We are using Plume Mesh, $9.95 for base unit, $4.95 for additional Mesh units.
WE love them. WiFI issues have disappeared.
Gino Villarini
Founder/President
@gvillarini
t: 787.273.4143 Ext. 204
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Slack won’t resend a message if I’m out of service or in weak cell service.
Google will keep trying.
For me that was a deal killer.
> On Dec 2, 2020, at 2:38 AM, Timothy Steele wrote:
>
>
> I switched from Slack to Google Chat soon as Google did the change over to
> the new system
> Keeps
Now that is very funny!!
Thank you,
Brian Webster
www.wirelessmapping.com
From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Robert
Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2020 9:59 PM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: the story just got weird
Hope you can see this...
On 12/1/2
From the NYT:
Who goes
first?
A panel of scientific
advisers yesterday released its initial guidelines for who
should receive the first coronavirus vaccines —
recommenda
I've started seeing more Semi Trucks with an LED Light bar mounted
center on the front bumper. I guess it make sense when you're driving
across the Nebraska flatlands in the middle of the night, but not on the
city expressway.
On 12/1/2020 10:10 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
i have to pull over when
We install those on public safety vehicles. There is definitely a big dick
complex with these guys and how many lights they can shove on something.
This is the first I have heard about installing a light sensor for the
LED's which would seem to be a great idea. I am not aware that any
manufacturer
I like this product, couldn't justify the monthly minimum that they were
asking though. Many times what the Calix service is costing me.
On Wednesday, December 2, 2020, Gino A. Villarini wrote:
> We are using Plume Mesh, $9.95 for base unit, $4.95 for additional Mesh
> units. WE love them. WiF
I keep hearing conflicting info here. Some say it's cheaper than Calix,
some say it's more expensive. I guess I need to reach out and figure out
the cost for myself.
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 10:52 AM Jason McKemie <
j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote:
> I like this product, couldn't justify
New word for me today. It was in a comic strip and had to look it up.
Nescient
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That's a new one for me. I have to say I was.
I was also nescient about a word I saw yesterday, also in a comic
strip. Pulchritudinous. I was nescient about Pulchritudinous.
It's a beautiful thing.
bp
On 12/2/2020 8:05 AM, Chuck McCown via
AF wrote:
I have been using pulchritude for years. When I was a kid I was watching an
old WC Fields movie and he referred to a girl as the epitome of feminine
pulchritudity. Had to look it up out of curiosity.
From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince
Sent: Wednesday, Decembe
I think their choice is flawed, a huge percentage of "first responders" are
already immune from having had it already, I hope they have the intellect
to antibody/b cell test first.
I dont understand why they dont target the populations where the disease is
most predominate first. When my house I'd
I'm seeing the new Google Chat and Slack suck for me.
I was perfectly happy with Hangouts - that was as perfect as I can expect.
Josh Luthman
24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
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Troy, OH 45373
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 6:11 AM Matt Hoppes <
mattli...@riverval
I don't have a lot of faith in Google's messaging services for at least several
years. Whatever they're going to now has to die off before they'll finally be
unified *AND* not suck.
-
Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
Midwest Internet Exchange
The Brothers WISP
Anyone have a favorite app?? (android or iPhone) for putting in the LAT/LONG
of all the towers, so that the newbies have a general direction to a tower from
their location.
Looking to import (or type them) in all the towers..
Thanks!
Paul McCall, President
Florida Broadband / PDMNet
658 Old D
Used to be the big dick people were satisfied with an air horn kit. Apparently
it has escalated to blinging lights. And of course roo bars. To mount more
lights on. And for when the drivers you blinded crash into you.
From: AF On Behalf Of Lewis Bergman
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020
It is kind of neat the Gmail app has the chat/rooms built into it.
Notifications were of course broken out of the box but in time that really
should get resolved for new phones (I fixed it after our company migrated
to it last week).
Josh Luthman
24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1
Google Earth
From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Paul McCall
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 10:07 AM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: [AFMUG] Favorite AP for tower locating for techs
Anyone have a favorite app?? (android or iPhone) for putting in the
LAT
I hated that in EMS. Those people who had to switch between every siren and
lay on the air horn the whole ride. Those are the same ones with embedded
lightbars in their personal vehicles that thought that meant they could
blow stop lights and pull people over.
