[AFMUG] Everyone.Net

2015-02-02 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, When Digis purchased my company 20 months ago, they moved all of our email accounts (over 10,000 of them) to Everyone.Net. I'm not sure if we were one of their larger domains, but during the last 20 months, they have had more outages and problems than we had during the previous 10 years.

Re: [AFMUG] Everyone.Net

2015-02-03 Thread Travis Johnson
We ran our own email server with 12,000 email accounts. It took up about 2 hours per week for a sysadmin person. Not really that hard. Everyone.Net is STILL having issues with their email systems. Going on 24 hours now. Amazing how they can still be in business. Travis On 2/2/2015 9:06 PM,

Re: [AFMUG] Everyone.Net

2015-02-03 Thread Travis Johnson
We ran our own email server with 12,000 email accounts. It took up about 2 hours per week for a sysadmin person. Not really that hard. Travis On 2/2/2015 9:06 PM, Seth Mattinen wrote: On 2/2/15 6:40 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: Email is hard It's not technically hard. But email needs a lot of

Re: [AFMUG] Everyone.Net

2015-02-03 Thread Travis Johnson
We ran our own email server with 12,000 email accounts. It took up about 2 hours per week for a sysadmin person. Not really that hard. Everyone.Net is STILL having issues with their email systems. Going on 28 hours now. Amazing how they can still be in business. Travis On 2/2/2015 9:06 PM,

Re: [AFMUG] Everyone.Net

2015-02-03 Thread Travis Johnson
We ran our own email server with 12,000 email accounts. It took up about 2 hours per week for a sysadmin person. Not really that hard. Everyone.Net is STILL having issues with their email systems. Going on 28 hours now. Amazing how they can still be in business. Travis On 2/2/2015 9:06 PM,

Re: [AFMUG] Everyone.Net

2015-02-03 Thread Travis Johnson
We ran our own email server with 12,000 email accounts. It took up about 2 hours per week for a sysadmin person. Not really that hard. Everyone.Net is STILL having issues with their email systems. Going on 24 hours now. Amazing how they can still be in business. Travis On 2/2/2015 9:06 PM,

Re: [AFMUG] Everyone.Net

2015-02-03 Thread Travis Johnson
All those message were not me... that was one of the great features of the Everyone.Net mail system mess. I only sent the message once. Travis On 2/3/2015 12:27 PM, Gino Villarini wrote: Travis, we know! Gino A. Villarini @gvillarini On Feb 3, 2015, at 2:37 PM, Travis Johnson t

Re: [AFMUG] Gas Prices

2015-01-15 Thread Travis Johnson
On 1/13/2015 9:32 AM, Travis Johnson wrote: I never thought I would see gas prices this low. We have stations at $1.71/gallon in our area right now. :) Travis

Re: [AFMUG] Gas Prices

2015-01-15 Thread Travis Johnson
...@atlasok.com wrote: $1.50 to $1.55 in oklahoma city.. crazy. vlad On 1/13/2015 9:32 AM, Travis Johnson wrote: I never thought I would see gas prices this low. We have stations

Re: [AFMUG] Gas Prices

2015-01-14 Thread Travis Johnson
, 2015 9:35 AM, Vlad Sedov v...@atlasok.com mailto:v...@atlasok.com wrote: $1.50 to $1.55 in oklahoma city.. crazy. vlad On 1/13/2015 9:32 AM, Travis Johnson wrote: I never thought I would see gas prices this low. We have stations at $1.71/gallon

[AFMUG] Microsoft

2015-02-19 Thread Travis Johnson
WhoHoo!! One of the companies I have been working with for the last 9 months, and invested capital about three months ago, was just accepted into the Microsoft Ventures Accelerator program!! Microsoft receives thousands of applications every year, but they only select a few companies every

[AFMUG] 25Mbps

2015-01-30 Thread Travis Johnson
Minimum definition of broadband is now 25Mbps down and 3Mbps up. My question is, if you say up to, does that qualify? ;) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/29/fcc_sextuples_broadband_speed/ Travis

