google SAS, that's crazy! -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Missed me by that much

2023-02-07 Thread Josh Luthman
Maybe. After this situation a company reached out to me and convinced me to sign up - they take the bills and then add a piece on top for their administrative labor. This way I get the same dollars but I don't have to keep calling them. On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 1:38 PM TJ Trout wrote: > It's

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread dmmoffett
I picked a pretty much random residential block in Baltimore. 225ft long. 30 buildings (counting both sides of the street). There are typically 1 or 2 mailboxes on each building. If I assume 1.5 units per building then there 45 passings (and it’s probably not that many in reality). If that

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread dmmoffett
$3.33 one time, or recurring? From: AF On Behalf Of Carl Peterson Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2023 12:00 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW Baltimore City won't give you ROW access any sort of way. They want

Re: [AFMUG] Missed me by that much

2023-02-07 Thread TJ Trout
It's probably in your best interest to 'hire' a public insurance adjuster to make sure you are made whole On Tue, Feb 7, 2023, 8:49 AM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > Good video. > > I am now faced with asking State Farm to make me whole with respect to the > crash. > We have had bad experience

Re: [AFMUG] Missed me by that much

2023-02-07 Thread Josh Luthman
Persistence. I called every week for about 3 months. Got every dollar I asked for (and then some due to their incompetence). It's simply a time sink, so have some music/video handy to keep your mind busy. Get the police report number. If you can, call the officer and get the driver + its

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread Carl Peterson
Baltimore City won't give you ROW access any sort of way. They want you to pay $3.33 per foot to use their conduit system. If you need new duct you need to build it, give it to them, and pay $3.33 per foot to use it. We were in the process of leveraging Title II to force them to give us access

Re: [AFMUG] Missed me by that much

2023-02-07 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Good video. I am now faced with asking State Farm to make me whole with respect to the crash. We have had bad experience with State Farm in the past. Any tips? From: Josh Luthman Sent: Monday, February 6, 2023 1:18 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Missed me by

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Yep, a larger town in my area wanted as much for the ROW access as it would cost to buy the fiber and conduit. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 9:33 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Cc: syssup Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
I have always gotten by with a request for an excavation permit. I know I can do the CLEC thing if anyone really questions the right to use the ROWs. But I am a bit known in Utah for having run ILECs off and on for much of 40 years. That might make them not question me but lots of the ROW

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread Josh Luthman
Larry, Are you sure the electric coop has "their" ROW? It should be the municipality/county/state/railroad's easement that you get right of row to. I would not depend on the coop being nice You really have to either a) go for it and ask forgiveness later or b) CLEC and just steamroll your way

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread Josh Luthman
Getting CLEC does *NOT* remove all confusion. In my case, a village has no permits (of any kind), no understanding of ROW, wanted to charge us rent to access the space, etc. In others' experience, I've heard DOT/county being extraordinarily difficult to work with to issue a permit. On Tue, Feb

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread dmmoffett
The catch to my comments about buried cable is that you might have to be on the opposite side of the road from the elcobut again don't listen to idiots on the Internet. We don't know anything. -Original Message- From: dmmoff...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2023 10:44 AM

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread dmmoffett
He's probably referring to the reversal of the 2015 Open Internet Order. I'm sure it's a different answer in different places, but in NY State you can apply for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, and the PSC will grant that to ISP's. That was sufficient for pole and conduit

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread Eric Rogers
Just apply for CLEC. In Indiana it was simple, not sure of your state. It alleviates any questions of whether you are allowed in ROW. Cities/towns have to grant access to ROW… now they can charge for permits, and make it hard on you. Eric Rogers PDS Connect (317) 831-3000 x200 From: AF

Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi]
We got setup as a CLEC to remove all confusion. If you are planning on being in the fiber business, quit messing around and do it right. Jim Bouse Owner - Brazos WiFi 979-999-7000 http://www.brazoswifi.com -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Larry Smith Sent: Tuesday, February 7,

[AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW

2023-02-07 Thread Larry Smith
Question for those more in tune than I. We are working (attempting) with our local electric company for access to their ROW for some of our fiber and they have stated that the rights granted ISP's under Title II (telecommunications provider) in 2015 was reversed in 2017 and then in 2018 ISP's