I cant imagine how irritated I'd be no
Fyi, openfire with trillian has been great.
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020, 11:11 AM Josh Luthman
wrote:
> It is kind of neat the Gmail app has the chat/rooms built into it.
> Notifications were of course broken out of the box but in time that really
> should get resolved for new phones (I fixed it after o
They're not going to listen to you Steve. Since most states don't
track the incidence of covid in healthcare workers, the actual
number is probably known.
That said, the ones who have had it, probably know about it, so
may defer on getting vaccinated.
Best
Once upon a time, I was an EMT with a small volunteer fire department.
Sometimes I drove, sometimes I was in the back. I don’t ever recall using the
siren other than to train new volunteers as to where the button was.
From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Steve Jones
Sent
I like the big lights because we live in a rural mountainous
area, and deer are a big threat, especially in the August-December
time frame. That said, I was only being sarcastic about the
intensity of my lights and bambi mode. Because we get fog a lot
(AKA low clo
Yeah, we're all going back to AOL Messenger.
bp
On 12/1/2020 6:16 PM, Steve Jones
wrote:
finally slack is going to die
On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 8:04 PM
Jason Wilson
wrote:
We use slack for much more than just a messaging platform. We built bots for
integrating with everything and pushing notices to channels. Couple of
examples:
- On DDOS attacks, notices get pushed to our NetOps channel when it hits and
stops.
- We have a solarbot that queries our solar sites a
Latin words ne(not) scire (knowledge, to know).
Science is from these two words
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020, 9:06 AM Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
> New word for me today. It was in a comic strip and had to look it up.
> Nescient
>
> Are you as nescient as I was?
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Very common in Spanish...no seas necio...it's a derivative..
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020, 9:06 AM Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
> New word for me today. It was in a comic strip and had to look it up.
> Nescient
>
> Are you as nescient as I was?
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There are a couple of things that bug me about slack. One is that
if you're in a no-cell zone (happens very often around here),
slack will not retry the send. Kind of a pisser, as we're
typically passing in and out of cell zones. Plain old Android
Messages will re
Back in the day, yellow fog lights were the rage. Never sure if they helped or
not.
From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 10:27 AM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Emergency Vehicle LEDs
I like the big lights bec
We have that... looking for more of a compass time app that will point him to a
tower, based on stored LAT / LONG
From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 12:15 PM
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
Cc: Chuck McCown
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Favorite AP for to
Theodolite will allow you to import markers that I believe show up on the VR
view.
From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Paul McCall
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 10:43 AM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Favorite AP for tower locating for techs
When an account (in Powercode) is made through Towercoverage API, it'll add
the estimated signals to the tower starting with the closest ones. That
ticket could always be pulled up.
As far as alignment, I would think you're in LOS territory with 5 GHz so
once you know where the tower is, you can
Just checked it. Yep, you put dots on the map page and select a dot. So
you can import all the Aps into the map. You have to actually select the
dot on the map page.
Then when you go to the VR theodolite page, the heading to that dot shows up
on the compass wheel and it tells you if you need
I knew it
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020, 5:20 AM Brian Webster wrote:
> Now that is very funny!!
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Brian Webster
>
> www.wirelessmapping.com
>
>
>
> *From:* AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Robert
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 1, 2020 9:59 PM
> *To:* af@af.afmug.co
Latin verb: "boare" means "To cry aloud" First person, present
indicative form is "boo"
That's why ghosts say "Boo!" It's "I AM CRYING ALOUD" but said with a
single word.
at least that's one theory.
On 12/2/2020 12:31 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote:
Latin words ne(not) scire (knowledge, to k
Towercoverage.com is very good. We also have our KMZ's on Google Earth.
But you know, there isn't much better than your guys just knowing where the
towers are and where the customer is in relation to them.
Dave
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 1:02 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
> Just checked it. Yep,
The thing with theodolite is that it is a VR phone app. The tech can pull out
a phone, select the AP and then just steer the view around until the red dot is
under the arrow. You will be looking right at the tower.
From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of David Hannum
Sent:
That was kind of my reaction, you may be hiring people who are kind of clueless.
I think our schools aren’t teaching basic stuff anymore. I get customers all
the time who can’t answer questions like are you north or south of town, or is
your house on east or west side of the street.
