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Last reply Feb 8, 2019 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish Network's Charlie ergen in FCC crosshairs over wireless buildout

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Guys you might want to watch ergan's in hot water with the FCC just came up on YouTube about an hour ago on fox business over the wireless buildout and all the spectrum that Charlie is buying

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Scott Greczkowski

Feb 5, 2019

I would say it enhances dish.

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HipKat

Feb 5, 2019

Scott Greczkowski said:
I would say it enhances dish.

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I know it is. We started doing MVDDS Site Surveys today, which means test site installs are coming soon. If the technology is used to it's fullest extent that we imagine from the test builds, it'll be pretty special

Also, 5 of us in my office were picked to start training on NB-IoT

HipKat

Feb 6, 2019

Scott Greczkowski said:

Man, if I was still young, I'd be jonsing to be the guy that climbs the tower! (I used to be an Iron Worker, in a past life)

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NYDutch

Feb 6, 2019

HipKat said:
Man, if I was still young, I'd be jonsing to be the guy that climbs the tower! (I used to be an Iron Worker, in a past life)

When I was teenager, I had a summer job for couple of years changing light bulbs on radio, TV, and communications towers. That was well before modern labor laws of course. A friend with a tower installation/maintenance business tells me that today most of the towers his crews work on now have LED light sources at the base with fiber to lenses on the tower. Where's the fun in that!

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HipKat

Feb 6, 2019

NYDutch said:
When I was teenager, I had a summer job for couple of years changing light bulbs on radio, TV, and communications towers. That was well before modern labor laws of course. A friend with a tower installation/maintenance business tells me that today most of the towers his crews work on now have LED light sources at the base with fiber to lenses on the tower. Where's the fun in that!

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rvvaquero

Feb 6, 2019

HipKat said:
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My nuts tingled the whole time I was watching that video.

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HipKat

Feb 6, 2019

rvvaquero said:
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My nuts tingled the whole time I was watching that video.

I know, I had to stand up and cringe a little a few times

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eddie willers

Feb 6, 2019

HipKat said:
I know, I had to stand up and cringe a little a few times

Am I glad to hear that. I tell people my testicles ache when I look down from heights and they all look at me strange.
Glad I'm not alone.

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Cheddar_Head

Feb 7, 2019

eddie willers said:
Am I glad to hear that. I tell people my testicles ache when I look down from heights and they all look at me strange.
Glad I'm not alone.

You aren't alone, I used to be a Firefighter until I fell from about 25' on a fire. Broke 4 ribs in my back and now heights do exactly the same to me. Weird thing is not every time and I can force myself but there is a reason I am now longer a firefighter. Qualifies as PTSD for me, go figure.

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StanDarsh

Feb 7, 2019

Cheddar_Head said:
You aren't alone, I used to be a Firefighter until I fell from about 25' on a fire. Broke 4 ribs in my back and now heights do exactly the same to me. Weird thing is not every time and I can force myself but there is a reason I am now longer a firefighter. Qualifies as PTSD for me, go figure.

During training on my certification for FF, we were doing ladders...had a young guy (just had graduated HS and turned 19) who was TERRIFIED of heights..but he pushed himself to try and overcome it. We were doing a ladder steeple (I assume you know the term)..
This guy was climbing a ladder that was extended to about 52'... He made it to the top just fine...but on the way down, he got such a bad anxiety attack that he fainted briefly and let go...from 42' he fell on a concrete pad.
tib/fib through the skin, crushed heel, wrist broken, l5 hairline fracture....

We didn't steeple anymore after that...

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mdonnelly

Feb 7, 2019

My sister was training as a telephone line technician and fell off the pole. She broke her leg, but 6 months later she went back and went up the pole to finish her training.

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Cheddar_Head

Feb 7, 2019

StanDarsh said:
During training on my certification for FF, we were doing ladders...had a young guy (just had graduated HS and turned 19) who was TERRIFIED of heights..but he pushed himself to try and overcome it. We were doing a ladder steeple (I assume you know the term)..
This guy was climbing a ladder that was extended to about 52'... He made it to the top just fine...but on the way down, he got such a bad anxiety attack that he fainted briefly and let go...from 42' he fell on a concrete pad.
tib/fib through the skin, crushed heel, wrist broken, l5 hairline fracture....

