CECAA850 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 i live on acreage without cable or fiber (but i i do have telephone copper terminated at the house). Primary internet is RF based, and my backup is 4G/LTE tethering to my phone. I understand the need, just not the chosen solution. He's probably had that as a back up for quite some time, before there were as many alternate choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 i live on acreage without cable or fiber (but i i do have telephone copper terminated at the house). Primary internet is RF based, and my backup is 4G/LTE tethering to my phone. I understand the need, just not the chosen solution. He's probably had that as a back up for quite some time, before there were as many alternate choices. understood. and i recognize that i'm being a bit of a generational snob ...just struck me as odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Next you'll be raggin on bag phones....................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Next you'll be raggin on bag phones....................... sigh. *facepalm* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Next you'll be raggin on bag phones....................... sigh. *facepalm* True story. I kept mine till my service went all digital and it wouldn't work anymore! I loved that thing. Most hand helds at the time were about .6 watts. The bagger was 3 watts, I always had service when no one else did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEC Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 i live on acreage without cable or fiber (but i i do have telephone copper terminated at the house). Primary internet is RF based, and my backup is 4G/LTE tethering to my phone. I understand the need, just not the chosen solution. He's probably had that as a back up for quite some time, before there were as many alternate choices. As a matter of fact, where I live dial-up is still the only thing for lots of folks. Just happened that a few years ago, they managed to stretch DSL at only 1 Mbit to where I am. The next house down the road is too far away to get DSL and there are lots more of them on down the road with nothing but dialup. I guess there is the Direct TV internet service. I tried that many years ago and found it to be barely usable then. Could be better now. Back when I was using that, you had to have a dial-up connection to do the upload part. No cable available anywhere close to me. I can tether my iPhone now for a back-up, but that just barely works here because of the low cell phone signal. So, I will probably sign up for another dial-up service as a dependable back-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 well damnit Bob, stop living on the outskirts of humanity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 well damnit Bob, stop living on the outskirts of humanity. But that is where you want to be for the zombie apocalypse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 well damnit Bob, stop living on the outskirts of humanity. But that is where you want to be for the zombie apocalypse. Only if your prepared, which I am sure Bob is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 well damnit Bob, stop living on the outskirts of humanity. But that is where you want to be for the zombie apocalypse. It's where I was planning on going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Dean, me too. Hope to see you there before the zombie apocalypse, though. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 well damnit Bob, stop living on the outskirts of humanity. But that is where you want to be for the zombie apocalypse. It's where I was planning on going! As a zombie or a living human being? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joessportster Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 heres a thought bob, call the phone company and tell them your daughter is thinking about changing her phone number and ask about the service which states the number was changed / disconnected, i know i have spoke with a phone company in th past and the service was only active for X days then the phone number re-assigned maybe they will narrow it down for you without knowing they did joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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