Charter Telephone reviews, boylston?
by John Stoffel
Hi,
Anyone on here using Charter Telephone VOIP service? I've currently
got Verizon, but the wife hates it because our phone lines get flaky
all the time, esp when it rains.
So I'm thinking to save money and combine all my stuff onto Charter.
I've already got High Speed internet and regular old cable. Not wild
about Digital Cable since I'm happy with Tivo and I don't want yet
another set top box to have to deal with...
So, any horror stories about Charter Phone VOIP quality and service?
Thanks,
John
3 weeks
FiOS & PONs
by Chuck Anderson
As a followup to a discussion we had after the WLUG meeting, here are
some good pages to read about how FiOS works. Verizon is using
Passive Optical Networking, either BPON or GPON depending on the CO.
The downstream side is shared, since by its very nature a PON's
downstream direction is broadcast on a single wavelength--the light
goes from the OLT to every customer's ONT on the PON "tree". For
privacy each customer's downstream traffic is "encrypted" so only the
intended ONT/customer can decrypt it. The upstream side is shared via
TDMA since only one customer's ONT can trasmit at a time on the single
upstream wavelength "up the tree" towards to root of the PON where the
OLT lives...each ONT gets a "time slot" for upstream transmissions.
There can be up to 32-128 customers shared on a single PON.
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/verizonfios
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_Line_Termination
8 years, 11 months
REMINDER: WLUG Meeting Wed Nov 18th
by Andy Stewart
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Hi Everybody,
Our next WLUG meeting will be on Wednesday, November 18th, at 7:00 PM on
the WPI campus. The meeting room is the place where we met the last two
meetings, namely, that room next to the Morgan Hall dining area.
Next to the dining hall on the right is a door. Enter. A short lit
hallway is in front of you. Walk a few steps. A doorway is on the
right. Enter. You have arrived. Seat yourself. Chat with friends.
Enjoy the meeting.
The topic is TBD, which most likely means we'll have a giant round table
discussion on any topics of interest.
After the meeting, we'll go out for pizza and soda.
See ya there!
Andy
- --
Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ)
Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group
Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group
President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF)
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8 years, 11 months
writing at 1GB/s ?
by brad
WLUG'ers,
At work, i might be getting a piece of instrumentation in my lab that that is capable of out putting out 1GB of data per second. In the past i was pretty pleased to write 60MB/s under real-world conditions on my linux systems a few years back. I just wanted to ping the group about this. Does anyone know if a hard drive or even memory come close to writing data at this speed on a linux system? Or, what might the limit for data rates on a linux PC these days. From my google'ing it appears hard drives top out at around 100MB/s.
Note: This piece of instrumentation has onboard memory for writing, which i'll probably have to use, but if there was a way to stream the data, it would be preferable.
Thanks,
-- brad
8 years, 11 months
MacBook Pro for sale w/ AppleCare, 2.4ghz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM
by Ryan Pugatch
Hi all,
I am looking to sell my MacBook Pro. It was purchased around June 2008.
It was the last non-unibody model.
Specs:
Core 2 Duo 2.4ghz
15" LED backlit display
4GB 667 MHz DDR 2 RAM (2x 2GB DIMMs)
200 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive
GeForce 8600M GT Video card (256MB)
Webcam
Backlit keyboard
DVD-R/CD-R drive
Model Identifier: MacBookPro4,1
I will install a fresh version of Snow Leopard on it.
This machine is covered by AppleCare:
Telephone Technical Support: Active
AppleCare Protection Plan.
Expires: March 24, 2011
Repairs and Service Coverage: Active
Your product is covered for eligible hardware repairs and service under
the AppleCare Protection Plan.
Expires: March 24, 2011
It is in overall good condition, no major marks or dents.
I am asking $1450 for it, cash only. A comparable new MacBook Pro
with AppleCare would cost over $2000.
I am located in Ashland.
Picture: http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4286/mbp.jpg
Please let me know if you are interested.
Thanks,
Ryan
8 years, 11 months
old thinkpads
by Ryan Pugatch
Hi!
Anyone have some older Thinkpads they'd be interesting in getting rid
of? Looking for one with a Pentium 4 or newer processor.
Also, curious if anyone has an X31 battery they'd like to sell for a few
bux.