Re: [AFMUG] Leasing vs Bank Loan

2015-01-13 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, First, you should know there are 3 different types of leases: $1 buyout, 10% buyout and Fair Market Value buyout. The only one that you can use to deduct the entire payment as an expense each month is the Fair Market Value buyout. Both of the others, you still have to depreciate all the

[AFMUG] Gas Prices

2015-01-13 Thread Travis Johnson
I never thought I would see gas prices this low. We have stations at $1.71/gallon in our area right now. :) Travis

Re: [AFMUG] Angry landlord over Roof mount antenna

2015-03-17 Thread Travis Johnson
As a previous WISP and now a landlord, I can tell you that I do not allow external antennas to be mounted on any of my properties without written approval, and one of my people there to supervise the installation. You can claim OTARD or FCC or whatever other rules you want, but the landlord

Re: [AFMUG] Angry landlord over Roof mount antenna

2015-03-16 Thread Travis Johnson
If you drilled holes in the roof to mount an antenna, you caused damage. If you drilled a hole to run the CAT5 cable into the house, you caused damage. Travis On 3/16/2015 2:01 PM, John Woodfield wrote: Does the tenant have exclusive right to the area of the roof where you mounted the

Re: [AFMUG] Angry landlord over Roof mount antenna

2015-03-16 Thread Travis Johnson
In this situation (which happened several times, regardless of who signs what document, etc. etc.) we would go remove our equipment and fix the damage at our cost. It's not worth all the headaches and issues in the future. Travis On 3/16/2015 1:56 PM, Darin Steffl wrote: Hey all, So I got

Re: [AFMUG] Angry landlord over Roof mount antenna

2015-03-16 Thread Travis Johnson
Quality internet service makes a property more rentable? Now I'm sure I've heard it all... LOL Every tenant is going to request what they think is the best internet... they don't care what was there before, or what will be there after them. When this tenant moves out, they will call and

Re: [AFMUG] Angry landlord over Roof mount antenna

2015-03-17 Thread Travis Johnson
On Mar 17, 2015 1:13 PM, John Woodfield john.woodfi...@jwcn.biz mailto:john.woodfi...@jwcn.biz wrote: I'm calling BS on this. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 17, 2015, at 12:43 PM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net mailto:t...@ida.net wrote: You still have to work it out

Re: [AFMUG] Angry landlord over Roof mount antenna

2015-03-17 Thread Travis Johnson
Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com *From: *Travis Johnson t...@ida.net *To: *af@afmug.com *Sent: *Tuesday, March 17, 2015 12:26:21 PM *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Angry landlord over Roof mount antenna Tenants do

[AFMUG] Tesla

2015-03-21 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, Here is a question... if Tesla has such a great car and company (winning Consumer Reports car of the year, two years in a row), why is their lease rate so bad? Can they not find a leasing company that is confident in their cars? 36 month lease on a $115,420 car requires $7,141 down and

Re: [AFMUG] Angry landlord over Roof mount antenna

2015-03-17 Thread Travis Johnson
You still have to work it out with the actual owner, regardless of what the tenant told you or even signed. Travis On 3/17/2015 10:16 AM, Seth Mattinen wrote: On 3/17/15 9:11, Travis Johnson wrote: I would talk to the tenant and try and resolve things, but the ISP is who did the actual

Re: [AFMUG] Angry landlord over Roof mount antenna

2015-03-17 Thread Travis Johnson
with the ISP? No, you would go after the tenant for damages to your property that they caused. 2 cents On Tuesday, March 17, 2015, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net mailto:t...@ida.net wrote: As a previous WISP and now a landlord, I can tell you that I do not allow external antennas

Re: [AFMUG] Vivint speeds

2015-03-08 Thread Travis Johnson
:* Travis Johnson mailto:t...@ida.net *Sent:* Sunday, March 08, 2015 4:00 PM *To:* af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Vivint speeds The wireless internet is a play thing for Vivint. They are making so much money from the home security, solar and other projects

Re: [AFMUG] Vivint speeds

2015-03-08 Thread Travis Johnson
The wireless internet is a play thing for Vivint. They are making so much money from the home security, solar and other projects that they are basically giving the internet part away at cost to try and get more customers. Pretty much the same thing as Google Fiber. They are at break-even on

Re: [AFMUG] This mail list is a security risk forour industry !!!!!!!!

