This story was told to me by a field service tech near Lake Champlain in New York State. Old Mrs. Smith was a widow living on a slowly decaying farm. She had called the telephone company for months – actually nearly 14 months – to complain that her phone had stopped ringing. Every time the […]
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This article is directed at my many Independent Telephone/Rural Local Exchange company friends. It is the details behind a story I often talk about at conferences and training sessions. One of the main challenges for the RLECs is to up the “take-rate” of broadband in their served area. There are a number of barriers we
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If you think they are safe and clean just for you, you need to read this news report: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/BusinessTravel/story?id=4277067
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Murphy’s law is a popular adage that states that “things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance,” or more commonly, “whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.” A number of variants on the rule have been formulated, as have several corollaries. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some
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As those of you close to us know, we have been big fans of Microsoft’s SharePoint concept since initial release several years ago. We have, in fact, recommended it to every small/medium business owner that will listen to us! The entire CellStream back office became converted to this online database system. Was it perfect –
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CellStream, Inc. – Telecom Consulting and Training! 2-Day Instructor Led Hands On Lab Class Available in either Web Based delivery or On-Site Delivery Minimum 10 students – Maximum 16 students Course Description: Knowing the fundamentals of Ethernet and the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) is vital to anyone
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CellStream, Inc. – Telecom Consulting and Training! 1-Day Instructor Led Hands On Lab Class Available in either Web Based delivery or On-Site Delivery Minimum 10 students – Maximum 20 students Course Description: Knowing the fundamentals of the Internet Protocol (IPv4) Routing and the function of the Control Plane is
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Look no more..… 1. Since my last report, this employee has reached rock bottom and shows signs of starting to dig. 2. His/Her students would follow him/her anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity. 3. I would not allow this instructor to breed. 4. This associate is really not so much of a has-been, but
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Great question!As those of you who love this project, you know we have moved it around several times. We know this is a problem, and we apologize for that. The latest place for this project is here: https://netscionline.com/course/view.php?id=201 You will have to create a free user account to actually view the WIKI’s – but that only
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Maintaining the system is always a good idea, and it should be habitual. We break maintenance into three types: a) continual, b) periodic, and c) occasional. We recommend you get into a routine by inserting to-do’s or calendar reminders to run maintenance until you do it automatically. So let’s look at a good maintenance plan:
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Device drivers: which ones are running on your Windows Xp Professional System?? Here is how you find out: you can find detailed information about specific drivers being used in a Windows XP system by going to Device Manager, selecting the device from the list, and drilling down to the device’s properties sheet. While this technique
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When you install a device driver on a Windows XP machine, the operating system loads that driver each time the computer boots regardless of whether the device is present—unless you specifically uninstall the driver. This means that drivers from devices that you have long since removed from your system may be wasting valuable system resources.
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One of Microsoft’s big selling points for Windows XP was that it loads applications much faster than its predecessors. To accomplish this feat, Windows XP uses what is called the “Prefetch technique,” in which the operating system gathers information about each program that you launch and stores that information in the \Windows\Prefetch folder. Then on
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Then you are paying too much! At CellStream, we offer multi-day hands-on lab classes using your computer/laptop and our state of the art multi-router and/or multi-switch lab systems: To view our course calendar, find a course, select it, then register and pay for a CellStream course, click here. High Cost of Wireshark Training Learning Network
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No, this is not about packing less on your next trip. This is about spending less. Yeah, yeah, yada yada you say. But give me a few more sentences. For the past two years, we have been striving to lower our travel costs at CellStream, Inc. – this in light of rising prices – especially