We didn't steeple anymore after that...

Yeah, some of the older civilians used to use steeple training just to scare the young troops (Air Force FF here), gotta haze the kids. I always thought it was pretty stupid as you would never do a crossover like that in real life.

After falling I don't think I could even think about doing it again, and nope got the tingle just typing this.

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Bobby

Feb 7, 2019

mdonnelly said:
My sister was training as a telephone line technician and fell off the pole. She broke her leg, but 6 months later she went back and went up the pole to finish her training.

As a telephone technician I fell off a pole once from about 15 feet. I landed flat on my back and it knocked the wind out of me. There was a boy in the yard watching me, he asked if I was all right. I nodded yes because I couldn't talk. After regaining breath I got up and climbed right back up that pole even though my work was done. I belted in, laid back, took a big breath, and descended back to the ground. I was lucky....

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HipKat

Feb 7, 2019

StanDarsh said:
During training on my certification for FF, we were doing ladders...had a young guy (just had graduated HS and turned 19) who was TERRIFIED of heights..but he pushed himself to try and overcome it. We were doing a ladder steeple (I assume you know the term)..
This guy was climbing a ladder that was extended to about 52'... He made it to the top just fine...but on the way down, he got such a bad anxiety attack that he fainted briefly and let go...from 42' he fell on a concrete pad.
tib/fib through the skin, crushed heel, wrist broken, l5 hairline fracture....

We didn't steeple anymore after that...

Yikes!!

nelson61

Feb 7, 2019

Bobby said:
As a telephone technician I fell off a pole once from about 15 feet. I landed flat on my back and it knocked the wind out of me. There was a boy in the yard watching me, he asked if I was all right. I nodded yes because I couldn't talk. After regaining breath I got up and climbed right back up that pole even though my work was done. I belted in, laid back, took a big breath, and descended back to the ground. I was lucky....

I had an electric meter problem a couple years ago and called for service (the ground cable had a bad Splice).
The crew shows up with a cameraman and lady with clipboard (lots of flirting).
Up the pole the guy goes, making a big production of it.

Talked to one of the techs and he laughed and said with their bucket trucks, it is very rare to climb any more . Things were slow at the shop that morning and they decided to have some fun.

Ziptied

Feb 7, 2019

HipKat said:
I know it is. We started doing MVDDS Site Surveys today, which means test site installs are coming soon. If the technology is used to it's fullest extent that we imagine from the test builds, it'll be pretty special

Also, 5 of us in my office were picked to start training on NB-IoT

Participating in the MVDDS project as well. Cautiously optimistic for now.

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HipKat

Feb 7, 2019

Ziptied said:
Participating in the MVDDS project as well. Cautiously optimistic for now.

Biggest issues with it so far is the way it's affecting how I get routed and the holes in the process that nobody seems willing to fill-in, as far as the surveys go

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StanDarsh

Feb 8, 2019

Cheddar_Head said:
Yeah, some of the older civilians used to use steeple training just to scare the young troops (Air Force FF here), gotta haze the kids. I always thought it was pretty stupid as you would never do a crossover like that in real life.

After falling I don't think I could even think about doing it again, and nope got the tingle just typing this.

It has no practical use, that I've seen, in any sort of FF scenario. Maybe rescuing a kitty without a ladder truck? There's no way you could leg-lock and do anything besides fear the 4 people who are holding your life in their hands via the rope.

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TheForce

Supporting Founder Pub Member / Supporter

Last reply 3 minutes ago · posted in The Phone & Tablet Zone

Anyone planning to buy the iphone 17?

It's time for my wife to get a new iphone as her iphone 12 is getting weak battery life test says 70% compared to when new. But it is beginning to show signs of screen freezing as well.

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Foxbat

Aug 24, 2025

It may be the year to update my 13 to the 15.

