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Ok, on April 25th we will be in temporary housing for a month, between the close on our house, and when we can move into our new one. We will be living in a church rectory (don't ask! 
), and will not have a land-line, or internet access at home. While I have a treo with a data plan, it will not help my wife, who will need to have internet access to run her business for the month.
While an Verizon EVDO card seemed like the ideal situation, except that the wireless card requires a 1 or 2 year contract - so, my thought was to just purchase her a new phone that is data capable, and just add the data plan/tether capability for her until we finish the move. Then shut off the data plan.
of course, to complicate this, she is not eligible to upgrade at the discounted price until June, and we need the phone in April.
SO.... I am looking for suggestions on what phone to get her. I saw a Verizon Motorala Q on ebay for about $130. But don't know if it is capable to be tethered.
I could also get her a used Treo 650 or 700 for pretty cheap; and I am used to it (since my phone is a 700p), but am looking for suggestions on what to get - and what people recommend - particularly those who have used the phone to tether to a PC.
I am going to try to tether my treo to her PC tonight or this weekend, to see how easy it is to get it to work (I will admit that with my laptop, it is not always easy to get the connection to work).
Thoughts?
), and will not have a land-line, or internet access at home. While I have a treo with a data plan, it will not help my wife, who will need to have internet access to run her business for the month. While an Verizon EVDO card seemed like the ideal situation, except that the wireless card requires a 1 or 2 year contract - so, my thought was to just purchase her a new phone that is data capable, and just add the data plan/tether capability for her until we finish the move. Then shut off the data plan.
of course, to complicate this, she is not eligible to upgrade at the discounted price until June, and we need the phone in April.
SO.... I am looking for suggestions on what phone to get her. I saw a Verizon Motorala Q on ebay for about $130. But don't know if it is capable to be tethered.
I could also get her a used Treo 650 or 700 for pretty cheap; and I am used to it (since my phone is a 700p), but am looking for suggestions on what to get - and what people recommend - particularly those who have used the phone to tether to a PC.
I am going to try to tether my treo to her PC tonight or this weekend, to see how easy it is to get it to work (I will admit that with my laptop, it is not always easy to get the connection to work).
Thoughts?
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Ah... a 30 day trial plan. I like it.
ALSO think the hop on the neighbor's wi-fi is not a bad idea. Of course, need to get a wifi modem for my wife's PC.
Ah... a 30 day trial plan. I like it.
ALSO think the hop on the neighbor's wi-fi is not a bad idea. Of course, need to get a wifi modem for my wife's PC.
Stick a WIFI card in the computer. Lots of free acess is different places.
Free Wi-Fi in Bloomington and Normal
May 8, 2007 2:14 PM
Burwood Group will provide free wireless hotspots in uptown Normal and downtown Bloomington, Ill. The service will be provided for no charge to users until June 1, 2008.
Bloomington
Biaggi's Ristorante Italiano - 1501 N. Veterans Parkway - (309) 661-8322
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts - 201 North Veterans Parkway - 309.664.7400
Panera Bread Co. - 1401 South Veterans Parkway - 309-662-0336
Connecting Point Computers - Apple Specialist - 1306 E. Empire St. - (309) 663-5200
Sam Leman Mazda - 1604 Commerce Pkwy - 309-662-5000
Normal
The Coffee House - 114 E Beaufort
Bagelman's - 1503 E. Vernon Ave
Latte Time Coffee - 706 S Main St
Panera Bread Co. - 208 Greenbriar Drive - 309-454-8666
The Garlic Press - 108 W North St - (309) 452-8811
Fusion Brew - get ticket for access - 712 Kingsley St, Suite 900 - 309.454.9300
Destihl Rest. & Brew Works - 318n S Towanda Ave - 309 862 2337
Dairy Queen - 1528 E College - 309-454-5820
Holiday Inn Express - 1701 Parkway Plaza Dr - (309) 862-1600
Its not for once we are in Normal; its for the month we are living in an apartment without landline in Colorado, in a small town. And she can't really drag her desktop to Starbucks or Panera.
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Additional tabs provide:
OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
Domestic Satellites
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
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For the naysayers who did not think this service would make it, just added another 4.9M subscribers and that was after the removal of 1.2M Russia subscribers.
This is even better, Paramount+ revenue grew 120% and Subscription revenue grew 74% year-over-year ( 2nd quarter 2021/ 2nd quarter 2022) to $830M, principally reflecting paid subscriber growth on Paramount+.
Now compare that to Peacock with only 13 million paid, 13 million free.
This is even better, Paramount+ revenue grew 120% and Subscription revenue grew 74% year-over-year ( 2nd quarter 2021/ 2nd quarter 2022) to $830M, principally reflecting paid subscriber growth on Paramount+.
Now compare that to Peacock with only 13 million paid, 13 million free.
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So, this means that those of us with Commercial Free subs, won't be Commercial Free, unless we wait till after the show is over ?
Which would make same day, not that big of a deal.
Paramount+ has always had the CBS shows on the CBS local channel and yes with commercials. What they are doing now is releasing the OnDemand versions of the show which I believe they don't release until after the shows air on the west coast. And they will be commercial free if you subscribe to the ad free version of Paramount+.So, this means that those of us with Commercial Free subs, won't be Commercial Free, unless we wait till after the show is over ?
Which would make same day, not that big of a deal.
I wasn't up at 3:00 am to check but they are there at 8:00 am today.
The new curated multiview is now live.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. New Siri AI and hands-free control. Stunning picture and immersive HomePod surround sound. Works with your Apple and smart home devices.
www.apple.com
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
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I created this thread on the original Edgecutter Cutting Edge Forums site. It's simply a place for those to review the latest software available for those using Windows 10 and Windows 11. To date it has received 112,559 views. I have been asked by staff to continue this thread here.
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To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.
For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. 
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
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OMG to freaking funny