About maratsade

Not had a winter where I'm at. Dusting of snow, 60-70 even in February. Very mild winter here, with only a few snow storms that melted very quickly. ... View more

 I just bought a new pair of binoculars so I can watch the deer and turkeys in the field, though I often have them in my front yard.  I even have a blue heron that frequents my pond during the summer.  How nice! I can see mostly lots of deer grazing in my pasture, and sometimes turkeys in the woods. Lots of turkey buzzards, lots of owls (once there was one sitting on my mailbox -- gorgeous creature), and one time there was a bear in the woods. ... View more

that looks gorgeous! ... View more

My favorite saying.   I'm a technician. I fix the things a Engineer can't. Engineers+technicians: masters of the Universe. ... View more

Yeah, that's why I had taken a guess. I wasn't home and so couldn't access the SCC. Whatever beam I'm on, it's being used by a bunch of data abusers that make it so the good plans can't be offered. Boo. ... View more

You can see it in your SCC. I wasn't home at the time....is the info available elsewhere? ... View more

Our engineers have been performing miracles in upgrading our system and ground infrastructure to increase network capacity for all of our customers. Engineers are wizards. I'm not really complaining, since I get great Internet, but I was a bit surprised to just see 2 plans left.  Thanks for the info and here's hoping Gen5 will bring more plans to my area. ... View more

I don't remember what my beam is...34?? I think I'm sharing it with a bunch of beam-hogging users who really should get off the Internet.  🙂 ... View more

More people are moving in to the area, so that's probably what's going on. I need to start a "back to the city" movement. All of these people need to GO. They use my water and my beam, for pete's sake. ... View more

I'm hoping that too! Rooting for the Ultra plan to come to town. 🙂 ... View more

I ran into that same problem with Netflix. I had it set up to debit a pre-paid cash card, but one day I got an email saying the card was not accepted.  Now they require a credit card.  I dislike that very much.  I'd rather pay with real money but I also don't want to give them access to a bank account, so the prepaid card seemed ideal until they nixed that system. I wonder what the issue is with these cards. ... View more

" I will be filing suit to get out of this contract as it is a breach of contract" If what you claim you were told is not on the contract that you signed, then no breach of contract has taken place.  The contract that you signed takes precedence over what you were told or may have heard/misheard.  Hughesnet may still be able to pull your sales call, and if the sales rep misled you, you may have a way out.  As for filing a lawsuit, when you signed the contract you gave up your right to seek redress in court.  You can only seek binding arbitration, which means you have to go through a third-party mediator whose decisions are final, and cannot go to court nor sue.  Since the Supreme Court has found this system to be just fine, you are not likely to find lawyers who wish to pursue a lawsuit, because they would almost certainly lose. ... View more

Fly fast and fly soon. Please leave for orbit tomorrow at noon. It needed a tweak But it leaves in a week ... View more

ditto, ditto! ... View more

When I called to ask about the service, the salesman swore that snow doesn't interfere with the signal. That's definitely not entirely accurate.  I lose signal sometimes with snow (not always, but it does happen), and with ice.  ... View more

"First, for seven years, we prohibit New Charter from imposing data caps or charging usage-based pricing for its residential broadband service. This condition ensures that New Charter will continue Charter’s past pricing practices and protects subscribers from paying fees designed to make online video consumption more expensive leading subscribers to stick with a traditional pay-TV bundle." (Page 4 of this document, No 9). Also this, posted on DSL Reports. ... View more

It is what unlimited cable allowance has created and that appears to be coming to a halt. Even cable can't keep up with unlimited allowance in the far term. I thought the FCC had banned data-capping for 7 years, at least for Time Warner and whoever it was that merged with it.  ... View more

I remember the announcement about this community site, but not this one.  Both look different.   Not sure I like the new look for the community site....It seems clunkier. ... View more

She looks ready to catch some vermin! ... View more

She looks ready to catch some vermin! ... View more

I really shake my head when someone posts "The sales person said this plan would be all I need". It was suggested to me that 10 GB would be plenty, but I went with 15. The user should determine this, perhaps do a bit of research before signing up.  The ISP provides a bucket of data. How to use it and manage it is the user's responsibility. ... View more

The page looks different today.  Has HN updated it? ... View more

I just can't think of any reason to go to it and as BirdDog said, if left open it will burn large amounts of data. I've never used it before and can't really see a reason to.... Yikes.  I don't see anything that would eat data (I have flash blockers installed).  Is it video intensive? ... View more

She looks like a sweetie pie, and so pretty! How old is she? ... View more

You give a stern talking to and she will toss her head up and over in a sign of dismissal. She must've learned that from a cat. LOL ... View more

One of my dogs when he was a puppy. ... View more

The poster is correct in that that webpage is reminiscent of supermarket tabloids. If this is the page referred to, then it does need revamping. It's busy and clunky, and looks very similar to the default page for the Edge and Explorer browsers.  Ugh. ... View more

They're adorable! ... View more

That's a very good analogy! LOL ... View more