Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-05 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 9:05 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: > Steve, did you find out additional useful tuner specs? Absolutely none. Zero. Nada. Zilch. There are none readily available for the end user. A tuner is the unwanted stepchild of the television industry, required to be in a television for

[CGUYS] CD-R/W constantly opening n' closing

2010-04-05 Thread Chris Range
I can only think of it being an electrical short circuit. Any ideas? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ **

Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-05 Thread tjpa
On Apr 5, 2010, at 8:17 PM, David D Odell wrote: Why? It's not like they have to keep refilling the line more often. Hey! Be careful. With Verizon cutting back on new construction Eric will soon be depending on management thinking annual refills are essential. ***

Re: [CGUYS] My download speed

2010-04-05 Thread b_s-wilk
Rev. Stewart Marshall escribió: Multiplier is 1.52 I'd be thrilled to pay £9.00 for month for 20Mbps broadband, even if I'd have to pay it in US dollars. Today's rate: 9.00 GBP = 13.7698 USD. I'll pay twice that at $27.54! YES! We need Orange US! That's great. The dollar has gon

Re: [CGUYS] Here I am again...in troubles.

2010-04-05 Thread Marcio
Thank you very much. You make great sense and I confirm what you said. I don´t see much need to boot into XP... Marcio -Original Message- >From: Art Clemons >Sent: Apr 5, 2010 3:36 PM >To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM >Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Here I am again...in troubles. > >> Finally

Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-05 Thread b_s-wilk
phartz...@gmail.com escribió: It was a long and arduous search that I had to undertake in order to find a digital TV that had a highly sensitive tuner. I rely upon over-the-air TV, and there is virtually no information whatsoever from any TV maker regarding tuner specifications. I really do

[CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-05 Thread David D Odell
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Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-05 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 3:01 AM, t.piwowar wrote: > Because most of us lead busy lives and we can't hang onto an issue with the > tenacity of a corporation. Corporations can hire people to lobby full time. > We have to go to work, take care of the kids, go shopping, do the laundry, > etc. etc. Thu

Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-05 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:49 AM, b_s-wilk wrote: > We did find out something to improve the over the air signal--a cheap $29 > DVD recorder with an amazing tuner from Big Lots. Better than the two > converter boxes we tried, plus DVD! With a cheap home-made antenna, > http://www.tvantennaplans.com

Re: [CGUYS] Looking for a reasonably priced Hi Speed internet service in Northern Virginia area

2010-04-05 Thread Eric S. Sande
Verizon DSL is 3mbps for $30 a month. If you're within range, that is. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** **

[CGUYS] Looking for a reasonably priced Hi Speed internet service in Northern Virginia area

2010-04-05 Thread computerguys
Hello all: I live in Fairfax County and I need something a lot better than my current internet service. I am not interested in a "bundle" I don't watch television and I have adequate phone service. Unfortunately the available isps charge hefty prices for stand alone internet service. Somet

Re: [CGUYS] My download speed

2010-04-05 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Multiplier is 1.52 Stewart At 04:00 PM 4/5/2010, you wrote: "Eric S. Sande" escribió: On the downlink. On the uplink the speed is typically 1/10 of that as the providers have found yet another excuse for charging their customers extra if they want symmetric service. Not really. Most

Re: [CGUYS] My download speed

2010-04-05 Thread b_s-wilk
"Eric S. Sande" escribió: On the downlink. On the uplink the speed is typically 1/10 of that as the providers have found yet another excuse for charging their customers extra if they want symmetric service. Not really. Most of the traffic is server to client, not vice-versa. It's a well

Re: [CGUYS] Here I am again...in troubles.

2010-04-05 Thread Art Clemons
> Finally after uninstalling the driver in Windows XP and boot in Windows 7 and > I was able to connect it to the network. It is working fine now. But I am > afraid of booting on Windows XP and messing this up. Even more afraid to > install the Linksys driver in Windows XP and this creating prob

Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-05 Thread t.piwowar
On Apr 4, 2010, at 7:51 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: If all too many of us do not feel as I indicated, then how come we, the people, continue to allow ourselves to be ripped off, decade after decade after decade? Because most of us lead busy lives and we can't hang onto an issue with the te