Short answer: No with a "but". Long answer: Yes with an "if".
Real advice: Just wire it. If you've got a basement or crawlspace come up from below. If you've got an attic, come down from above. Or hire someone to do it. Don't be penny wise and pound foolish. You're spending six figures on a home (I assume) and balking at three figures of improvements. How much are you thinking of spending on wireless and powerline stuff knowing it's a half-assed patch that won't maximize performance? Do the job right, do it once, and be happy.
Well, that works for me because I have a grandfathered Verizon account. But that's not a practical solution for most people unless all they do is surf the web and check their email.
You can have a locked box inside a locked box. Just because they can easily get into the outer layer doesn't mean they can easily get into the inner layer.
My favorite email from my tech support days was, "I can't send email."
Ok. You can't send email so you sent me an email to tell me. And it worked so, clearly, you can send email. It was always an email address they'd mangled except when it was a.vacation message reply.
For me, it's been great. I've been on a year long road trip and I kept my unlimited account to use as a backup. Turns out the internet service provided at rv parks/resorts has sucked fetid donkey balls at nearly every stop. If I hadn't kept my unlimited Verizon account, this trip would have had some really annoying stretches. Instead of being my backup, it's been my primary access most of the time and I've moved hundred of gigs during some billing periods. I'm [almost] embarrassed by the amount of data I've moved the last two billing periods because I was giving Verizon a big "F you!" in anticipation of being throttled.:) I'm about a week from closing on a house so I'll be going back to cable. With the threat of throttling hanging over my account, I was planning to switch to one of those $40-50 deals. But, since Verizon's flinched on throttling people like me, I'll keep my unlimited account as a backup for as long as they let the data flow.
On a more philosophical tangent, I don't see how people put up with metered service on cell phones these days. I've got half a dozen apps that all want to sync all my pics and video automatically. I'd be paranoid that I missed a setting on some new app and it's going to eat up a gig of data before I catch it.
Not true. You can buy your phone directly from Verizon. You have to pay full price, tho. I've seen me do it. When the S5 came out, I walked into a store (a real Verizon store, not a partner store) and explained that I wanted to make sure my unlimited data plan got transferred. Walked out 5 minutes later with unlimited data on my new phone and around $700 less dollars to my name. And I can use my old phone as a mini tablet.
The only time I've run into trouble was the last time I traveled internationally. I couldn't turn on international data on the website without picking a "valid" domestic data plan and "valid" text messaging plan. I chatted with an online rep who was able to add international data without changing my domestic plans. Also had to chat with a rep to get international data turned off when I got back. I suspect this is one of the slimy ways they're trying to push people onto metered data plans.
Verizon claims over 20% of their customers still have unlimited accounts. I think that's a load of shit for several reasons but that's what they claim.
It's not PR spin. They're not allowed to throttle LTE service for grandfathered unlimited accounts. It's part of the agreement they made with the government when they bought the 700Mhz spectrum. They were probably hoping everyone had forgotten.
I've been keeping an eye on my speed today, waiting to see the hammer come down but my connection kept chugging away. Got both 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 10 at full speed.
The man disembarked a flight and left. It appears he wasn't paying attention, was looking at his iPad, forgot something and walked back past (the security area).
If he got off a flight, he was already screened. Unless he left the airport grounds entirely and was out of view of security before returning, why did this require going Full Madagascar? The way it's described, it doesn't sound like he left the area. Just that he went out the exit, remembered something, turned around, and went the wrong way thru the exit. OMG EVERYBODY PANIC!
"Some" is actually "one". Who will demand his money back if they can't make the altitude requirement, not because of delays. Other than that, everything about the summary is accurate.
I guess I don't get the mathematics of poverty. If I'm going somewhere with a friend, I was already going there anyway and wouldn't charge them gas money. I'd only charge if I was taking them somewhere I had no intention of going and I wanted to be a dick about it.
Since there's so much confusion about the differences between RT, Phone, and desktop versions of our OS, let's just call them all by the same name. That will simplify things. Worked for Admiral General Aladeen.
Did the long route and used the basic Amazon app to install the Amazon App Store and, from there, install Instant Video. Works great on my S5 but, when I try to run Instant Video on my tablets, it tell me to install the basic Amazon app. Which is already installed. Someone screwed up some mundane detail. Hopefully it'll be fixed soon.
Better map/nav integration is at the top of my list. I loved it on the old Sony (I think the app might have been 3rd party) but the display was so dim and had so few pixels it was hard to use. I'd love a good map view on my Gear 2 or Moto 360. The only option on the Moto seems to be like the GPS units rental companies offered a decade or so back. An arrow, street name, and distance to turn.
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Short answer: No with a "but".
Long answer: Yes with an "if".
Real advice: Just wire it. If you've got a basement or crawlspace come up from below. If you've got an attic, come down from above. Or hire someone to do it. Don't be penny wise and pound foolish. You're spending six figures on a home (I assume) and balking at three figures of improvements. How much are you thinking of spending on wireless and powerline stuff knowing it's a half-assed patch that won't maximize performance? Do the job right, do it once, and be happy.
