If I have to use speakerphone my Polycom is a world better than any cell phone. Headset options are infinitely better than Bluetooth options. Back in the day I preferred a wired headset if I was going to be on the phone all day; now I have a wireless Plantronics since I'm not on the phone as much. The desk phones always work and work well. I notice whenever I'm talking to someone that has VOIP or is on their cell: the worst is when there's a one second lag on the other side's VOIP handling, it really screws up the flow of conversation when both ends end up talking over each other. I guess if you're both on VOIP and have the same amount of voice lag it probably balances out, but it's really pretty much crap when one side is trying to do something "modern" that sucks.
Yes, there's ways to set things up properly, but by and large all these alternate methods end up falling short more often than not. My office phones are VOIP Poloycoms and they work great, but they're on the LAN where every detail can be configured properly.
Plus my work phone is for when I'm working. Call it for work. If I really want to or need to be reached for work things on my cell the desk phone can be set to forward calls.
I have RealCalc on my phone, but at the end of the day I still reach for my TI-86 (home) or 92 (work) on my desk. Probably because it's quicker: no need to wake it, unlock the screen, navigate to the app, launch the app, then constantly repeat the first two steps when it invariably goes to sleep before I'm really done.
I have RealCalc on my phone, but at the end of the day I still reach for my TI-86 (home) or 92 (work) on my desk. Probably because it's quicker: no need to wake it, unlock the screen, navigate to the app, launch the app, then constantly repeat the first two steps when it invariably goes to sleep before I'm really done.
No no, it's "HDTV", an upgrade! That's what happened, people wanted "HD" because it was an upgrade for their TV and thus computer displays went down to meet their expectations.
Sprint doesn't drop calls in my neck of the woods, but the data speeds are godawful slow. Meanwhile, Verizon has had LTE in the area for over a year now, although Verizon costs more.
So after tiring of doing "tedious updates" they jump at the chance for "Hey, you know what you did at Google? Do that again from the beginning for us". Talk about tedious.
You can "travel" quite a bit in the US and never leave the US, whereas a similar distance in Europe might consist of crossing the borders of many different countries. If every US state had a different cell company things might be different, but as it stands now you can go coast to coast with the same provider (including Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico).
Tablets are also good for basic diagnostic work. The last AT&T tech I saw do an install used an iPad to VPN home and run a bunch of predefined diagnostics and view the result, finish out the order and other stuff like that instead of the old paper way. No need to pull out a full laptop for no reason. Ironically the iPad was crippled by AT&T's 3G data (lack of) service.
It sounds like the school with the IT illiterate staff just went for the iPad because it was an iPad. They likely overruled or ignored warnings from the IT guy that supports them, but now that they can see the difference between it and a full laptop they're having buyer's remorse.
With 911 services the other is consolidation. In my area there used to be multiple centers with dispatchers for various agencies in diverse locations. By nature it was redundant. If one had problems the others could assist. Now there's just a single unified emergency communications center for everyone. Even if there is a backup site or plan all of the dispatchers are on duty are only at the unified center and it takes time to shift things around.
Because while things may have been well designed originally or planned including all the fancy redundancy, after years of no major issues it becomes a target of its own success: cutbacks and people saying "see, we never needed it, and look at how much money we can save". Such is the way of things.
If you personally are worried about 911 services being out then go write down the various 7 (or 10-digit if your exchange requires it) numbers for your local emergency services. 911 is not an exclusive to reach them, just the easiest. Whatever happened to the days of the list of those various numbers on the fridge? I'm not even that old and I remember my parents having the list posted just in case.
Another question would be why does an employee have an list of user email addresses stored in their account? If employees can export customer data like that who cares how many factors of authentication they add.
They know what we want, but they also know we'll pay more for what we don't want. Sure, we'll whine about it and threaten to leave, but almost everyone will just pay what they say. (Cue Fry: "shut up and take my money")
Verizon is probably the LTE leader at this point. I don't exactly live in a huge city (appx. 400k people) and Verizon turned up LTE here last October. Although I'm a Sprint user and while Sprint works fine here, the data speeds frequently leave much to be desired.
Irrelevant. The fire department became involved and that typically means you shut it all down if they say so (or they'll do it for you), even the redundant stuff that's still running. The only way around that is separate physical buildings.
Transformers sometimes fail catastrophically and without warning. Other than keeping transformers outside, such things simply fall under "shit happens". Then once the fire department gets involved you turn off all the power: your backup generators, your UPS, everything.
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If I have to use speakerphone my Polycom is a world better than any cell phone. Headset options are infinitely better than Bluetooth options. Back in the day I preferred a wired headset if I was going to be on the phone all day; now I have a wireless Plantronics since I'm not on the phone as much. The desk phones always work and work well. I notice whenever I'm talking to someone that has VOIP or is on their cell: the worst is when there's a one second lag on the other side's VOIP handling, it really screws up the flow of conversation when both ends end up talking over each other. I guess if you're both on VOIP and have the same amount of voice lag it probably balances out, but it's really pretty much crap when one side is trying to do something "modern" that sucks.