2015-03-10 Thread Travis Johnson
There truly is such a thing... and nothing good happens there... On 3/10/2015 7:39 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: You mean this list is not part of the “dark web”? *From:* Paul McCall mailto:pa...@pdmnet.net *Sent:* Tuesday, March 10, 2015 8:28 PM *To:* af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re:

Re: [AFMUG] HP buys Aruba

2015-03-03 Thread Travis Johnson
My message makes it official. :) Travis On 3/3/2015 8:03 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: We talked about it yesterday :) Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mar 3, 2015 9:58 AM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net mailto:t...@ida.net wrote

[AFMUG] HP buys Aruba

2015-03-03 Thread Travis Johnson
http://www.firstpost.com/business/biggest-deal-since-autonomy-hp-buy-wi-fi-gear-maker-aruba-networks-2-7-bn-2132659.html Travis

Re: [AFMUG] emminient domain

2015-03-02 Thread Travis Johnson
+1 On 3/2/2015 11:45 AM, Daniel White wrote: The Drone Strike thing has an interesting twist in Season 3 of House of Cards. Won’t ruin it because well it just came out and probably not many people spent the weekend binge watching it like I did… but what President Underwood tells someone

[AFMUG] www

2015-03-05 Thread Travis Johnson
Hey... My kids make fun of me because I still type www in front of any website that I go to... anyone else remember the day when a website would not load without the www in front? :) Travis

Re: [AFMUG] What is the longest you'd drive to install a customer?

2015-03-26 Thread Travis Johnson
We had a 100 mile radius from our office... so 1.5 hours. Travis On 3/26/2015 9:18 AM, can...@believewireless.net wrote: Just curious how far you are willing to have installers drive to install a customer. I know a lot of you have remote sites but what is the furthest you'd have your people

Re: [AFMUG] Noooo! Simon is Leaving!

2015-05-05 Thread Travis Johnson
The only way to know if a non-compete will hold up is when it actually makes it to court. I enforced one (50 mile radius, 2 years) about 15 years ago. We won, and the employee had to pay all attorney costs and could no longer work for the competition. Every attorney is going to say something

Re: [AFMUG] Providing public routed IPs to customers

2015-04-14 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, Back in the day (2+ years ago), we did a /27 to each tower and then statically assigned an IP from that block to each customer. Then we knew exactly which customer had what IP address (tracking, throttling, disabling, subpoenas, etc) and it made it simple on the customer router for

Re: [AFMUG] SkyDog alternative

2015-06-11 Thread Travis Johnson
We were making $2,000+/month net profit off our filtering service. It was a server from 8e6 that was located in our data center. We did a 36 month lease on the server and all updates and I think it was costing us like $1,000/month. We were billing $3,500/month in filtering services. Travis

Re: [AFMUG] EcoFlower

2015-06-16 Thread Travis Johnson
On 6/16/2015 9:39 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: Need to get you on Shark Tank. -Original Message- From: Travis Johnson Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 9:08 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] EcoFlower Hi, This is an article that just came out in Utah Business magazine. This is a company I

[AFMUG] EcoFlower

2015-06-16 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, This is an article that just came out in Utah Business magazine. This is a company I invested in about 18 months ago. Their sales were $10,000 total when I invested. This year we are on track to do $800,000. :) It's awesome to be able to help these type of small, start-up companies get

Re: [AFMUG] EcoFlower

2015-06-16 Thread Travis Johnson
1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net mailto:t...@ida.net wrote: Hi, This is an article that just came out in Utah Business magazine. This is a company I invested in about 18 months ago. Their sales were $10,000 total

