This isn't about reading your mail. This is to crack all the VPNs from retail stores so they can track what you buy. They then sell this to marketers to help pay off the US debt. If that doesn't pull in enough money, then they just start grabbing credit card numbers.
The last two data centers (Clearwire) I built out were DC. The only AC in the cage was for a video monitor and for the tech's wifi router. Very standard stuff, the telcos have always done it that way. Any bit of Cisco/Juniper/whatever kits can be ordered with DC power supplies. I see DC plants as more the standard now. And yes, the are still built using waxed string.
If Bill Gates, or any of the other seven billionaires in the area. could get a $70M traffic ticket, they would never be able to drive anywhere. Pull him over for one rolling stop and you've made you entire Medina police department's budget for the next decade.
And that's why I'll never be outsourced. I'm a field "engineer" taking care of all those retail shops, big box stores, and gas stations. I've signed up with several national "truck roll" companies and they keep me quite busy. Lots of in-state travel and something different everyday. 2-4 jobs a day. Yesterday was fixing fiber at a Lowe's, bringing up a router at a mall jewelers, installing a small office VoIP system, and then replacing a POS terminal at a juice store. Tomorrow is hanging an IP connected TV at a Social Security office and then doing PM and site surveys on VoIP systems at potato packing plants on the dry-side.
I can live anywhere I want since this work is everywhere. Which means I can live in a small native fishing village on Puget Sound. Anyway, I just couldn't handle the office day in and out anymore. I love getting out and seeing places and meeting people.
Cry me a river. When I was growing up mobile telephones had rotary dials and vacuum tube finals. Calls were about $1.25 a minute ($6 in today's money.) There were 1-3 channels per city and you had to wait your turn. There was no encryption, anyone could listen in. You didn't own your phone, the phone company did, and they installed it in your car.
You can have that. There are developer kits that you can glom together to make them. But it will be the size of a lunchbox, and be engineered just to your specifications. I suggest that you look to ham radio to to start your development.
Remember, if you wanted all that capability ten-ish years ago you would have something the size of, and the cost of, a news van.
No, I haven't had too. I hope you just had a fluke.
Anyway, I know where they live (Factoria) and I have industry peers that I can contact if it gets too bad. (I use to work for Clearwire network engineering.)
I'm kinda in a sweet spot with them. I have a 3G android phone and my plan is 2GB at 4G speeds then unlimited at 3G speeds. So from my point-of-view I have unlimited data. And like I said, the tethering and UMA are real deal makers for me.
By service on T-Mobile do you mean customer service? If that's the case, then I have to strongly disagree. I have never had better customer service from any mobile carrier, period. They even let me kill a line eight months early without penalty because I've been a loyal customer. Everytime I've called I never have to wait on hold and I get someone that speaks in my local (Pacific Northwest) dialect.
Coverage? Kinda sucky if you're out in the sticks, but they have full UMA support which offsets this a bit (and saves me at home.)
They don't mind me tethering, USB or WiFi. I didn't even have to load an app, it came with their phone. My home "POTS" line is from them, a little WiFi router that takes a SIM card and pumps out dialtone, $15/month unlimited local/LD.
A cheer went up in this house when the AT&T deal fell through.
Not to worry, I can get going on about my truck too. '89 Ranger V6, beat to hell, 400k miles. Still strong as an ox. It's retired now to hauling fire wood and dump runs, but it was my commuter for many years, replaced by a '93 Saturn SL1 that gets mid 30s mpg.
Back in the late '90s that's how we worked at ISPs. If we notices weird traffic on an account or were getting spam complaints, we'd call up the customer. If we couldn't get a hold of them we would disable the account until they called. Some kid pumping out Make Money Fast emails, we'd call mom and have a chat.
Then all the local ISPs got bought up by telco and cable companies. The price didn't go down, just the service.
I'm glad I'm still on one of the last local Mom&Pop ISPs in the area, when I call support I get a guy that actually has enable to the routers. It costs about $15/month more but I'm willing to pay for the service I get.
Yeah, because the goal is to make money by selling stuff. Ya know, so the bank will cash your paycheck. Don't like it, then go work for a not-for-profit or start your own firm where sales aren't important (and see how long you last.)
MAYBE 100w. Maybe. And that's the ground station. I'm thinking the surplus stuff I've seen from the FAA for VHF band was more in the 20-60w range. You don't need much when everything is line-of-site.
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Here you go Bruce:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-frequency_signaling
I used short 50ms bursts of the digits 7 and 3 for the "roger" beep on our local ham 2m repeater. A lot of the old bellheads got a kick from that.
What if the US or UK (or any other country for that matter) issued digital cash?
I think Greece is thanking you right now.
That's why I take my wallet out of my ass pocket when I sit. And I have a fat ass.
Is there still time to sign-up for the Orphans in the Sky ship? I think now might be a good time to leave the planet.
Good advice. Reminds me of my path from broadcast engineer to computer/network guy back in the late 80s.
This isn't about reading your mail. This is to crack all the VPNs from retail stores so they can track what you buy. They then sell this to marketers to help pay off the US debt. If that doesn't pull in enough money, then they just start grabbing credit card numbers.
