[Scottish] 2 way pagers

2004-11-15 Thread Daragh Mc Grath
Hi Guys, A pal of mine in Glasgow is looking at getting a two way pager, more for personal use than IT usage, but that's by the by! Who are the providers over there and what sort of costs are involved? Any stores / websites you could point me toward? -- Regards, Daragh Mc Grath

[Scottish] Router and network question

2004-11-15 Thread Magnus Lawrie
hi, I want to set up a home network with both wires and wireless. I got hold of a few bits of kit: a D-Link modem; wireless router; wireless AP. Unfortunately the wireless router doesn't appear to work. So I am trying to figure out my best option. I am considering these: 1. get the wireless

Re: [Scottish] 2 way pagers

2004-11-15 Thread gordonjcp
Hi Guys, A pal of mine in Glasgow is looking at getting a two way pager, more for personal use than IT usage, but that's by the by! Who are the providers over there and what sort of costs are involved? Any stores / websites you could point me toward? -- Regards, Daragh Mc Grath

Re: [Scottish] 2 way pagers

2004-11-15 Thread Chris Binnie
It's true about pagers becoming almost entirely outdated. We have a pager that our Duty Engineer has used when really poor mobile reception was expected. In the last couple of months we've received notice that the service is being discontinued as it's no longer economically viable due to the

Re: [Scottish] 2 way pagers

2004-11-15 Thread Andrew Back
Not sure what application mandates use of a two way pager over a GSM SMS/GPRS based solution. But if you want something that is not GSM based then the only alternative I know of in the UK is the 'Mobitex' based network operated by Transcomm (unless you can afford an Inmarsat terminal or are a

Re: [Scottish] Router and network question

2004-11-15 Thread Willie Fleming
On Monday 15 November 2004 14:29, Magnus Lawrie wrote: hi, I want to set up a home network with both wires and wireless. I got hold of a few bits of kit: a D-Link modem; wireless router; wireless AP. Unfortunately the wireless router doesn't appear to work. So I am trying to figure out my

Re: [Scottish] 2 way pagers

2004-11-15 Thread Kyle Gordon
On Monday 15 November 2004 12:16, Daragh Mc Grath wrote: Hi Guys, A pal of mine in Glasgow is looking at getting a two way pager, more for personal use than IT usage, but that's by the by! Who are the providers over there and what sort of costs are involved? Any stores / websites you could

[Scottish] Patrik Harvie's Open Source motioon in Holyrood

2004-11-15 Thread Willie Fleming
Can I just remind folks to contact their MSPs to urge support for the motion Patrick Harvie has raised? S2M-1921 Patrick Harvie: Open Source and Free Software-That the Parliament welcomes the findings of the Office of Government Commerce's report following proof-of-concept trials of Open

Re: [Scottish] Patrik Harvie's Open Source motioon in Holyrood

2004-11-15 Thread Alan
http://www.faxyourmp.com . very useful for contacing your local mp Willie Fleming wrote: Can I just remind folks to contact their MSPs to urge support for the motion Patrick Harvie has raised? S2M-1921 Patrick Harvie: Open Source and Free Software-That the Parliament welcomes the findings of

Re: [Scottish] 2 way pagers

2004-11-15 Thread Craig Perry
Hi, I'd better admit a vested interest before i write a reply - i work for tmobile, but i'll try not to favour any particular network unfairly. The blackberry's are good (read: above average) little devices, batteries last a good wee while, pretty solid (i've dropped mine loads of times with

[Scottish] Home network setup

2004-11-15 Thread RLBarbour
I have two machines currently on peer to peer ms networking. The one in the house has access to the phone line and the one in the shed has the printer attached. I have just acquired SUSE 9.1 personal and need to dump windows (in stages?). So far all I've done is get 9.1 running on a new HD in