Re: [AFMUG] today's consulting fun

2015-06-15 Thread Travis Johnson
die, the sun will burn out... does it really matter? *From:* Travis Johnson mailto:t...@ida.net *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2015 1:45 PM *To:* af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] today's consulting fun I'm honestly surprised you guys

Re: [AFMUG] today's consulting fun

2015-06-15 Thread Travis Johnson
I'm honestly surprised you guys are OK with Google reading all your email... Travis On 6/15/2015 1:21 PM, Josh Reynolds wrote: Mine isn't so bad: 8.88 GB(7%) of115 GBused Josh Reynolds CIO, SPITwSPOTS www.spitwspots.com On 06/15/2015 09:57 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: My Gmail is getting full =(

Re: [AFMUG] Vehicle Leases

2015-05-27 Thread Travis Johnson
Leasing vehicles has other tax benefits that you don't get with buying. Check with your accountant. Travis On 5/27/2015 11:28 AM, Sean Heskett wrote: Interest rates on cars are so low right now it's worth it just to buy. We just got 0% for 4 years on our new tundra. 2 cents -Sean On

Re: [AFMUG] Vehicle Leases

2015-05-27 Thread Travis Johnson
could argue for a tax advantage of leasing but at 0% they are basically paying you money to finance it because of the time value of money. -Sean On Wednesday, May 27, 2015, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net mailto:t...@ida.net wrote: Leasing vehicles has other tax benefits that you don't get

[AFMUG] CableOne

2015-07-06 Thread Travis Johnson
Hey, So the cable provider in my area just increased their speeds to 100Mbps. So now you can get 100Mbps cable internet for $33/month for the 1st year... then it goes up to $59/month for year two. I don't know of anyone with this package yet, but that's pretty impressive for the price.

Re: [AFMUG] vivint

2015-05-21 Thread Travis Johnson
The wireless internet portion of their income is probably less than 1% of their total revenues. This is more like a hobby for them. Travis On 5/21/2015 1:08 PM, Rory Conaway wrote: Vivint is kind of the worst of every idea. They spend a boatload on licensed spectrum, an excessive amount

Re: [AFMUG] [Ubnt_users] Check out the new powerbeam packaging..

2015-07-07 Thread Travis Johnson
Personally, I would have accepted the shipment with notes written on the receipt. It's possible only 1 or 2 units were actually damaged... and I wouldn't have wanted to wait for another shipment to arrive. Travis On 7/7/2015 10:14 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: LOL!!! I'm certainly glad you didn't

[AFMUG] OT: Tesla

2015-08-10 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, The news today about Tesla is they lose $4,000 per car they sell... makes you wonder how much longer that can continue? They are also having to support all their Super charging stations across the country (at no additional cost for customers), etc. It's a great concept, and a great

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Here's proof that Apple fanboys actually adore Android

2015-08-05 Thread Travis Johnson
part15...@gmail.com mailto:part15...@gmail.com wrote: On 8/5/2015 3:42 PM, Travis Johnson wrote: Say what you want... Apple is still the largest company in the world... still... this discussion has been going on for 5+ years now... and Apple is making more money than

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Here's proof that Apple fanboys actually adore Android

2015-08-05 Thread Travis Johnson
Say what you want... Apple is still the largest company in the world... still... this discussion has been going on for 5+ years now... and Apple is making more money than they can spend... and Samsung is losing more money every quarter. :) All the phone manufacturers love Android because it's

[AFMUG] Vivint Solar

2015-07-20 Thread Travis Johnson
Hey, Looks like Vivint Solar has a buyer... http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/07/20/vivint-solar-ma-sunedisn-idINL3N1003EQ20150720 Travis

Re: [AFMUG] New Speedtest.net server for us

2015-10-26 Thread Travis Johnson
I'm only getting 38.4kbps by 38.4kbps... may need to upgrade my modem. Travis On 10/26/2015 3:21 PM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: I 'moved' our speedtest.net server to our 10Gbps network. It's actually on a 1U rack server now instead of a VM at the datacenter. I can get about 2500Mbps by 7800Mbps

