Any good sources for getting a sense of the DC job market. I have spent five years as the stay at home parent and really need to move back into support myself. Experience is as a software developer, mainly C++, database apps, Winitel architectures, 15 years used to have a clearance etc. Any advice welcome. -PJM
b_s-wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Rev. Stewart Marshall" escribió: > What I read (and I think it was on this list) is that they disable the POTS > service from the box or father back. > > It is their way of cutting back on service for that type of line etc. > > Keep a cell phone handy. The FCC is requiring (and the cell companies are > fighting) long term back ups at all Cell towers. No electricity = no phone service after only a few hours of blackout. No power = maybe no cellular service either. FCC attempted to take over the shortwave bands so nobody would have emergency communication [they failed, thank goodness]. I have a cell phone. I even use it at home. I could also use a Kaito emergency radio that charges cell phones using solar or wind-up. I also have a land line that doesn't go down when our power does. That's one of the major reasons I wouldn't consider FIOS unless the telco forced it by disconnecting all POTS service in our neighborhood. FIOS service has a short-lived battery backup. If the telco also provided an inexpensive solar charger for the backup batteries, like the PV trickle chargers that I've seen at the VW dealers, then FIOS would be a more appealing service--after they cut prices and speed up broadband. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* Checkout One Laptop Per Child project laptop.org ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
