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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 http:foxsmercantile.com |
"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. -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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 ------ 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. G² |
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