The last two data centers (Clearwire) I built out were DC. The only AC in the cage was for a video monitor and for the tech's wifi router. Very standard stuff, the telcos have always done it that way. Any bit of Cisco/Juniper/whatever kits can be ordered with DC power supplies. I see DC plants as more the standard now. And yes, the are still built using waxed string.
Even Power over Ethernet has it roots in telco -48VDC power. All the WAPs and fiber converters at a Lowe's are powered by a Valare DC power supply ( http://www.power-solutions.com/dc-power-systems/eltek-valere.php ).
One nice thing about DC plants are the power cables are cut to length so you don't have all that extra line cord to bundle and hide.
If Bill Gates, or any of the other seven billionaires in the area. could get a $70M traffic ticket, they would never be able to drive anywhere. Pull him over for one rolling stop and you've made you entire Medina police department's budget for the next decade.
Can I take my DVD to $BIGBOX and pay them just upload it to a torrent so I can download it later?
Ya know, I might just pay them to seed it for me and save my bandwidth.
And that's why I'll never be outsourced. I'm a field "engineer" taking care of all those retail shops, big box stores, and gas stations. I've signed up with several national "truck roll" companies and they keep me quite busy. Lots of in-state travel and something different everyday. 2-4 jobs a day. Yesterday was fixing fiber at a Lowe's, bringing up a router at a mall jewelers, installing a small office VoIP system, and then replacing a POS terminal at a juice store. Tomorrow is hanging an IP connected TV at a Social Security office and then doing PM and site surveys on VoIP systems at potato packing plants on the dry-side.
I can live anywhere I want since this work is everywhere. Which means I can live in a small native fishing village on Puget Sound. Anyway, I just couldn't handle the office day in and out anymore. I love getting out and seeing places and meeting people.
Cry me a river. When I was growing up mobile telephones had rotary dials and vacuum tube finals. Calls were about $1.25 a minute ($6 in today's money.) There were 1-3 channels per city and you had to wait your turn. There was no encryption, anyone could listen in. You didn't own your phone, the phone company did, and they installed it in your car.
http://www.wb6nvh.com/MTSfiles/Carphone5.htm
Lawn.
Mod this back up. This adds to the conversation.
This had to bring a smile to Bruce's face.
You can have that. There are developer kits that you can glom together to make them. But it will be the size of a lunchbox, and be engineered just to your specifications. I suggest that you look to ham radio to to start your development.
Remember, if you wanted all that capability ten-ish years ago you would have something the size of, and the cost of, a news van.
see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_news_gathering
Back in my day we called it HiFi.
Thank you. It is nice to read a post with clarity.
No, I haven't had too. I hope you just had a fluke.
Anyway, I know where they live (Factoria) and I have industry peers that I can contact if it gets too bad. (I use to work for Clearwire network engineering.)
I'm kinda in a sweet spot with them. I have a 3G android phone and my plan is 2GB at 4G speeds then unlimited at 3G speeds. So from my point-of-view I have unlimited data. And like I said, the tethering and UMA are real deal makers for me.
By service on T-Mobile do you mean customer service? If that's the case, then I have to strongly disagree. I have never had better customer service from any mobile carrier, period. They even let me kill a line eight months early without penalty because I've been a loyal customer. Everytime I've called I never have to wait on hold and I get someone that speaks in my local (Pacific Northwest) dialect.
Coverage? Kinda sucky if you're out in the sticks, but they have full UMA support which offsets this a bit (and saves me at home.)
They don't mind me tethering, USB or WiFi. I didn't even have to load an app, it came with their phone. My home "POTS" line is from them, a little WiFi router that takes a SIM card and pumps out dialtone, $15/month unlimited local/LD.
A cheer went up in this house when the AT&T deal fell through.
Is that how he got ASN 1?
Not to worry, I can get going on about my truck too. '89 Ranger V6, beat to hell, 400k miles. Still strong as an ox. It's retired now to hauling fire wood and dump runs, but it was my commuter for many years, replaced by a '93 Saturn SL1 that gets mid 30s mpg.
Back in the late '90s that's how we worked at ISPs. If we notices weird traffic on an account or were getting spam complaints, we'd call up the customer. If we couldn't get a hold of them we would disable the account until they called. Some kid pumping out Make Money Fast emails, we'd call mom and have a chat.
Then all the local ISPs got bought up by telco and cable companies. The price didn't go down, just the service.
I'm glad I'm still on one of the last local Mom&Pop ISPs in the area, when I call support I get a guy that actually has enable to the routers. It costs about $15/month more but I'm willing to pay for the service I get.
You can put it back in and zip up now. :)
Remove ships out of the equation entirely. I don't quite see what they could contribute.
But what about the plot devices?
Yeah, because the goal is to make money by selling stuff. Ya know, so the bank will cash your paycheck. Don't like it, then go work for a not-for-profit or start your own firm where sales aren't important (and see how long you last.)
... zillion watt air band voice transmitters...
MAYBE 100w. Maybe. And that's the ground station. I'm thinking the surplus stuff I've seen from the FAA for VHF band was more in the 20-60w range. You don't need much when everything is line-of-site.