Re: [AFMUG] New Speedtest.net server for us

2015-10-26 Thread Travis Johnson
Who does? Where do I get one? Do you have one? How much was it? Is it external or internal? Does it support US Robotics v.92? On 10/26/2015 4:09 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: They have 56k modems now... -Original Message- From: Travis Johnson Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 4:07 PM To: af

Re: [AFMUG] 10Gbps FTTH

2015-10-16 Thread Travis Johnson
Why does that matter? Google isn't even doing that. Since when does profit matter?? LOL On 10/16/2015 9:20 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: And, they are operating the system at a profit, right...? -Original Message- From: Travis Johnson Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 8:52 AM To: af

[AFMUG] 10Gbps FTTH

2015-10-16 Thread Travis Johnson
Does Google know they are getting out played by a small city? :) http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/10/10gbps-internet-offered-by-city-fighting-anti-muni-broadband-laws/ Travis

[AFMUG] Tesla is in trouble

2015-10-20 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, Here's the latest article about Tesla cars: http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-consumer-reports-tesla-models-20151020-story.html That's not good... for a company that was already not profitable, now they cars are falling apart after they have some miles on them. :( Travis

Re: [AFMUG] 10Gbps FTTH

2015-10-16 Thread Travis Johnson
October 16, 2015 10:20 AM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 10Gbps FTTH And, they are operating the system at a profit, right...? -Original Message- From: Travis Johnson Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 8:52 AM

Re: [AFMUG] New to VoIP

2015-10-08 Thread Travis Johnson
Already exists: www.thumbtack.com Travis On 10/8/2015 3:18 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Have you hired a plumber lately? That’s where the money is. I mean a plumber plumber, not an Internet plumber. Mothers, send your children to plumbing school. Or will they also fall to the “gig economy”?

[AFMUG] Netflix bandwidth

2015-10-08 Thread Travis Johnson
Here's a quick story about the amount of bandwidth Netflix uses: http://fortune.com/2015/10/08/netflix-bandwith/?xid=yahoo_fortune Travis

Re: [AFMUG] Solar pricing

2015-07-08 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, We could never justify having to deal with all the extra BS of a solar/wind site. If $50/month for the power is a big expense at this new site, you may want to consider a new business model. :) Travis On 7/8/2015 5:55 PM, Darin Steffl wrote: Hey guys, I'm looking at a site where we

Re: [AFMUG] OT eCommerce

2015-09-01 Thread Travis Johnson
o to them if I want to keep my monthly expense as low as possible while I wait to see if this thing takes off. *From:* Travis Johnson <mailto:t...@ida.net> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 1, 2015 4:18 PM *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT eCommerce We are

Re: [AFMUG] OT eCommerce

2015-09-01 Thread Travis Johnson
We are using Shopify with one of our companies that is 99% online. We have done over $160,000 in a single month (avg ticket $63) and never had a single problem. We are using their top pricing model, so the CC fee is 2.3% (including the transaction fee). That's the lowest price I could find

Re: [AFMUG] OT eCommerce

2015-09-01 Thread Travis Johnson
Luthman wrote: Would Shopify work for a car parts vendor? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 6:18 PM, Travis Johnson <t...@ida.net <mailto:t...@ida.net>> wrote: We are using Shopify with one of o

Re: [AFMUG] OT eCommerce

2015-09-01 Thread Travis Johnson
Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sep 1, 2015 6:37 PM, "Travis Johnson" <t...@ida.net <mailto:t...@ida.net>> wrote: It should work for any company that wants to sell anything online. They have hundreds of free template

Re: [AFMUG] sales tax on tower leases

2015-09-02 Thread Travis Johnson
That is going to be a State by State thing. In Idaho, there is no sales tax on "services"... so leases, car washes, internet service, etc. does not collect sales tax. Travis On 9/2/2015 7:52 AM, Paul McCall wrote: What is the consensus on whether tower companies should be collecting state

Re: [AFMUG] Bandwidth charges

2015-09-15 Thread Travis Johnson
I remember when we were paying $2,000 per T1... and thought we had hit the jackpot when we signed a new contract at $1,500/T1. At one point in our network of old, we had 8 T1 lines for bandwidth, from three different providers. LOL Travis On 9/15/2015 4:35 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: I

Re: [AFMUG] So about that bottom section...

