Don't give up hope yet. It hasn't been that long since the
NJ legislature opened up the FIOS market by enabling
statewide franchises so that the FIOS companies don't have
negotiate with every little municipality. The FIOS companies
(mostly Verizon) will pick the low-hanging fruit first, the
Applying a second round of lossy compression to a file that is already
compressed using lossy compression produces a horrid result.
If your cable provider is doing this I would argue that they are not
selling you what they claim to be selling you. It is an adulterated
product. Like the
Florida is doing a lot of public private construction of roads and
bridges and so that is now being explored. Except for opposition from
land owners and NMBY folks and those small towns who say we will loose
all our traffic it looks like it might get started and done in 5
years. Much faster than
A private venture already investing in rural broadband, no guvmint handout
necessary, competing with cellular business models no less. Demand, meet
supply.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/29/AR2008062901
697.html
And I look forward to the nether regions freezing over before I see a
Verizon FIOS truck in my area of central MD of 1 - 5 acre lots mixed
in with 100+ acre family farms. I still don't have reliable cell
coverage (which is not a bad thing when the boss wants to reach
me ...), and
Rural and small town America has outsourced the fire departments for
years - it is called the local volunteer fire department. We also
outsource part of the police force - the local volunteer auxiliary
police who do crowd control and general event security. It seems to
work just fine,
Terry,
You're close. This message was the one that stated the your system
shutdown was unexpected. What did the messages right after this one
say?
To make it easier, just paste in the Source and Event ID until we
find the correct message.
Also, your system might be rebooting after the BSOD.
Problem with wireless is the rollout is not complete so there is little room
for the ultimate solution to reliability; redundancy.
-Original Message-
From: Eric S. Sande [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 7:21 PM
To: rlsimon
Cc: 'Computer Guys Discussion List'
Subject:
It is my understanding that at present most wireless companies lease
space on towers and do not own the towers.
Plus you need to have a tower about every 20 miles.
Stewart
At 12:23 PM 6/30/2008, you wrote:
Problem with wireless is the rollout is not complete so there is little room
for the
Several wireless companies were competing to implement wireless networks
in Silicon Valley. MetroFi won the contract and started to deploy a
free wireless solution about 3 years ago. They offered free wireless -
that was supposed to be supported by browser ads and a premium service
that had no
-Original Message-
Correct, to an extent. My town (Middleburg) leases to most of the
carriers on our two water towers. We prohibit private towers inside
town limits. No one wants the eye sore of private towers here.
It was a unanimous vote? *No one* wants rental income from the
Middleburg has had this in effect for at least 5-10 years. I am on the
town council and listen closely when someone complains. No one has
complained. Middleburg is a small historic town (fewer than 700
residents) laid out around the time of the revolutionary war with
England. It is in the
Drop channels? When have they ever really dropped a significant
portion of channels. The cable is already crowded. They need to shoe
horn more material into that limited bandwidth. Media General used to
use two lines to get all the channels out to Fairfax county prior to
the last rebuild and
The new iPhone contract is rumored to be more tightly locked down to
ATT. Check the coverage maps carefully for GSM coverage in the areas
you frequent because GSM coverage is spotty. As for incompatibilities
between systems it doesn't really matter for anything but the iPhone.
I keep my wife and
I've gotten ads in the mail from ATT advertising $11.45 local phone
service, but of course, when you go to ATT's website, I've never been
able to find it.
Similarly with Comcrap, I mean Comcast. They have all sorts of deals
but I was at the local Comcast office whining about my cable modem
I find it strange how many of us will tolerate all sorts of technological
eyesores on our streets: power lines, telephone poles, traffic lights,
mailboxes, street lights, lines for phones and cable, satellite dishes,
cars, trucks, roads, etc, but lose all rationality when it comes to cell
towers.
Yes but mailboxes, street lights, lines for phones and cable, satellite
dishes, etc don't emit harmful waves that will let you cook an egg. :-
)
I heard it was the mailboxes that beam messages into your head.
I'm starting a petition to have these dangerous boxes removed.
I heard it was the mailboxes that beam messages into your head.
