Re: Fairpoint files for Chapter 11

2009-10-27 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Gerry Hull wrote: > Do you guys know that Fairpoint does not offer an SLA on > Business DSL? Not in NH, Not ever. Can you imagine that? I'm honestly more surprised by the alternative. I've rarely seen a mass market high-speed Internet connection (DSL, cable, et

Re: Fairpoint files for Chapter 11

2009-10-27 Thread Gerry Hull
Do you guys know that Fairpoint does not offer an SLA on Business DSL? Not in NH, Not ever. Can you imagine that? My local ISP has been (temporarily) buying a bunch of DSL from Fairpoint. When a (large) number of DSL lines went down, FairPoint could not find the customer data on the ISP!!! After

Re: Thank You

2009-10-27 Thread Alan Johnson
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) < g...@freephile.com> wrote: > Dear Anonymous Donor, > > Thanks for your generous contribution to the spectacular GNLUG 15th > anniversary celebration. > > We had a great time and raised many frosty mugs at Milly's. There > were at least

Re: Fairpoint files for Chapter 11

2009-10-27 Thread Alan Johnson
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Dan Miller wrote: > It would be a win-win for Verizon. No cost of rolling out fiber for a > year, receive thousands of dollars from a sell-buy of landlines in New > England. And don't forget more customers. > Verizon sold their copper to get away from a toxic ass

Re: Fairpoint files for Chapter 11

2009-10-27 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Ben Scott wrote: >  Verizon doesn't want the lines they still own in the Eastern half of > Massachusetts. s/Eastern/Western/ -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/

Re: Fairpoint files for Chapter 11

2009-10-27 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Dan Miller wrote: > It would be a win-win for Verizon. Verizon doesn't want the lines they still own in the Eastern half of Massachusetts. Verizon wants high population density metro areas only. VZ would prolly try to sell them off, except the Mass PUC isn't t

Thank You

2009-10-27 Thread Greg Rundlett (freephile)
Dear Anonymous Donor, Thanks for your generous contribution to the spectacular GNLUG 15th anniversary celebration. We had a great time and raised many frosty mugs at Milly's. There were at least 20 people who turned up from far and wide. It was really nice. p.s. Alan, sorry about that splash o

Re: Fairpoint files for Chapter 11

2009-10-27 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
> My personal opinion is this would be a good time for Verizon to come > in and buy back the lines. They will get it cheaper than what they > sold it for. Verizon would not want the lines back if you gave them to Verizon. Verizon does not want the rural land-line business. They have been selling

Re: Fairpoint files for Chapter 11

2009-10-27 Thread Thomas Charron
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Dan Miller wrote: > Needless to say, I am not surprised: > > http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091027/NEWS01/910279998/-1/OPINION01 > > My personal opinion is this would be a good time for Verizon to come in > and buy ba

Fairpoint files for Chapter 11

2009-10-27 Thread Dan Miller
Needless to say, I am not surprised: http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091027/NEWS01/910279998/-1/OPINION01 My personal opinion is this would be a good time for Verizon to come in and buy back the lines. They will get it cheaper than what they sold it for. It would be

Re: ldap info sought

2009-10-27 Thread Bill McGonigle
On 10/23/2009 10:50 AM, Neil Schelly wrote: > http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Deploying-Directory-Architecture-Development/dp/1578700701 Wow, many under a buck in the used section. I splurged a quarter more for one from MA, under $5 shipped. Thanks for the recommendation. -Bill -- Bill Mc

[GNHLUG] [DLSLUG-Announce] November 5th Keysigning Pre-Announcement/RSVP Request

2009-10-27 Thread Bill McGonigle
Hi, folks, The tentative schedule for the November 5th DLSLUG meeting is a keysigning party, both GPG and the CACert Web of Trust. The NH/VT area is sparse with WoT notaries, but I have some who are willing to make long drives if we have enough interest (which ought to also remedy the shortfall).

Re: Linux Android Phone coming to Verizon

2009-10-27 Thread Gerry Hull
Part of what we do at work involves the mobile development space. What I'm going to like the Android is the common development platform. If you are coding a Java app for a Blackberry -- is it for the Curve, Storm, Bold, etc,etc CDMA or GSM? You have to have all the phones and plans and code spe

Re: Linux Android Phone coming to Verizon

2009-10-27 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
Joshua, First of all, let me say it was good to see you again last night at the "15th Anniversary of GNHLUG". Secondly, what you say is true about the signed images. The only way you could get an unlocked, unsigned G1 was to join the Google Developer's program ($25.) and then you could buy *one*

Re: Linux Android Phone coming to Verizon

2009-10-27 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Bill Ricker writes: > > The Nokia N900 is a combo upgrade from the N97 smartphone and the > N700/800/810 Linux wifi tablet. Ah, yes--I forgot to mention that one :) > Due on T-Mobile and AT&T soon i hear. It should be harder to lock > down ... and all the apps built for N700/800/810 should be >

Re: Reverse pointer axes?

2009-10-27 Thread Tom Buskey
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > Hey, all. I've got a daughter in college -- she's up in Burlington, VT. > I've also got a daughter who's not yet in kindergarten. Needless to say, > a three-hour car trip with a young 'un can be fairly long (and then back > again). Our m