Recent content by f2rc

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    Customer Service

    they're the only cable company around here (detriot area) i'd want to have anything to do with, as a customer or a contractor. they're about to launch voip, too.
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    birdog satellite finder- AWESOME!

    i'm an installer and i have a birddog. i'll never go back. i stored all the major birds on it for Directv + Dishnet, and still had room for a bunch of those weird satellites, telestar 5, globecast, ect that foreign customers are always asking if i can help peak while i'm there. every...
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    Do you use Broadband or Dial-up?

    i use dsl. it's like 1200kbps but it's consistent. it doesn't go out when there's a storm because a fuse in a node blew, and it doesn't slow down at peak hours like a cable modem. (i know i know, they don't do that anymore right? :D ) I pay like 21$ a month, cable'd be 40$. it'd be much...
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    just started as an installer

    save all your receipts for your vehicle. gas, oil changes, all that. sometimes the total comes out to be more than your mileage. you can write off one or the other but not both. I save all my receipts for tools, stock, insurance, my cell phone bills, everything i use for work. my accountant...
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    121 question

    imagine you are trying to recieve signal from echostar 110, 119, and 121. For reasons of aesthetics, you can't use a superdish. you could use a dish 500 with a twin for 110/119, and another dish for the 121, and combine them with a 34. what would you use for the 121 dish? a 500 with a...