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Foxbat

Nov 4, 2025

BTW, iOS 26.1 is now out for iPhone, along with the OS 26.1 updates for all other supported Appley iDevices.

osu1991

Nov 9, 2025

Bought a Motorola G Power 5G android phone as a spare and to use for some work stuff. Was tired of work stuff cluttering up my iPhone 16 Pro. Didn't take long to remember why I originally went to an iPhone. 4hrs doing updates to step up from Android 14 updates to Android 15 and latest updates for 15. Ads on the Play store above the app I searched for is something I don't really remember from the last android phone I had 13-14 yrs ago. Face ID on iphone has spoiled me too.

I just wanted a cheap phone mainly for work pictures or I would have got an 17 Pro and used my 16 for work stuff, but no need to spend that kind of money. I don't even have cellular service on the Motorola, just using it on WiFi and added my google voice number to it with the app.

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Foxbat

Nov 30, 2025

Apple released their 2025 Holiday video. Friendly forest fauna find forgotten phone…

There's also a behind the scenes "Making of" video, too:

Foxbat

Feb 12, 2026

Foxbat said:
BTW, iOS 26.1 is now out for iPhone, along with the OS 26.1 updates for all other supported Appley iDevices.

BTW, iOS 26.3 is now out for iPhone, along with the OS 26.3 updates for all other supported Appley iDevices.

Foxbat

Mar 10, 2026

Foxbat said:
It may be the year to update my 13 to the 15.

Apple made me an offer I couldn't refuse. For whatever reason, they bumped up the Trade-in value of my iPhone 13, first to $180, and just recently to $195. So I took the Apple Cash from Apple card savings and the $195 trade-in and have a shiny new iPhone 17 nothing. The base 256 GB is more than enough for my needs.

Now I'm on the lookout for a leather case for it…

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Foxbat

3 minutes ago

My iPhone 17 is now running iOS 27.2 (whatever happened to 27.1.x?) and it looks like all the other Apple devices that can are releasing 27.2 (looks like it came out Monday)

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iJustine

18 minutes ago · posted in iJustine

The new PROLED MacBook Pro has a Dynamic Island 😯

Time for another AWESOME video from iJustine!

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CjVbq6h2VZw

Direct YouTube Link - The new PROLED MacBook Pro has a Dynamic Island

The official iJustine Website's Website
Buy her book!

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iJustine

18 minutes ago · posted in iJustine

New PROLED MacBook Pro!

Time for another AWESOME video from iJustine!

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ux8oQzvijl4

Direct YouTube Link - New PROLED MacBook Pro!
The official iJustine Website's Website
Buy her book!

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"MysteryMan"

Pub Member / Supporter Cutting Edge

Last reply 26 minutes ago · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Windows 10/11 Download

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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EarDemon

Oct 13, 2026

If it wasn't for what I want, I wouldn't need any of this.

Do I need a collection of handheld radios, scanners and speed enforcement countermeasures? Nope, but I want them. Very little, if any of the software used to interface with these devices is available on Linux.

WhiteBeard

Oct 13, 2026

EarDemon said:
If it wasn't for what I want, I wouldn't need any of this.

Do I need a collection of handheld radios, scanners and speed enforcement countermeasures? Nope, but I want them. Very little, if any of the software used to interface with these devices is available on Linux.

To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.

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EarDemon

Oct 14, 2026

WhiteBeard said:
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.

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.

harshness

Oct 15, 2026

EarDemon said:
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.

What is so fantabulous about the Windows UI? By many accounts, it has been going downhill since Windows 7.

There are Linux desktops that offer Windows or Mac UIs, yet you don't hear much chatter about them outside of questions about when the creators might get sued.

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EarDemon

Oct 15, 2026

harshness said:
What is so fantabulous about the Windows UI?

Because it's what I prefer. I know I've said this a few times, I use Open Shell to give me the cascading start menu a la WIN 95 and NT4.0. The only reason I went from Windows Vista to 7 back in the day was because of Classic Shell. I cannot stand anything other than the OG start menu from 30+ years ago. I'm using ExplorerPatcher to give me Windows 10 UI elements of the taskbar and right click context menus.