2015-09-17 Thread Travis Johnson
How tall is the tower? Is it anchored at the roof level as well? Travis On 9/17/2015 3:26 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: That's what I was thinking - Rohn and American. Notice how the widths are different causing the American bottom to be tapered. Is this something that is just goofy but still

Re: [AFMUG] Small NOC Backup Cooling

2015-09-28 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, Your local HVAC company should be able to handle all of that for you. We had three separate A/C units in our control room, and they ran 24x7... even when it hit -30F during the winter. Have some places come give you quotes for what you need. :) Travis On 9/28/2015 11:43 AM, Nate Burke

Re: [AFMUG] Powercode feature request - Charge processing fee for credit/debit card

2015-09-18 Thread Travis Johnson
I'm not sure any more, but it used to be against Federal law to charge more for credit cards that's why all the gas stations do a "cash discount". Travis On 9/18/2015 12:30 PM, Darin Steffl wrote: Hey all, If some of you with Powercode would be interested in this feature, can you

Re: [AFMUG] ot: ubnt stock

2016-06-07 Thread Travis Johnson
You should become a full time investor... LOL. People claimed it was a $75 stock a couple years ago too. If you think you have the stock thing figured out, you would be the only person in the entire world. Even the big boys often lose millions, but they never talk about that... you only hear

Re: [AFMUG] OT TIVO Roamio

2016-06-06 Thread Travis Johnson
If you buy the $399 model, they have basically bundled the monthly subscription into the price. Or you can buy the $150 version and pay $12/month. Travis On 6/6/2016 2:09 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: How is it you're getting around the monthly subscription? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340

[AFMUG] eCommerce site

2016-06-14 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, I would like to get some recommendations for a large eCommerce hosting/processing/shipping solution for one of my companies. This is their entire operation, so I am looking for a company that can do the design of the new site, as well as the hosting and CC processing (as well as tie into

Re: [AFMUG] Kinda OT Office Cleaning

2016-06-15 Thread Travis Johnson
In our area, actual cleaning companies charge around $25/hour per person... so it depends on how much you want done and how long it takes. Travis On 6/15/2016 10:54 AM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: I know this is subjective, but how much should I be paying to have someone clean a 2000 sqr foot

Re: [AFMUG] OT? AWS

2016-05-26 Thread Travis Johnson
I host many domains/websites/email accounts with GoDaddy some over 10 years now... never had an outage that I know of. My only issue is with their "basic" domain email hosting, they do SPAM filtering on outgoing mail based on subject... so if you send an email with "Hello" as the subject,

Re: [AFMUG] OT Private Sale of Domain Name

2016-06-22 Thread Travis Johnson
There are escrow services for this exact type of transaction. Usually the buyer pays all the escrow fees. You could also mark it up for the credit card processing fees. It's possible for people to challenge a Paypal payment and get their money back, thus the reason people use escrow services.

Re: [AFMUG] OT Private Sale of Domain Name

2016-06-22 Thread Travis Johnson
Actually, Paypal CAN take it back out of your bank. I've had it happen before. Just use an escrow service and be done with it. Jeez. Travis On 6/22/2016 5:11 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: You don't get the funds immediately sometimes. What the conditions are I don't know exactly, it seems like

[AFMUG] PTP600 modes

2016-06-23 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, I just installed a new PTP600 link (NLOS). There is a lot of noise in the area, but the link is performing very poorly. I remember once people talking about a way to put the radios into "engineering" mode so you could change the channels outside of the normal FCC range. I'd like to be

Re: [AFMUG] OT Google Grumble

2016-01-18 Thread Travis Johnson
Reminds me of D when you have any kind of a "negative" mark on your business credit, and you call them as ask what it is, they won't tell you. "How am I supposed to fix the issue if you won't tell me what it is?" "I don't know what to tell you, sir." Since that day (almost 10 years ago), I

