Recent content by learnwhatican

I'm In A Hurry - Alabama

oops, read the wrong song to reply to My, My - Seven Mary Three better?

Do you really think that his piracy is driving up anyone's bill? E* sends out a signal, and it's just hanging there in the air. If he uses his inginuity to catch that signal in the air, than good for him. How about the people who are bombarbed by satellite waves who don't want to be? They...

Bad to the bone - George Thorogood

I'm really interested in energy creation, you know, alternate sources of energy. So I'm thinking Mechanical/Electrical, but I'm just now getting started, and I don't have to pick a specific field yet. I was hoping to find some sort of company already into alternate sources of energy, but there...

The first Star Wars. I have seen the entire movie in pieces, but the furthest I got in 1 sitting was where Obi Wun is sneaking or hanging off/along the side of a roundish object with two storm troopers near(i know, very descriptive)

Are there any engineers using this forum? I'm looking to go into the engineering field and I know I need to gain some experience while I'm in school. What companies should I look to for an internship? I have no idea where to start.

i do think there are people who need to be enlightened

I would suggest a new lnb, receiver, or switch. Does your 34 switch say microroyal on it? Is your switch rectangular or square shape? is the problem new, or since install? Sorry you had such problems with your system and your service today.

might be mistaken, but the 3 sat dish doesn't have the same elevation as the single sat dish. Also, your dish network lnb's would have to be legacy, and they would have no marking's on them. also, the field of vision on a 3sat dish is lower than a single sat dish I would suggest putting...

any technician's with similar experiences?

This thread is to stick up for all the technician's. I've heard many complaints from customer's about their install, about their service call, and what they deem unfair. And yes, you're right. If something wasn't doesn't right, you have the right to be upset. But to take up for the installer's...

Any technician's/installer's with similar experiences?

yes, he does use dial-up i've called him since posting this and DSL is NOW available to him, so i guess the cat-5 will be good for ethernet new question, how reliable is satellite internet. i did a job for a customer who said it was a patchy connection that went out. didn't know if it was...

Is there any advantage over wound CAT-5 wire vs. good phone wire if there are no possible uses for the line other than a basic phone connection. My father is rewiring his house and wants to use CAT-5, and I'm trying to talk him out of it as I have lots of good phone line he can use for free...