If t
Our healthcare system here doesnt allow staff to get tested now, they used
to at least have them do daily logging on exposure of morning and evening
tests, now theyre not allowed to report an exposure nor turn in the logs.
Most of the staff is assumed to have had it now in this facility, and
across
LOL, definitely not in LOS territory. 90% of our rural stuff won’t see the
towers.
We use tower coverage as well, but it doesn’t show the angle (degrees) to the
tower.
From: AF On Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 12:53 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject:
We should start making a few million tin hats.
bp
On 12/2/2020 12:23 PM, Steve Jones
wrote:
Our healthcare system here doesnt allow staff to
get tested now, they used to at least have them do daily logging
on exposure of morning
Semper ubi sub ubi!
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020, 11:10 AM Adam Moffett wrote:
> Latin verb: "boare" means "To cry aloud" First person, present indicative
> form is "boo"
>
> That's why ghosts say "Boo!" It's "I AM CRYING ALOUD" but said with a
> single word.
>
> at least that's one theory.
>
>
> On
Theodolite will.
From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Paul McCall
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 1:37 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Favorite AP for tower locating for techs
LOL, definitely not in LOS territory. 90% of our rural stuff w
And healthcare practices wonder why they can’t get people to come in for their
annual exams and other minor stuff.
It has long been common wisdom that if you aren’t sick, you will be after you
go to the doctor or hospital. Pediatric practices tend to have separate
waiting rooms and even doo
I found one app for android called Theodolite, but it's lame... What
app are you using?
On 12/02/2020 12:49 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
Theodolite will.
*From:* AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Paul McCall
*Sent:* Wednesday, December 2, 2020 1:37 PM
*To:* AnimalFarm Micro
You’re starting to sound like a cheerleader for Theodolite. Got a song worked
up yet?
From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 2:49 PM
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
Cc: Chuck McCown
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Favorite AP for tower locating for techs
Theo
You are a brave man trying to make a business out of NLOS fixed wireless. On
the one hand, it’s magic not science. On the other hand, Elon Musk and
T-Mobile are wanting to eat your lunch, not to mention government funded fiber.
I think it’s like getting people to pay to see you juggle runni
We use Kaiser for our healthcare. If we are in a waiting room for
more than 5 minutes, it's unusual. They operate like a machine.
Since covid started, I think I've had to go in 3 times. Once for a
flu shot, and twice for a couple of blood tests. For the flu shot,
Mine is ios. I didn't think they made one for android.
It is made by Hunter Research and Technology.
-Original Message-
From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Robert Andrews
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 2:05 PM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Favorite AP
I use it for all kinds of things. Like if you are directional drilling up or
down a hill, you can quickly get the slope of the hill so know what angle the
bit should be while drilling at a constant depth below surface.
From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof
Sent: W
http://hrtapps.com/theodolite/
-Original Message-
From: Chuck McCown via AF
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 2:09 PM
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
Cc: Chuck McCown
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Favorite AP for tower locating for techs
Mine is ios. I didn't think they made one for and
I think Gino was developing an augmented reality phone app so you could see
where the towers were through your phones camera.
> On Dec 2, 2020, at 12:14 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>
> That was kind of my reaction, you may be hiring people who are kind of
> clueless.
>
> I think our schools aren
We have it on an ipad for the guys. They can open a handhole, snap a photo and
it will email the photo with the position printed (screenshot) as well as the
orientation of the photo so you can tell which direction is which.
From: Chuck McCown via AF
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 2:10 PM
Not in total agreement with that assessment Ken.
20 years of having a fixed wireless division without really working
aggressively for customer acquisition, over 1000 customers, while doing a bunch
of other things. Network running like a well-oiled machine, less than 10 tech
phone calls per 24
Looking at all the options related to Theodolite style apps. Pretty cool
From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 4:14 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Cc: Chuck McCown
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Favorite AP for tower locating for techs
We have it on an ipa
Don’t get me started on employee quality. We have some good ones but some …
Seriously, if they are fully buried in trees, an EASY reference to tool would
help.