[AFMUG] Centurylink Bogus Fees

2016-02-09 Thread Travis Johnson
I was just helping my daughter setup Centurylink DSL service at her new house. They advertise $29.95/month for the service, but when you call and talk to the rep, there is an additional "Internet Recovery Fee" of $1.99/month. When I asked for specifics about that fee, all she could say was

Re: [AFMUG] 100Gbps

2016-02-05 Thread Travis Johnson
I remember when we bought some of our first Intel 10/100 switches... they were $2,400 each and we bought three of them for our NOC backbone. Travis On 2/5/2016 9:55 AM, Nate Burke wrote: I have mixed feelings on it, I think that if you're pushing the envelope, then you should pay for it.

Re: [AFMUG] 100Gbps

2016-02-05 Thread Travis Johnson
Solorza wrote: Ha...somewhere in Batcave I have IBM Token Ring and ArcNet cardsI am pretty sure I have an NCR WaveLAN ISA card in ancient XT PC On Feb 5, 2016 10:22 AM, "Travis Johnson" <t...@ida.net <mailto:t...@ida.net>> wrote: I remember when we bought some

[AFMUG] No State or Local Taxes

2016-02-11 Thread Travis Johnson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/congress-likely-to-give-final-ok-to-local-internet-tax-ban/2016/02/11/7f987e5c-d09b-11e5-90d3-34c2c42653ac_story.html Finally some good news for the ISP's in the country!! Travis

Re: [AFMUG] No State or Local Taxes

2016-02-11 Thread Travis Johnson
, just smaller numbers in the bank account for a few weeks. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Feb 11, 2016 6:33 PM, "Travis Johnson" <t...@ida.net <mailto:t...@ida.net>> wrote: This means you won't ev

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Travis Johnson
http://www.xconomy.com/new-york/2016/01/28/kanojia-returns-with-a-starry-plan-for-wireless-internet-smart-homes/ On 1/28/2016 9:13 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Also they filed an experimental application with the FCC. So does that mean they can’t charge users? *From:* Ken Hohhof

Re: [AFMUG] SAD day

2016-02-02 Thread Travis Johnson
am...@plexicomm.net>* -- Original Message -- From: "Travis Johnson" <t...@ida.net <mailto:t...@ida.net>> To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: 2/2/2016 12:22:36 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] SAD day At least Apple makes products... products that liter

Re: [AFMUG] SAD day

2016-02-02 Thread Travis Johnson
-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Travis Johnson <t...@ida.net <mailto:t...@ida.net>> wrote: http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/012815/how-steve-jobs-changed-world.asp I'm not sure "

Re: [AFMUG] SAD day

2016-02-02 Thread Travis Johnson
he general consensus was that Facebook is what you want for what's hot "now". Google is what you want if you're looking beyond the next few years. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 2/2/2016 9:09 AM, Travis Johnson wrote: I just have an irritation that a company that is literally ju

Re: [AFMUG] SAD day

2016-02-01 Thread Travis Johnson
ss to the world's information and communications. When you consider the value of those, it's not just the most valuable company in matters of money. The founders had incredible foresight in addition to their intelligence and hard work. On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:55 PM, Travis Johnson <t...@ida.net <mail

Re: [AFMUG] SAD day

2016-02-01 Thread Travis Johnson
I totally disagree. I don't believe having a single company "control" the flow of information like Google does is a good thing. They can now literally decide EXACTLY what information you see, when you see it, and how it relates to your emails, searches, location, and patterns. We don't allow

[AFMUG] SAD day

2016-02-01 Thread Travis Johnson
http://www.ibtimes.com/alphabet-inc-goog-surpasses-apple-inc-aapl-become-worlds-most-valuable-public-company-2289113 "The world isn't run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It's run by little ones and zeroes, little bits of data. It's all just electrons." ~ Cosmo (Sneakers 1992)

