"It's Like a USB thingy" = a cable which the speaker can't identify
On 7/22/2020 6:47 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I think we need one. For example,
Satellite = antenna (e.g. you put a satellite on my roof)
Cable = TV (e.g. where do I plug in the cable)
WiFi = Internet
Booster = range extender
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>
>> 1 Gbps = fast
>> 100 Mbps = barely adequate
>> 10 Mbps = slower than dialup
>>
>>
>> From: AF On Behalf Of Adam Moffett
>> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2020 2:00 PM
>> To: af@af.afmug.com
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] customer to English diction
dictionary.
1 Gbps = fast
100 Mbps = barely adequate
10 Mbps = slower than dialup
*From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Adam Moffett
*Sent:* Thursday, July 23, 2020 2:00 PM
*To:* af@af.afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] customer to English dictionary
I feel the same way about the word "speed", and by
My fave is
We are down AGAIN!
Tech arrives to find roofers using flame throwers to seal the flat roof
with new rubberized roof.
Cable Melted into roof.. hmm this should allow for optimal service :)
On 7/23/2020 10:22 AM, Nate Burke wrote:
'Connection has been Unusable for several days' = No
the butt. Maybe there should also be an IT to
English dictionary.
1 Gbps = fast
100 Mbps = barely adequate
10 Mbps = slower than dialup
From: AF On Behalf Of Adam Moffett
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2020 2:00 PM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] customer to English dictionary
login? Gmail? Often they don’t really mean log in, just do
something, like go to a webpage. So
Log in = do something
Don’t get me going on the symbols on home routers. The sparkler is
on, the tadpole is off …
*From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Adam Moffett
*Sent:* Thursday, July 23, 2020 11:33 AM
webpage. So
Log in = do something
Don’t get me going on the symbols on home routers. The sparkler is on, the
tadpole is off …
From: AF On Behalf Of Adam Moffett
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2020 11:33 AM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] customer to English dictionary
Yeah and since
g the cable up and then running over
it with the lawnmower yesterday
From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Adam Moffett
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2020 11:33 AM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] customer to English dictionary
Yeah and since the monitor says "No Signal&quo
Yeah and since the monitor says "No Signal" right on the screen I can
almost understand the confusion. I think laptops and tablets are making
monitor malfunctions a less common thing though.
On 7/23/2020 12:11 PM, castarritt wrote:
I've got no signal = Monitor on while PC powered down
On Thu
I've got no signal = Monitor on while PC powered down
On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 10:41 AM Larry Smith wrote:
> We haven't touched anything = my son/daughter/cousin
> staying with us wanted faster internet so they moved the router
> into their room and now nothing works.
>
> --
> Larry Smith
> lesm.
We haven't touched anything = my son/daughter/cousin
staying with us wanted faster internet so they moved the router
into their room and now nothing works.
--
Larry Smith
lesm...@ecsis.net
On Thu July 23 2020 10:22, Nate Burke wrote:
> 'Connection has been Unusable for several days' = Normal str
'Connection has been Unusable for several days' = Normal streaming
patterns until an hour ago.
'I don't know why the radio is offline' =
Self/husband/child/pet/landscaper cut the cable outside.
'It just stopped working' = new roof was installed
On 7/23/2020 8:23 AM, Ron M. wrote:
"The intern
"The internet is down" = I can't get to my one specific
(blog/porn/political/etc) website. I can get to everything else, just not
that one site.
On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 2:17 AM Josh Luthman
wrote:
> "I've got nothing" = My DirectTV doesn't work, but my cell phone works,
> husbands phone and tabl
"I've got nothing" = My DirectTV doesn't work, but my cell phone works,
husbands phone and tablet works, all four kids are watching 2 video streams
each
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 1:36 AM Steve Jones
wro
I've had old men start reading the label on the poe to me and it takes a
bit to understand what they're telling me cause I cant even see most of it.
Amazing to me.
Also
Right next to the router: 3 rooms over through a refrigerator behind a tv.
says your internet is too slow: Patel, I mean
Roy f
Modem = a box with blinky lights.
Router = a box with blinky lights.
Hub = a box with blinky lights.
Switch = a box with blink lights.
You don't know what it is until they read the words on it and tell you
it's the Linksy.
On 7/22/2020 6:47 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I think we need one. For
At my prior employer, tech support encouraged the "poe = modem"
terminology. They just found it easier that way. Overhearing it made
me cringe internally though.
On 7/22/2020 6:57 PM, Nate Burke wrote:
Oh, other big one
POE = modem
On 7/22/2020 5:52 PM, Nate Burke wrote:
There is nothing i
e as if he had asked for a quarter for the payphone or
something.
From: AF On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 6:02 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] customer to English dictionary
System is down (reporting via email or FB but
System is down (reporting via email or FB but Netflix is buffering)
From: Nate Burke
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 4:57 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] customer to English dictionary
Oh, other big one
POE = modem
On 7/22/2020 5:52 PM, Nate Burke wrote:
There
Oh, other big one
POE = modem
On 7/22/2020 5:52 PM, Nate Burke wrote:
There is nothing in the way = at lest 1 tree limb, possibly a motorhome.
I can see the tower from the ground = Through a forest with 75' of
height.
On 7/22/2020 5:47 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I think we need one. For example
There is nothing in the way = at lest 1 tree limb, possibly a motorhome.
I can see the tower from the ground = Through a forest with 75' of height.
On 7/22/2020 5:47 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I think we need one. For example,
Satellite = antenna (e.g. you put a satellite on my roof)
Cable = TV (
I think we need one. For example,
Satellite = antenna (e.g. you put a satellite on my roof)
Cable = TV (e.g. where do I plug in the cable)
WiFi = Internet
Booster = range extender
Linsky = router (also Link System)
Slow as dialup = meaningless, nobody remembers dialup
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