We must be talking about two different things. The plan I read about
in the telephone directory wasn't that cheap...
The phone companies deserve all the bashing they get. I remember
visiting my elderly mother, in Florida, and thinking I'd take a few
minutes to reduce the full-option phone
Thanks for the information Eric, and thanks to everyone else for their
observations. The ability to have some basic service in the event of a
long-term power outage does seem pretty important.
All the discussion of cheap, basic phone lines made me recall the cost-saving
choices made by a
At 2:15 PM -0400 4/12/08, Eric S. Sande wrote:
In the past I have tried to get info on this kind of service and
found nothing. I wanted to get it for my 90 year old Mom who never
uses the phone and should not be wasting her social secutity check
on enriching the phone company. I think
Thanks for the link. I followed it up. It is a stingy program. The plan
will reduce the monthly bill by up to $13.30. I expect that up to
means the real reduction will be significantly less. To qualify you have
to be very poor. The least expensive service I could find was about
$50/month. So
We must be talking about two different things. The plan I read about
in the telephone directory wasn't that cheap...
The phone companies deserve all the bashing they get. I remember
visiting my elderly mother, in Florida, and thinking I'd take a few
minutes to reduce the full-option phone
I spent an hour on the phone trying to reach a live person.
Eventually I found the only way to reach someone was to select the
option to initiate new service.
*Everyone* should have www.gethuman.com bookmarked. It doesn't always work,
but very often it does...
I would like to understand the 'Asterisk' software in
a server to; and to add a Digium TDM410 2FX0 2FXS card.
This would be to route incoming POTS calls to various VM buckets
based on inbound caller id data and allow outbound, but
no international calls. (There should be a way to list
authorized
You could also add several batteries in parallel and extend the amount
of backup time.
Mason
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On Apr 12, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Personally I'ld suggest anyone
worried about losing connectivity after the UPS for FIOS runs
I wanted to follow up on this issue. To refresh the collective memory
banks, I've included a couple of the original posts at the bottom of
this email (this was back in early December...). In brief, Outlook
Express only operated with Administrator privileges, and wouldn't
operate with a limited
Thanks. I knew that there was something like this out there, but did not
know the name or address.
Steve
Chris Dunford wrote:
I spent an hour on the phone trying to reach a live person.
Eventually I found the only way to reach someone was to select the
option to initiate new service.
Hi All! It's been a very frustrating spring. So far I've replaced my TX
because the touch screen stopped reacting to touch. The new TX is great, but
the
GPS unit just - yesterday! - decided that it can't find any satelites. We've
tried resetting everything. The Blue Tooth signal seems to be
Just to pile on...
I have a daughter moving to Seattle next fall and I want to get her a
portable GPS for her car. Any recommendations?
She's not very computer-literate so it doesn't need to interface with her
Dell laptop, just get her across town with reasonable accuracy.
Thanks,
-Mike
I don't know what kind of GPS receiver you have, but I have one of those
keychain sorts which Bluetooths to my Treo that I picked up somewhere on the
web for $59 and use it with Telenav and it got me from to the wilds of
Worcester, Mass and back home again. And my husband doesn't argue with
Tom Tom version 3.
Bought one earlier this year and have found it very good. Less than $200.00.
Got a best buy recommendation from CR.
Stewart
At 06:06 PM 4/13/2008, you wrote:
Just to pile on...
I have a daughter moving to Seattle next fall and I want to get her a
portable GPS for her
Any recommendations for a GPS?
I use a Garmin 76C. It's not the current model, which is the
76Cx. It's a color display mapping device. It floats, and has
marine mapping. It's a little on the big side for a handheld.
It can talk to a computer over a USB or a serial link.
I find it useful
Maybe even a hard reset of your TX if you have everything backed up/
synced elsewhere. And try blue toothing from the TX to someone's blue
tooth phone. See if the phone will see the TX.
db
Admiral Harris wrote:
I don't know what kind of GPS receiver you have, but I have one of
those
For my daughter I assume a mapping GPS is the best? She's lived in Northern
Virginia all her 21 years with the past winter in the Milwaukee area so she
has no idea where anything is in Seattle.
I don't know anything about the different models. Do maps cost extra?
Are there any models to stay
I have a TomTom One, which I don't have any complaints about it other than
the battery life, which is about 2 hours. Other models I've seen are rated
longer. But, I don't use it that much, so it's not a big deal. I do have
to say that it's odd that it's Bluetooth won't pair up with a
I don't know anything about the different models. Do maps cost extra?