Re: [AFMUG] SAD day

2016-02-01 Thread Travis Johnson
, 2016 12:22 AM, "Travis Johnson" <t...@ida.net <mailto:t...@ida.net>> wrote: At least Apple makes products... products that literally changed the computing world, the phone world, the retail world, created apps, and the music world. Google created a search engine

Re: [AFMUG] SAD day

2016-02-02 Thread Travis Johnson
n. We it's only temporary, so it will be easier for you to get over. Apple never really invented anything. Pretty much everything they've "invented" has been a collection of things they "borrowed" from someone else (including Google BTW). bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}

Re: [AFMUG] Ot buying a salon

2016-02-25 Thread Travis Johnson
I completely understand that... and I appreciate those type of businesses very much. :) Travis On 2/25/2016 9:34 AM, Seth Mattinen wrote: On 2/25/16 07:24, Travis Johnson wrote: This sounds like a great little small business... however, it's very difficult to have a business like

Re: [AFMUG] OT Apple

2016-02-19 Thread Travis Johnson
I don't think that's the case do you really see the FBI turning the phone over to Apple? What happens if Apple comes back a week later and says "oops, sorry... we nuked it". The FBI wants Apple to write a new IOS version that will not erase the phone after 10 attempts at the login code.

Re: [AFMUG] OT Apple

2016-02-19 Thread Travis Johnson
hat it has a positive benefit to the nation. *From:* Travis Johnson <mailto:t...@ida.net> *Sent:* Friday, February 19, 2016 5:15 PM *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Apple I don't think that's the case do you really see the FBI turning the phone over

Re: [AFMUG] OT Apple

2016-02-19 Thread Travis Johnson
There is obviously a little more to it than that. The information is encrypted with a double key encryption scheme. They can't just pull the memory and get to the info, because without the hardware chip to decrypt the info, it's impossible. Travis On 2/19/2016 5:53 PM, Bill Prince wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] OT Apple

2016-02-19 Thread Travis Johnson
the NSA? I don�t have any family pictures that I would be worried if they got published. I am just not catching this paranoid cynicism that seems to be attached to this issue. *From:* Travis Johnson <mailto:t...@ida.net> *Sent:* Friday, February 19, 2016 5:36 PM *To:* af@afmug.com <

Re: [AFMUG] OT medifast

2016-02-21 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, I agree with this 100%... my wife is a licensed counselor and also a certified Personal Trainer. She has been tracking food and exercising now for over 21 years. If you want to change your weight, food accounts for 80% of that change. You can exercise all you want, but that will only

Re: [AFMUG] New Book

2016-03-10 Thread Travis Johnson
2016 8:39:52 AM *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] New Book Coolbut how can it be a best seller if it just came out? Curious not sarcastic... On Mar 9, 2016 7:37 AM, "Ty Featherling" <tyfeatherl...@gmail.com <mailto:tyfeatherl...@gmail.com>> wrote: Congratulations! How doe

Re: [AFMUG] New Book

2016-03-10 Thread Travis Johnson
2-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Travis Johnson <t...@ida.net <mailto:t...@ida.net>> wrote: We made the Amazon Best Seller's list yesterday. We anticipated we could make it happen,

Re: [AFMUG] Free PR ideas

2016-03-18 Thread Travis Johnson
: Travis Johnson Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 8:49 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Free PR ideas Hi, This is an article that we just got Forbes to write for one of our companies. She shared some great ideas on getting free PR for her business: http://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylsnappconner/2016

Re: [AFMUG] Travis

2016-03-12 Thread Travis Johnson
Thanks Chuck!! We made the #6 position on the Amazon Bestseller list a few days ago, because of people like you. I greatly appreciate it. :) Travis On 3/11/2016 6:23 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: Do you like me now???

Re: [AFMUG] Any News from Wispamerica?

2016-03-15 Thread Travis Johnson
That's crazy!! How can they expect anyone to pay $32 for an access point. If it was $29 I would order 1,000 of them right now. LOL Travis On 3/15/2016 9:50 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote: 4gbit/hz 900mhz systems full capacity 32 dollar access points 4 dollar cpe On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at

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