If you could take a look at how I set up Windows 95, you'd find many similarities to how I use 11.

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EarDemon

Oct 15, 2026

I could probably use that as a starting point, but I don't like the full size icons. If you have to click on each folder that's also a no-go for me, it has to be cascading.

I used to have Peppermint Linux in a VM, that was about as close as I could get to recreating a Windows NT4.0 style of menu structure, but I could never get it to scale properly in VMWare on a 4K display and eventually gave up.

Whatever the boot up time it's fine with me. The longest part of my bootup is the HP SureStart BIOS integrity check. Once that is done, it's only a few more seconds. I haven't done this reg tweak yet since the reformat, but I switched the bootup animation to the Windows 10 style spinning circle of dots, and it's two and a half rotations. I can live with that.

harshness

Oct 16, 2026

EarDemon said:
Because it's what I prefer.

I hope you don't believe that makes it wonderful (especially when you're using workarounds for Microsoft's malfeasance).

I use LibreOffice as opposed to Microsoft office (even in Windows) because it's UI is like the Office of old, so I'm putting my money where my mouth is (in a manner of speaking). The ribbon was one of the worst ideas to come out Redmond.

HipKat

Oct 16, 2026

EarDemon said:
I could probably use that as a starting point, but I don't like the full size icons. If you have to click on each folder that's also a no-go for me, it has to be cascading.

I used to have Peppermint Linux in a VM, that was about as close as I could get to recreating a Windows NT4.0 style of menu structure, but I could never get it to scale properly in VMWare on a 4K display and eventually gave up.

Whatever the boot up time it's fine with me. The longest part of my bootup is the HP SureStart BIOS integrity check. Once that is done, it's only a few more seconds. I haven't done this reg tweak yet since the reformat, but I switched the bootup animation to the Windows 10 style spinning circle of dots, and it's two and a half rotations. I can live with that.

I used to pin the C: drive to the Win Taskbar and it would open in cascading style

"MysteryMan"

26 minutes ago

2026-10 Preview Update Builds: 26300.9818 and 26200.9818 (KB5127936) has been released. Moderate time needed for those choosing to perform a manual download/install/restart. Quality improvements only. No new operating system features.

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TWiT Tech Podcast Network

28 minutes ago · posted in TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Windows Weekly 1007

Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MT4ptWNv2E

Direct YouTube Link - Windows Weekly 1007
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed

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Scott Greczkowski

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge

Last reply 52 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Song Name Game Part 3!

Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne

Get it?

An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....

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harshness

Today at 9:54 AM

Show and Tell - Al Wilson

sdfntx

Today at 10:24 AM

On with the Show - The Rolling Stones

gms49ers

Today at 10:41 AM

The Show Must Go On - Pink Floyd

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Bobby

Today at 11:20 AM

If Love Must Go - Dobie Gray

FTA4PA

52 minutes ago

Drift Away - Dobie Gray

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Van

Last reply 57 minutes ago · posted in What's Cooking?

Whats for breakfast?

Who says dinner or lunch has to be the only good meals of the day?

Honey butter grits with scrambled eggs and grilled boneless pork ribs on flakey biscuits washed down with cranberry juice.

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dfergie

Oct 17, 2026

Dos cackleberrys over easy on top of 2 corned beef hash patties fried in skillet... Chocolate milk.

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TRG

Oct 17, 2026

Cold morning today, only 32 degrees. Fired up the oven and made cinnamon rolls (from a tube) and a pot of coffee.

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TRG

Thursday at 4:10 PM

2 egg burrito with bacon and a side of hashbrowns. Coffee.

TRG

Sunday at 1:40 PM

Breakfast Quesadillas. Grilled flour tortilla filled with scrambled eggs, hash browns, chopped green chile, cheddar & Jack cheese and bacon. Coffee.

Bobby

57 minutes ago

Taco omelette. 3 eggs, taco meat from yesterday, diced green chilis, cheddar cheese, chopped red onion, avocado, black olives, chopped tomato, La Victoria Salsa Brava.

This one was really, really good!

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Booredatwork.com

58 minutes ago · posted in BooredAtWork.COM