Are there any models to stay away from? Hope that wasn't a religion
politics question. :-)
No, not a religion and politics question. A mapping GPS comes with a
base map out of the box. Usually pretty basic (yeah). You
Do Tom-Toms have real-time mapping?
- Original Message -
From: Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] OT: GPS System: Any recommendations?
Tom Tom version 3.
Bought one earlier this year
Every few weeks, I get the blue screen notifying me of a crash dump. Maybe the
computer has diarrhea:) Anyway, it restarts the computer. Why is it done and is
it necessary?
Here are the details-
BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional information about the
Or
If you have something like Telenav, it downloads real-time maps by cellular
datalink, and you have the most current info about construction and
roadwork, closed streets, etc., because it is real-time live download.
That's what I like about having it on my phone. And I understand that
Help this non tech speak person understand.
All I know is that I put in the place I want to go, and it gives
directions. If I stray from the directions it reroutes itself and
gives me new directions. (Frequent destinations can be saved in the database)
Recently I took a few trips and used
Okay, this is not real-time mapping, if you have to load the maps into it.
The Telenav system is tied into a cellphone (my Treo) and as you put in an
address, it calls it in and downloads a fresh routing and map, including
routing around construction sites and such, because the info is updated
You can buy attachments to add to your GPS that will do this, but it
is a subscription service only. I can buy one for my Tom Tom it is
about a $100 and then about $13.00 per month. I have no need for it,
and I do not travel in high traffic areas.
Tom Tom does allow you to network via its
Not sure what you mean by that. Can they route and re-route if you miss a
turn? Yes. Although, I have found that its routes aren't necessarily the
best routes. Just playing with it, it has sent me on routes in areas I'm
familiar with and I think its nuts for selecting the routes that it does
TomTom has worked quite well out of the box for me. Just remember to use
common sense with it, as with all mapping software. While it will get
you there, it may give you an interesting turn or two that will make you
wonder :Why did it do that?
A neat feature is being to see what services are
You can buy other maps for this and download them, not that expensive
at all. (Plus if you must have celebrity voices give you directions
you can do this also.)
Rev.--You didn't go for the Mr. T voice, did you? C'mon, be honest.
You can tell that the TomTom is a UK product by its
Modem driver issue?
http://www.google.com/search?q=BCCode%3A+10b8rls=com.microsoft:*ie=UTF
-8oe=UTF-8startIndex=startPage=1
-Original Message-
Every few weeks, I get the blue screen notifying me of a crash dump.
Maybe the computer has diarrhea:) Anyway, it restarts the computer.
No nice British lass did I go for.
I also have an Australian lass who tells me my mail is in, and on my
laptop it is the newest Ms. Moneypenny that tells me my message is ready.
I would set it for German but my wife would kill me as she cannot
understand it.
Stewart
At 08:36 PM
Well, I am ignorant, so I will post my opinion.
I don't have Vista but Windows XP instead. I get a blue screen about
once a month. I don't bother with waiting for the save feature -- 140
pages, can't remember. I just reboot the computer and everything is OK
until the next blue screen.
If I stray from the directions it reroutes itself and gives me new
directions.
Yep. And the device can be more than insistent in telling you
what it thinks is right, I all ready knew how to get to fracking
Martinsburg but the thing insisted that I didn't.
OK, my mother was in the back seat
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Eric S. Sande [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I stray from the directions it reroutes itself and gives me new
directions.
Yep. And the device can be more than insistent in telling you
what it thinks is right, I all ready knew how to get to fracking
Mine has many voices, both male and female available.
It would reroute me almost immediately. Usually within a half mile.
Stewart
At 09:40 PM 4/13/2008, you wrote:
Along these lines, here are some considerations for anyone buying a GPS:
1. Are there choices of what voice to use? If not,
Come on Mical!! We navigated through downtown Hong Kong with maps and a
compass. Did we need GPS? ;-D
Didn't get lost in the Australian outback with maps and a compass. Found
our way through the mountains in Crete with map and compass. My dad got
lost in south Jersey last week. He called me
Any recommendations for a GPS ...
I was given a GPSr (r is for receiver) unit as a gift. It was a
Magellan Maestro 3100. I've been meaning to purchase a GPSr as
another gadget to play with, so I appreciated the gift.
Mapping, touch screen, voice, etc are fine. You can zoom in/out in the
map
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