We also had to walk 5 miles uphill through 2 feet of snow. Both ways.
bp
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On 1/7/2017 8:31 AM, Jaime Solorza wrote:
Who goes to school in that kind of weather? Damn..
On Jan 6, 2017 10:32 AM, "Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com
<mailto:part15...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Our science teacher in Minnesota (high school) had some pot metal
balls about the size of a hard ball. They came in two halves that
were threaded. He would fill them with water while still inside,
then when it was about -30 or so outside, we would take one up to
the football field and set one of the balls on a table in the
middle of the field. We would all then retreat to the sidelines.
Took about 15 minutes or so before the balls would explode like
little hand grenades.
bp
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On 1/6/2017 9:25 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
It was a bit warmer when I did it in Illinois.� Perhaps �20
and the droplets did make a shattering sound when they hit the
ground.�
�
*From:* Bill Prince
*Sent:* Friday, January 6, 2017 10:22 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] i am vetting windstream....
�
Colder.
At about -45 to -50 It will freeze before it hits the ground
At about -70 to -75 it will freeze shortly after hitting the air,
sometimes explode in the air.
I tried this when I experienced -55 when I lived in Minnesota.
You could spit, and the spittle would make a tinkling sound as
the frozen bits hit the ground.
�
bp
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On 1/6/2017 8:38 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
My wife was asking if it was cold enough to throw a pan of hot
water in the air and have it freeze before hitting the
ground.� We have an employee from Texas that has never seen
this.� I told her I thought it needed to be �15 or colder
for that to happen.� It has been a long time since I have done
it.�
�
*From:* Travis Johnson
*Sent:* Friday, January 6, 2017 9:32 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] i am vetting windstream....
�
-12F at my house this morning. School has been canceled here the
last two days.
Travis
On 1/6/2017 9:22 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
-7 at my house this morning.� Snappy!
�
*From:* CBB - Jay Fuller
*Sent:* Friday, January 6, 2017 9:16 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com ; memb...@wispa.org
*Subject:* [AFMUG] i am vetting windstream....
�
�
Good morning everyone.
�
I'm looking at upstream providers as the contract with my
current (not so happy) provider is nearly up.� I got an
unsolicited quote from windstream this morning that looked
pretty good for 10 gig wave.� As as we considering fiber to
the home in the near future I thought I'd give this a second
look.� Glancing through list archives and the web, I've seen
windstream has had problems delivering committed bandwidth in
the past.� I've also read they did a lot of buying and may
not have integrated very well.�
�
Recently I saw a post from Chuck Hogg explaining several WISPA
folks had gotten together with windstream folks and got a list
of tower lit locations which I think is pretty good.� We are
also looking at several options - I'm just looking at price +
value + our future needs - knowing all of this changes
dramatically every time we look at it.
�
Finally I know windstream recently purchased earthlink which a
few years ago purchased ITC Deltacom which had a pretty
extensive network in Alabama.� We may also need connectivity
in centurylink areas - so this may be a better option for us
than trying to do some kind of ATT ASE circuit - i just don't
know yet.
�
So - please - let me know your thoughts on windstream.� Is
anyone using them now and unhappy?� If so, why?
�
I'm also headed out for a few hours so i won't get a chance to
reply to your comments until later this afternoon when
Alabama's semiannual snowmagedden event begins - so we'll all
be trapped in our homes for 24-48 hours starting about 3 pm.... :)
�
Happy Friday!
�
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