Re: [CGUYS] My download speed

2010-04-05 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting Eric S. Sande esa...@verizon.net: Betty and Stewart will be waiting for Pedro, Jorge, and their amigos to come along and dig up their neighborhoods. Cheap shot. Well below your usual standard, Reid. Many don't actually buy it, in fact, even if it's available. Hey. I just used

Re: [CGUYS] My download speed

2010-04-05 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting Eric S. Sande esa...@verizon.net: Face it, the average VZ union employee is very extremely well paid for professional services. That would include the guy/gal who actually does the hookup. Sorry, Reid, I just objected to the tone, I guess. No tone was intended. All I was saying is

Re: [CGUYS] My download speed

2010-04-05 Thread t.piwowar
On Apr 4, 2010, at 9:29 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote: My analysis is based on what I see of usage patterns. FiOS isn't targeted toward businesses yet. It's a consumer package. It's unmetered because people respond badly to metering. But it is upstream bandwidth limited. We never intended for

Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-05 Thread t.piwowar
On Apr 4, 2010, at 7:51 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: If all too many of us do not feel as I indicated, then how come we, the people, continue to allow ourselves to be ripped off, decade after decade after decade? Because most of us lead busy lives and we can't hang onto an issue with the

Re: [CGUYS] Here I am again...in troubles.

2010-04-05 Thread Art Clemons
Finally after uninstalling the driver in Windows XP and boot in Windows 7 and I was able to connect it to the network. It is working fine now. But I am afraid of booting on Windows XP and messing this up. Even more afraid to install the Linksys driver in Windows XP and this creating

Re: [CGUYS] My download speed

2010-04-05 Thread b_s-wilk
Eric S. Sande esa...@verizon.net escribió: On the downlink. On the uplink the speed is typically 1/10 of that as the providers have found yet another excuse for charging their customers extra if they want symmetric service. Not really. Most of the traffic is server to client, not

Re: [CGUYS] My download speed

2010-04-05 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Multiplier is 1.52 Stewart At 04:00 PM 4/5/2010, you wrote: Eric S. Sande esa...@verizon.net escribió: On the downlink. On the uplink the speed is typically 1/10 of that as the providers have found yet another excuse for charging their customers extra if they want symmetric service.

[CGUYS] Looking for a reasonably priced Hi Speed internet service in Northern Virginia area

2010-04-05 Thread computerguys
Hello all: I live in Fairfax County and I need something a lot better than my current internet service. I am not interested in a bundle I don't watch television and I have adequate phone service. Unfortunately the available isps charge hefty prices for stand alone internet service.

Re: [CGUYS] Looking for a reasonably priced Hi Speed internet service in Northern Virginia area

2010-04-05 Thread Eric S. Sande
Verizon DSL is 3mbps for $30 a month. If you're within range, that is. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ **

Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-05 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:49 AM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: We did find out something to improve the over the air signal--a cheap $29 DVD recorder with an amazing tuner from Big Lots. Better than the two converter boxes we tried, plus DVD! With a cheap home-made antenna,

Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-05 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 3:01 AM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: Because most of us lead busy lives and we can't hang onto an issue with the tenacity of a corporation. Corporations can hire people to lobby full time. We have to go to work, take care of the kids, go shopping, do the laundry,

[CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-05 Thread David D Odell
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Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-05 Thread b_s-wilk
phartz...@gmail.com escribió: It was a long and arduous search that I had to undertake in order to find a digital TV that had a highly sensitive tuner. I rely upon over-the-air TV, and there is virtually no information whatsoever from any TV maker regarding tuner specifications. I really do

Re: [CGUYS] Here I am again...in troubles.

2010-04-05 Thread Marcio
Thank you very much. You make great sense and I confirm what you said. I don´t see much need to boot into XP... Marcio -Original Message- From: Art Clemons artclem...@aol.com Sent: Apr 5, 2010 3:36 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Here I am again...in

Re: [CGUYS] My download speed

2010-04-05 Thread b_s-wilk
Rev. Stewart Marshall escribió: Multiplier is 1.52 I'd be thrilled to pay £9.00 for month for 20Mbps broadband, even if I'd have to pay it in US dollars. Today's rate: 9.00 GBP = 13.7698 USD. I'll pay twice that at $27.54! YES! We need Orange US! That's great. The dollar has

Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-05 Thread tjpa
On Apr 5, 2010, at 8:17 PM, David D Odell wrote: Why? It's not like they have to keep refilling the line more often. Hey! Be careful. With Verizon cutting back on new construction Eric will soon be depending on management thinking annual refills are essential.

[CGUYS] CD-R/W constantly opening n' closing

2010-04-05 Thread Chris Range
I can only think of it being an electrical short circuit. Any ideas? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ **

Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-05 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 9:05 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: Steve, did you find out additional useful tuner specs? Absolutely none. Zero. Nada. Zilch. There are none readily available for the end user. A tuner is the unwanted stepchild of the television industry, required to be in