Hey, beaming messages into your head is my department.
I'm the guy who is part of the vast right wing conspiracy.
Not only do I work for the phone company but I also
belong to the NRA and possibly the Republican Party,
although
I'm on the Planning/Zoning Board of our town. Recently we reviewed an app
to put up a tower along the main road on a piece of land behing fire company
#2 with good rental $$ for the town. I objected given it is kiddycorner
across the street from the new school. They brought in a big gun (prof
I wonder if it is a settled issue or if there is still any doubt??
There's doubt about the amount of RF radiation you get from
a handset transmitting next to your brain.
I doubt that the transmissions from a tower would be an issue
unless you were right next to the antenna. Like within a few
I know a church that has gotten a nice monthly income from leasing
space inside their bell tower for Antenna space.
Stewart
I have seen some well camouflaged cell towers made to look like pine
trees. Not bad at all. I would expect being in a dead zone would be
depressing on property values
Hmm... on top of a church bell tower, eh? What better way for all that
radiation to be spread out from the sheer height alone and who ever said
radiation only goes outwards and not down I'll be all those
parishioners don't even suspect they're being bombarded by massive doses
of cell phone
I've tried to use my landline as much as possible. I've got ATT more
bars in more places except Cupertino and my 50+ year old wood frame
construction house apparently. Unless bars refers to drinking
establishments, which is what I generally need when I have to try to
make a phone call and can't
Well it is a Lutheran Mass so we wear our aluminum hats. :-)
Stewart
At 05:09 PM 6/30/2008, you wrote:
Hmm... on top of a church bell tower, eh? What better way for all that
radiation to be spread out from the sheer height alone and who ever said
radiation only goes outwards and not
I am not sure what it is with many of you and cell phones but my
signal and reception and clarity are pretty darn good. I live in
just this side of the hinterland and we have a very hilly area
(Antennas are placed on the high points) Even in many supposedly
rural areas I have good coverage
I used to have a Nokia 32xx series (I can't remember which model it was
but it was a candybar type (as I found out one day)). It got slightly
better reception at home. Work is the place where cell phone signals go
to die - even if I wear a tinfoil hat too. That was a pretty good phone
- I only
I am not sure what it is with many of you and cell phones but my
signal and reception and clarity are pretty darn good.
A few factors play into this. Inside steel framed office buildings
(well actually reinforced concrete, mostly, where I am) you are
in a Faraday cage. If you aren't near a
I live in the official hinterland ...pop 1100. And I tried fones from the
big4 ...no dice for tmo or next/spr (even with an antenna on a tower right
behind our town hall 1mi away) ...verizon had some signal, but ATT gives me
5 bars at my desk (so I can ramble on all day) and at my kitchen table
I found that last time and unchecked it then.
Log Name: System
Source:EventLog
Date: 6/27/2008 9:30:47 PM
Event ID: 6009
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Kilburg-PC
Description:
Microsoft (R)
I just read that iPhone service plans with unlimited data start at $24
USD in Hong Kong. That is about 1/4 of the lowest US price.
That's what we mean by being losers.
*
** List info, subscription management, list rules,
Yeah, but they have to stand in long iPhone data plan lines to get it. Then
they have to go stand in the voice plan line. I don't even want to think
about the accessories line.
-Original Message-
I just read that iPhone service plans with unlimited data start at $24
USD in Hong Kong.
They do not have a multitude of carriers, and usually have a
government monopoly, or one that is heavily subsidized by the government.
I am not sure if many knew this but recently Bell Canada (The
Canadian offshoot of the Bell Companies) Was recently cleared to
allow the Ontario Teachers
Thanks to Gerald for pointing once more to the archaic wireless system we
enjoy, seemingly without protest. In 1886, captains of industry here decided
that, yes, it was a good idea to establish standard gauge railroads. Before
that, cargo had to be transferred upon arriving at a different
GSM is not a world standard. It is used in a good portion of the
world but CDMA is also recognized as a standard.
The reason for lack of signal is not CDMA vs. GSM it is lack of antennas!!
As I stated earlier you must have antennas about every 20 miles to
get good coverage. ( I think it
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