From: AF On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 2:15 PM
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
Subject: Re: [AFMU
Order placed months ago with Commscope (through a distributor) and Commscope
has pushed back expected delivery until February
FXDXK1A0010F Cable, Drop, Flat, Dielectric
DLX, 10 ft. - MINI DLX CABLE to connect
Mini-MST DLX to LC-UPC
Need 25 to 50 of these (they are custom as normally they don't
I didn’t mean that to be an insult, more like kudos, you honey badger you.
From: AF On Behalf Of Paul McCall
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 3:16 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Favorite AP for tower locating for techs
Not in total agreement with that assess
The justification from corporate was that healthcare is so short
staffed "because of covid" (thats a lie) that they cant be testing and
potentially quarantining staff all the time. If you dont have symptoms, you
are good to work. Needless to say, im glad the wife changed
positions because of the vo
I like hotspotting my phone and pulling up google earth on a laptop when it
gets serious, ill draw out all the pattern edges and shadows and mark
options for customers then send them the image, a monkey tech probably
would just drag their knuckles across the keyboard ad poop in the van
though tryin
😊
From: AF On Behalf Of Steve Jones
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 4:42 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Favorite AP for tower locating for techs
I like hotspotting my phone and pulling up google earth on a laptop when it
gets serious, ill draw out all the patter
Its all good Ken 😊
Didn’t mean to sound defensive LOL.
But if I get any more crap, I QUIT hahahah
(only us “long-times” will get that reference)
From: AF On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 4:29 PM
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Favorite AP
From: Paul McCall
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 2:52 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Favorite AP for tower locating for techs
Its all good Ken 😊
Didn’t mean to sound defensive LOL.
But if I get any more crap, I QUIT hahahah
(only us “long-times” wi
with the tremendous amount of language that is latin based, how is it that
it died?
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 2:44 PM Jaime Solorza
wrote:
> Semper ubi sub ubi!
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2020, 11:10 AM Adam Moffett wrote:
>
>> Latin verb: "boare" means "To cry aloud" First person, present indicative
>> f
I don't know that it "died", but it's definitely on life support.
Catholic priests seem to speak it a lot (I say "seem" because it's
not my language, but they're not speaking English).
Plus Latin has been incorporated into many other languages in
parts. All the Lati
Newspeak? Esperanto? Klingon? Dothraki? Simlish?
From: AF On Behalf Of Bill Prince
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 5:08 PM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT New word
I don't know that it "died", but it's definitely on life support. Catholic
priests seem to speak it a lot (
Recently got back into stocks and day trading.
Any recommendations on short term stocks to hold for a few months with extra
cash?
Any experience with ARK ETFs or other ETFs?
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My dad said I should learn latin because I could go anywhere in the world and
all lawyers and pharmacists speak latin.
From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 4:08 PM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT New word
I don't
Newspeak
From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 4:22 PM
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT New word
Newspeak? Esperanto? Klingon? Dothraki? Simlish?
From: AF mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> > O
I don’t know what lawyers speak, it doesn’t seem to be English, but I don’t
think it’s Latin either.
Pharmacists have to read what doctors write on prescriptions, is that Latin? I
thought it was just scribbles.
Is Latinx a language? Maybe like Unix?
From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCo
Techspeak is a thing. A relative once listened to me talking to
another computer/internet aware individual. After, he commented to
me: "All the words you two were using were words I knew, but I
still didn't understand a thing you were talking about."
bp
Psuedo green energy sector will probably bump when the election is
certified and then again after inauguration. Wind energy has the best
grift so theyll probably see a lot of motion. Chinese owned solar will move
too
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020, 5:28 PM Matt Hoppes
wrote:
> Recently got back into stock
I guess if you could figure out the likely winners and losers among AT&T,
Verizon, TMobile and DISH you could use some stock or option strategy to bet on
one outperforming the other no matter what the whole group or the economy does.
From: AF On Behalf Of Steve Jones
Sent: Wednesday, Decembe
Read an article in Bloomberg today speculating that the pandemic
has accelerated "peak oil". The original concept was that we would
run out of oil, because it is a finite resource. What happened
during the pandemic is that demand crashed. Something like 19
million
https://youtu.be/mtIFMNd9RnA
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That's Hawkeye pierce
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I have no idea...found video while looking for an ASMR one
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020, 8:31 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
> Can you climb it?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Dec 2, 2020, at 7:53 PM, Jaime Solorza
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