Cheers,
Ryan
8 years, 11 months
Meey
by kpoisant＠gmail.com
Its thursday night any one interested in grabbing a drink or meeting up?
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> From: Theo Van Dinter <felicity(a)kluge.net>
> Subject: Re: [Wlug] web hosting?
> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>
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> Just curious, why do you want it to be local? If it's a random host
> out on the Internet, locality probably doesn't matter much unless
> latency is an issue for you.
>
> And what do you mean by local? Are you limiting to just Worcester
> area, or Eastern MA, or New England, or Eastern US, or ...? ;)
>
> You can get a VPS pretty cheap, I seem to recall prices of ~$35/month
> for a small instance in NYC w/ 100-200G/month transfer.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Nick Nassar <nassar(a)alum.wpi.edu>
> wrote:
>> Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap, relatively
>> Apache/MySQL/PHP web and POP/IMAP email host? Preferably someplace
>> local. It
>> doesn?t have to be too powerful. A few gigabytes of storage space
>> and max
>> bandwidth in the range of tens of gigabytes per month.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:14:31 -0500
> From: Andre Lehovich <Andre.Lehovich(a)gmx.com>
> Subject: [Wlug] [SPF:fail] Re: web hosting?
> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>
> Message-ID: <4AF99167.8020907(a)gmx.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
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>> You can get a VPS pretty cheap, I seem to recall prices of ~$35/month
>> for a small instance in NYC w/ 100-200G/month transfer.
>
> Linode.com is $20/month for Xen VPS w/ good specs. They get rave
> reviews, though I've never used their service.
>
> I've seen posts on lowendbox.com mentioning VPS deals as low as $3/
> month.
>
> I'm currently using pairlite.com for shared hosting (FreeBSD). So far
> no problems. I'm considering switching to nearlyfreespeech.net,
> because
> their metered pricing looks to be cheaper for my usage.
>
> --Andre
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:32:47 -0500
> From: "Nick Nassar" <nassar(a)alum.wpi.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Wlug] web hosting?
> To: "'Worcester Linux Users Group'" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>
> Message-ID: <6CCB952F64B34E0D99EF0B68BE34A821(a)WCCATV13.local>
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> By "local" I guess I really mean small enough that I can get a real
> person if there's an issue, even if it's email support only. I've
> had bad luck with large web hosts like Dreamhost and 1and1 in the
> past. Most of the time they're excellent, but when there is an issue
> tech support is unresponsive and it takes days to get it resolved.
> It's been a few years since I've shopped around, and maybe that's
> not as much of an issue anymore.
>
> I'm leaning towards a hosted solution, rather than VPS. Someone else
> can worry about keeping up to date with security updates for Linux
> and Apache.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org]
> On Behalf Of Theo Van Dinter
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:46 AM
> To: Worcester Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Wlug] web hosting?
>
> Just curious, why do you want it to be local? If it's a random host
> out on the Internet, locality probably doesn't matter much unless
> latency is an issue for you.
>
> And what do you mean by local? Are you limiting to just Worcester
> area, or Eastern MA, or New England, or Eastern US, or ...? ;)
>
> You can get a VPS pretty cheap, I seem to recall prices of ~$35/month
> for a small instance in NYC w/ 100-200G/month transfer.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Nick Nassar <nassar(a)alum.wpi.edu>
> wrote:
>> Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap, relatively
>> Apache/MySQL/PHP web and POP/IMAP email host? Preferably someplace
>> local. It
>> doesn?t have to be too powerful. A few gigabytes of storage space
>> and max
>> bandwidth in the range of tens of gigabytes per month.
>
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8 years, 11 months
web hosting?
by Nick Nassar
Fellow Linux Users,
Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap, relatively Apache/MySQL/PHP web and POP/IMAP email host? Preferably someplace local. It doesn’t have to be too powerful. A few gigabytes of storage space and max bandwidth in the range of tens of gigabytes per month.
Thanks
Nick
8 years, 11 months
Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 73, Issue 7
by kpoisant＠gmail.com
I can host email and webpages i have a running server runnig ubuntu 9.04
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> 3. To jordan (kpoisant(a)gmail.com)
> 4. Re: HSI Vent Maybe Help? (James Gray)
> 5. web hosting? (Nick Nassar)
> 6. Re: Socializing (Theodore Ruegsegger)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:18:14 -0500
> From: Steven Greenberg <steve(a)ssgreenberg.name>
> Subject: [Wlug] Socializing
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> I'm in Sturbridge. So Worcester might be the central place
> between Framingham and Sturbridge.