Yes, there's ways to set things up properly, but by and large all these alternate methods end up falling short more often than not. My office phones are VOIP Poloycoms and they work great, but they're on the LAN where every detail can be configured properly.
Plus my work phone is for when I'm working. Call it for work. If I really want to or need to be reached for work things on my cell the desk phone can be set to forward calls.
Although modded as funny, I had to use the hammer on a stuck hinge pin (spring type) on a rack door last week to remove the door.
If the Teamsters think your union is doing something stupid, it just might be.
I have RealCalc on my phone, but at the end of the day I still reach for my TI-86 (home) or 92 (work) on my desk. Probably because it's quicker: no need to wake it, unlock the screen, navigate to the app, launch the app, then constantly repeat the first two steps when it invariably goes to sleep before I'm really done.
Whoops, I meant TI-89 at work, not 92.
I have RealCalc on my phone, but at the end of the day I still reach for my TI-86 (home) or 92 (work) on my desk. Probably because it's quicker: no need to wake it, unlock the screen, navigate to the app, launch the app, then constantly repeat the first two steps when it invariably goes to sleep before I'm really done.
Shortscreen FHD (1920x1080) is a step downwards
No no, it's "HDTV", an upgrade! That's what happened, people wanted "HD" because it was an upgrade for their TV and thus computer displays went down to meet their expectations.
Things were going well until everything had to become "HDTV" to pander to consumers.
Sprint is also AS1239 (sprintlink) if they're counting that.
Sprint doesn't drop calls in my neck of the woods, but the data speeds are godawful slow. Meanwhile, Verizon has had LTE in the area for over a year now, although Verizon costs more.
That's why we'll have to go to gold-pressed latinum.
That's an outright lie. Your comment is bad and you should feel bad.
They actually are using data from TomTom, but apparently it isn't as easy as "just writing the app".
http://gspa21.ls.apple.com/html/attribution.html
So after tiring of doing "tedious updates" they jump at the chance for "Hey, you know what you did at Google? Do that again from the beginning for us". Talk about tedious.
How many Libraries of Congress is that?
You can "travel" quite a bit in the US and never leave the US, whereas a similar distance in Europe might consist of crossing the borders of many different countries. If every US state had a different cell company things might be different, but as it stands now you can go coast to coast with the same provider (including Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico).
Tablets are also good for basic diagnostic work. The last AT&T tech I saw do an install used an iPad to VPN home and run a bunch of predefined diagnostics and view the result, finish out the order and other stuff like that instead of the old paper way. No need to pull out a full laptop for no reason. Ironically the iPad was crippled by AT&T's 3G data (lack of) service.
It sounds like the school with the IT illiterate staff just went for the iPad because it was an iPad. They likely overruled or ignored warnings from the IT guy that supports them, but now that they can see the difference between it and a full laptop they're having buyer's remorse.
With 911 services the other is consolidation. In my area there used to be multiple centers with dispatchers for various agencies in diverse locations. By nature it was redundant. If one had problems the others could assist. Now there's just a single unified emergency communications center for everyone. Even if there is a backup site or plan all of the dispatchers are on duty are only at the unified center and it takes time to shift things around.
Next you're going to tell me that the USF fees are always used precisely for what they say they're for.
Because while things may have been well designed originally or planned including all the fancy redundancy, after years of no major issues it becomes a target of its own success: cutbacks and people saying "see, we never needed it, and look at how much money we can save". Such is the way of things.
If you personally are worried about 911 services being out then go write down the various 7 (or 10-digit if your exchange requires it) numbers for your local emergency services. 911 is not an exclusive to reach them, just the easiest. Whatever happened to the days of the list of those various numbers on the fridge? I'm not even that old and I remember my parents having the list posted just in case.
Another question would be why does an employee have an list of user email addresses stored in their account? If employees can export customer data like that who cares how many factors of authentication they add.
They know what we want, but they also know we'll pay more for what we don't want. Sure, we'll whine about it and threaten to leave, but almost everyone will just pay what they say. (Cue Fry: "shut up and take my money")
No Sprint Wimax for me though. I usually get around 300kbps down.
Verizon is probably the LTE leader at this point. I don't exactly live in a huge city (appx. 400k people) and Verizon turned up LTE here last October. Although I'm a Sprint user and while Sprint works fine here, the data speeds frequently leave much to be desired.
They (Sprint) did put together this interactive network upgrade map that's interesting.
Irrelevant. The fire department became involved and that typically means you shut it all down if they say so (or they'll do it for you), even the redundant stuff that's still running. The only way around that is separate physical buildings.
Transformers sometimes fail catastrophically and without warning. Other than keeping transformers outside, such things simply fall under "shit happens". Then once the fire department gets involved you turn off all the power: your backup generators, your UPS, everything.