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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:47 PM Original message |
Looking to drop my landline. Do you need your landline to have DSL? |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Since they vary, maybe call your provider? |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. No |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. AT&T does offer DSL w/out requiring a landline. |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. Thanks for the link!! I'll look into it!! |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
46. That's DSL without a phone *number*. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. I tried but they kept making excuses... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. At my office I have AT&T DSL and also AT&T phone service. |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. The best thing to do is ask the provider |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. Keep the landline |
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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. really? is there data/sources available on wifi "energy fields" and dangers |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Wi-Fi is just amateur radio |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Which is not a problem unless |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Give them a Faraday cage to sleep in |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. You mention patients. Are you a physician? |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. Here's my problem... |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. try this as a jumping off point. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:30 PM Original message |
Hmm...Are you affiliated with the company at that website? |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Yeah - but not enough |
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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. that's ok..i'll look it up, but thanks for the info! |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. See my post #20 (link to Independent (UK) article on wifi safety (or not) |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I agree |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. your medical director is a stooge |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Your medical director? |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Dead gawds. Seek help. n/t |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. Great thread, huh. Unintentional hilarity plus some good info on wireless dsl. +1 billion quetzales. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
53. lol is this based on "feelings"? |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. And you can even receive radio through your fillings in your teeth!! |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. Try and find out where you are on the circuit. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. Sometimes that doesn't even matter. |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. It doesn't matter how far away the switchbox is |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. No (with a caveat) |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. You need a pair of copper lines for DSL. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. It depends on your provider. However watch out for the *bandwidth* available on that deal. |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Currently have DSL "Xtreme" 3.0mb down, 384kbps up. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Check with them. broadband deals change all the time. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. Dangers of Electronic Smog (wifi) |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Jeez - couldn't find the one about the risks of dihydrogen monoxide? |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I worked for a major corporation in environmental medicine litigation |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. If you seriously file WiFi as "radiation"... |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. The head of Britain's Health Agency does and says it needs testing for cancer and brain damage |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. There have been lots of studies. There is no risk associated with WiFi. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Baloney - but feel free to post a citation |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Dihydrogen Monoxide |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
45. You mean |
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cdsilv (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Consider. Are you in a hurricane area? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. That is bullshit junk science at it's worst. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
26. It depends on your provider. Some require you to have a landline, some do not. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. I have qwest dsl and no landline. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. other options. I don't have a landline.. have internet thru time Warner cable |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
39. Hughes Net |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. Or better yet, don't. Hughesnet is a TERRIBLE service. |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Satellite Sucks!!! We have to have it at our cabin on |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. I have DSL, no landline |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. Article on radiation risk (cancer and brain damage) from wifi |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
52. It's handy as all get-out when the power goes out,especially if you retain a rotary phone to plug in |
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