Well, that works for me because I have a grandfathered Verizon account. But that's not a practical solution for most people unless all they do is surf the web and check their email.
You can have a locked box inside a locked box. Just because they can easily get into the outer layer doesn't mean they can easily get into the inner layer.
My favorite email from my tech support days was, "I can't send email."
Ok. You can't send email so you sent me an email to tell me. And it worked so, clearly, you can send email. It was always an email address they'd mangled except when it was a .vacation message reply.
Then where will you get your internet, smart guy? DSL? Satellite?
For me, it's been great. I've been on a year long road trip and I kept my unlimited account to use as a backup. Turns out the internet service provided at rv parks/resorts has sucked fetid donkey balls at nearly every stop. If I hadn't kept my unlimited Verizon account, this trip would have had some really annoying stretches. Instead of being my backup, it's been my primary access most of the time and I've moved hundred of gigs during some billing periods. I'm [almost] embarrassed by the amount of data I've moved the last two billing periods because I was giving Verizon a big "F you!" in anticipation of being throttled. :) I'm about a week from closing on a house so I'll be going back to cable. With the threat of throttling hanging over my account, I was planning to switch to one of those $40-50 deals. But, since Verizon's flinched on throttling people like me, I'll keep my unlimited account as a backup for as long as they let the data flow.
On a more philosophical tangent, I don't see how people put up with metered service on cell phones these days. I've got half a dozen apps that all want to sync all my pics and video automatically. I'd be paranoid that I missed a setting on some new app and it's going to eat up a gig of data before I catch it.
You're 100% wrong about (b). I've seen me do it. I'm dong it right now. I can do it because I pay for it.
Not true. You can buy your phone directly from Verizon. You have to pay full price, tho. I've seen me do it. When the S5 came out, I walked into a store (a real Verizon store, not a partner store) and explained that I wanted to make sure my unlimited data plan got transferred. Walked out 5 minutes later with unlimited data on my new phone and around $700 less dollars to my name. And I can use my old phone as a mini tablet.
The only time I've run into trouble was the last time I traveled internationally. I couldn't turn on international data on the website without picking a "valid" domestic data plan and "valid" text messaging plan. I chatted with an online rep who was able to add international data without changing my domestic plans. Also had to chat with a rep to get international data turned off when I got back. I suspect this is one of the slimy ways they're trying to push people onto metered data plans.
Verizon claims over 20% of their customers still have unlimited accounts. I think that's a load of shit for several reasons but that's what they claim.
As far as I know, they only sold their A and B blocks and still have the C blocks that they bought.
It's not PR spin. They're not allowed to throttle LTE service for grandfathered unlimited accounts. It's part of the agreement they made with the government when they bought the 700Mhz spectrum. They were probably hoping everyone had forgotten.
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I've been keeping an eye on my speed today, waiting to see the hammer come down but my connection kept chugging away. Got both 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 10 at full speed.
The man disembarked a flight and left. It appears he wasn't paying attention, was looking at his iPad, forgot something and walked back past (the security area).
If he got off a flight, he was already screened. Unless he left the airport grounds entirely and was out of view of security before returning, why did this require going Full Madagascar? The way it's described, it doesn't sound like he left the area. Just that he went out the exit, remembered something, turned around, and went the wrong way thru the exit. OMG EVERYBODY PANIC!
You realize this thread is about something far smaller and lighter than a 350QX, right?
The trouble with little multi-rotors is that the slightest breeze sends them sailing. They're fun to fly indoors but not very useful outside.
That wasn't duck.
"Some" is actually "one". Who will demand his money back if they can't make the altitude requirement, not because of delays. Other than that, everything about the summary is accurate.
I guess I don't get the mathematics of poverty. If I'm going somewhere with a friend, I was already going there anyway and wouldn't charge them gas money. I'd only charge if I was taking them somewhere I had no intention of going and I wanted to be a dick about it.
I no math talkin' guy but I'm pretty sure yours doesn't add up. :)
If you're paid $5 to do something that costs you $6, you didn't come out $2 ahead.
They'd probably sue themselves for licensing fees.
Since there's so much confusion about the differences between RT, Phone, and desktop versions of our OS, let's just call them all by the same name. That will simplify things. Worked for Admiral General Aladeen.
Did the long route and used the basic Amazon app to install the Amazon App Store and, from there, install Instant Video. Works great on my S5 but, when I try to run Instant Video on my tablets, it tell me to install the basic Amazon app. Which is already installed. Someone screwed up some mundane detail. Hopefully it'll be fixed soon.
Not compatible with my Nexus 10, Tab S 10.5, or S5. Hopefully that list will get updated soon.
Glad Amazon finally pulled their collective head out. Like I was going to buy their tablet just for that one function.
Oh, and video chat.
Better map/nav integration is at the top of my list. I loved it on the old Sony (I think the app might have been 3rd party) but the display was so dim and had so few pixels it was hard to use. I'd love a good map view on my Gear 2 or Moto 360. The only option on the Moto seems to be like the GPS units rental companies offered a decade or so back. An arrow, street name, and distance to turn.
Is this a big IT project that actually worked? Where's my fainting couch???