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> Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL
> '98 ML320 "Max" (170,xxx mi)
>
> On 8/28/2013 1:46 PM, Fmiser wrote:
> >> Craig answered before Larry asked:
> >> >
> >> >The motor-generator set I built while we were in rural
> >> >Colorado uses a propane-fired Chevette engine. It's '78 or
> >> >'79, IIR
Wouldn't that be more of a historian? I remember that story from at
least 5-7 years ago :) No harm ment, just keeping you on your toes :)
Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL
'98 ML320 "Max" (170,xxx mi)
On 8/28/2013 1:46 PM, Fmiser wrote:
Craig answered before Larry asked:
>
>The motor-genera
> > On 8/28/2013 12:21 AM, Craig wrote:
> >
> > Which is why we never had power run into our place south of
> > Calhan, CO. They wanted $16,000 to run the lines -- and then we
> > had to pay for the electricity, too!!! :-)
> Larry wrote:
>
> How did you end up with power? or maybe you didn't M
On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:43:05 -0400 Larry T wrote:
> How did you end up with power? or maybe you didn't Maybe a generator?
> solar? (LOL)
We had,
- a small gasoline-fired generator (a Honda EM-500) for night usage
for lights and the electric valve on our propane oven.
- a large propane-fired
How did you end up with power? or maybe you didn't Maybe a generator?
solar? (LOL)
Larryt
91 300d
On 8/28/2013 12:21 AM, Craig wrote:
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:37:22 -0400 Mitch Haley wrote:
People building houses on 'off grid' property might pay a five digit
sum to have a power line run to t
That sucks. You should have asked them to give you free power for life. ;)
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Craig wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:37:22 -0400 Mitch Haley wrote:
>
> > People building houses on 'off grid' property might pay a five digit
> > sum to have a power line run to thei
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:37:22 -0400 Mitch Haley wrote:
> People building houses on 'off grid' property might pay a five digit
> sum to have a power line run to their new home, but they won't pay it
> for a phone line. The problem with having utilities run to your remote
> location is that it won't
OK Don wrote:
No
cell service, no Internet, nada. THey did have a road and electricity,
which does beg the question of why there were no POTS lines, other than $.
People building houses on 'off grid' property might pay a five digit sum to have
a power line run to their new home, but they won't
A few years ago when we were rolling out wireless connectivity across
Oklahoma, we found a couple of communities in the S.E. corner that did not
have POTS yet. They relied on CB radio to call from one ridge to the next
one, where someone would use thier POTS to make the call. I don't remember
if th
A city to me is > 250,000 in population. Someone else can answer the other
questions.
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Fmiser wrote:
> > > Craig wrote:
> > >
> > > I know of cities where there is NO cell phone reception. A POTS
> telephone
> > > is the only communication option, besides amateur
> > Craig wrote:
> >
> > I know of cities where there is NO cell phone reception. A POTS telephone
> > is the only communication option, besides amateur radio.
> Andrew wrote, I presum in reply to the above statement :
>
> Name me even one uS city without wifi.
First, define "city".
Then, what
the claim being made is that their wifi is only available through copper
line DSL and/or that it is not adequately reliable to trust for phone
service. they feel they cannot or ought not become independent from the
POTS
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
> Name me even o
Name me even one uS city without wifi.
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Gary Hurst wrote:
> a world without wifi? terrifying!
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Craig wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:05:15 -0700 Alex Chamberlain
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Aug 27, 2013 9:45 AM, "Craig" wr
a world without wifi? terrifying!
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Craig wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:05:15 -0700 Alex Chamberlain
> wrote:
>
> > On Aug 27, 2013 9:45 AM, "Craig" wrote:
> > >
> > > "land line" == copper wire from a central office to the house; it
> > > comes with or witho
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:05:15 -0700 Alex Chamberlain
wrote:
> On Aug 27, 2013 9:45 AM, "Craig" wrote:
> >
> > "land line" == copper wire from a central office to the house; it
> > comes with or without DSL.
>
> Yes, exactly. That is my only option for a wired phone line. Neither
> fiber (Veriz
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