>
> /Steve
>
> wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote:
>>
>> Subject:
>> Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help?
>> From:
>> Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com>
>> Date:
>> Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:41:17 -0500
>> To:
>> Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>
>>
>> To:
>> Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>
>>
>>
>> I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up. Also, I'm
>> curious, is everyone actually in/around Worcester or do we have lots
>> of people from farther out too? (I'm in Framingham, for example.)
>>
>> Jordan
>>
>
>
> --
> Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name
> 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095
> Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: http://
> www.ssgreenberg.name
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:42:18 -0500
> From: kstratton(a)fastmail.us
> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Socializing
> To: "Worcester Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>, "Worcester
> Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>
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> Although I am mostly a lurker, I am from the Hartford area. I have
> been
> meaning to go to a meeting ot two, but the drive home would be a
> little
> late for the the next day's work.
>
> On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:18 -0500, "Steven Greenberg"
> <steve(a)ssgreenberg.name> wrote:
>> I'm in Sturbridge. So Worcester might be the central place
>> between Framingham and Sturbridge.
>>
>> /Steve
>>
>> wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote:
>>>
>>> Subject:
>>> Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help?
>>> From:
>>> Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com>
>>> Date:
>>> Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:41:17 -0500
>>> To:
>>> Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>
>>>
>>> To:
>>> Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up. Also,
>>> I'm
>>> curious, is everyone actually in/around Worcester or do we have lots
>>> of people from farther out too? (I'm in Framingham, for example.)
>>>
>>> Jordan
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name
>> 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095
>> Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: http://www.ssgreenberg.name
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:45:55 -0500
> From: kpoisant(a)gmail.com
> Subject: [Wlug] To jordan
> To: "wlug(a)mail.wlug.org" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>
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> Socializing isnt a bad idea.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Nov 9, 2009, at 12:00 PM, wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote:
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:41:17 -0500
>> From: Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help?
>> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>
>> Message-ID:
>> <7e68ff860911090641g7defa3aak5fd4cdd0bfb4c449(a)mail.gmail.com>
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>> I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up. Also, I'm
>> curious, is everyone actually in/around Worcester or do we have lots
>> of people from farther out too? (I'm in Framingham, for example.)
>>
>> Jordan
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:51 PM, ted <x351912(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi WLUG
>>>
>>> So here is the info for anyone else who had my problem connecting to
>>> Verizon for the first time. (I write this for the archives)
>>>
>>> The Westell 6100G modem default IP admin and password:
>>> 192.168.1.1
>>> admin
>>> password
>>>
>>> To access the internet and set up your account you have to go to:
>>>
>>> http://192.168.1.1/verizon/redirect.htm
>>>
>>> "Hidden Redirect Page"
>>>
>>> You click the disable button, and then your on the internet.
>>>
>>> The tech support guy then insisted on helping me set up my Verizon
>>> email. Not necessary, but I didn't want to hang up on the guy.
>>>
>>> Oh, and does the WLUG go out for beer anytime? (as in non-meeting
>>> socializing?)
>>>
>>> Ted
>>>
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>>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:21:27 -0500
> From: James Gray <jamespgray(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help?
> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>
> Message-ID:
> <1a6cab400911091021s7e8556d1yfad0370685478f03(a)mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up.
>
> Hi Jordan, I would be up for that. I also coincidentally live in
> Framingham.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:45:51 -0500
> From: "Nick Nassar" <nassar(a)alum.wpi.edu>
> Subject: [Wlug] web hosting?
> To: "'Worcester Linux Users Group'" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>
> Message-ID: <38E9BBA57D074BE6BD53670745456C8F(a)WCCATV13.local>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Fellow Linux Users,
>
>
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap, relatively Apache/
> MySQL/PHP web and POP/IMAP email host? Preferably someplace local.
> It doesn?t have to be too powerful. A few gigabytes of storage space
> and max bandwidth in the range of tens of gigabytes per month.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Nick
>
>
8 years, 11 months
