Digest for sci.electronics.repair@googlegroups.com - 7 updates in 3 topics

Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Sep 12 11:26AM -0500

I know some think of WD-40 as the "go to" for everything, but
After hosing something down, 5-10 years later the volatile
solvents have evaporated leaving behind a stiff gunk.
 
So, my question is how do you remove it?
For example on a typewriter that some idiot hosed it down with.
 
--
"I am a river to my people."
Jeff-1.0
WA6FWi
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"Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net>: Sep 11 12:55PM -0400

> b) Everyone, past and present, knows it - the number is 42 years old.
> c) And, please check it out, in some cases, the lack of a landline can affect credit-rating, and a very old landline number has a positive effect.
 
> Yes, it has a battery back-up on-site.
 
We have one of those Panasonic multi-handset systems that also serves as
an intercom system.
 
Our "landline" number was ported from AT&T to "T-Mobile@Home" add-on (no
longer available) to our cell-phone service, and then to Google Voice
and connects to that Panasonic system via an Obihai box.
 
We switched our cell-phone service from T-Mobile to Google Fi, which
works fine for us but is not cost-effective for everyone.
 
Perce
Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>: Sep 11 01:12PM -0700

On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 09:59:53 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
>> times.
 
>How many people still have home answering machines instead of using the
>telco's voicemail service?
 
Among the people I know, anyone with a cordless phone. The base
station usually includes an answering machine feature. The main draw
is that with an answering machine, you don't have to pay the phone
company extra for the voice mail service. However, that applies only
to people with POTS (plain old telephone service) lines. Those who
use VoIP service, rarely have answering machines because the voicemail
feature is usually bundled with the VoIP service. Also, I don't think
anyone makes a SIP phone instrument with a built in answering machine.
 
>Many like me don't even have a landline. (In
>the last few years all it got was wrong numbers because everyone calls
>the cell.)
 
I closed my office (note the change in the .signature) on Sept 1, and
am now working from home. I now have a VoIP line for the business
(future-nine.com), AT&T POTS for the house, several computers, and a
Roku 3 streaming player, all sharing a single 1.5Mbit/sec DSL line.
Overloaded would be a good description and I obviously need more
bandwidth. Having the POTS line has some financial advantages. I'll
need to make some changes fairly soon, possibly including the removal
of the answering machine.
 
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Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Sep 11 04:38PM -0500

On 9/11/20 3:12 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> use VoIP service, rarely have answering machines because the voicemail
> feature is usually bundled with the VoIP service. Also, I don't think
> anyone makes a SIP phone instrument with a built in answering machine.
 
I run an Asterisk PC based PBX.
I have an AT&T copper line, and a VoIP line.
And I have an AT&T cordless/answering machine for the AT&T phone line.
Everything, including the LAN is backed up for at least 24 hours on
batteries.
I use predominately Digium D40 phones, but have several analog phones
and two FAX machines.
 
*laughs* Like you, I love to over complicate things.
 
 
 
--
"I am a river to my people."
Jeff-1.0
WA6FWi
http:foxsmercantile.com
Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net>: Sep 11 05:54PM -0400

In article <umlnlfpp01999thfa8amc87hu51hmsdok1@4ax.com>,
jeffl@cruzio.com says...
> use VoIP service, rarely have answering machines because the voicemail
> feature is usually bundled with the VoIP service. Also, I don't think
> anyone makes a SIP phone instrument with a built in answering machine.
 
It looks like the POTS would get with the program. They usually charge
extra for many things that are 'free' with other services.
 
My POTS was over $ 40 a month by the time the 911 long distance and a
few other basic services. I did not have caller ID or any other
preamium service.
 
I switched to the phone with internet service for $ 19 a month. I got
caller ID, free long distance, it even rings my cell phone at the same
time. Not sure what else as I do not use the phone much. I would be
better off with a pay phone and paying 25 cents a call.
 
I can see where someone that has a business has different needs,but for
the ordanry service, the POTS is putting their selves out of business.
Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com>: Sep 11 10:04PM

In sci.electronics.repair,
> How many people still have home answering machines instead of using the
> telco's voicemail service? Many like me don't even have a landline.
 
I have both. The cordless phone came with answering machine
functionality. The VOIP from Sonic comes with voicemail service.
 
There are two humans who regularly call the house number, both are over
70 years old. The house number is also the one that regularly gets given
out for all things "needing" a phone number. San Francisco Unified
School District and politicians in voting season both robocall it. The
SFUSD calls are usually not junk. The political ones always are. It's
somewhat easy to screen calls both with caller ID and with listening to
the message someone has started to leave. With telco voicemail only
caller ID can be used for that.
 
The telco voicemail answers when calls come in while the phone is in
use, and the cordless phone displays a "new voicemail" message
afterwards. This happens about twice a year. I consistently have to
look up how to check the telco voicemail.
 
Elijah
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has now saved the voicemail instructions in an easy-to-find file
stratus46@yahoo.com: Sep 11 01:17PM -0700

On Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 11:32:47 PM UTC-7, micky wrote:
> that's a simple instruction and applies to everyone, whereas the
> instructions for adding a station vary by tv.
 
> >[snip]
 
After the FCC repack in LA several channels moved frequencies so that needed a rescan. KCAL channel 9 has added
3 subchannels but not at the same time so you would need a rescan for each addition. We had an old Magnavox
where you could select the RF channel and a few seconds later it would identify the PSIP and report the
channel. It gets more interesting in that the channel 28 carrier for KCET also has KLCS (ch 58) as subchannels
but behaves as if ch 58 is its own carrier. Likewise channel 50 KOCE is now
subchannels on KSCI ch 18. It did
take them quite a while before they got is sorted so that my TVs and computers would recognize it properly.
 

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