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Post by crackercrumbs on Feb 11, 2008 2:57:19 GMT -7
I have 100.0 mbps for for $24.95 per month(plus taxes & surcharges) via the phone company Hmmm, it sounds unusual . Do you really mean 100 Megabytes per second for your Internet connection? No, this is not unusual-for I have had DSL for awhile and I haggle with the phone company as far as the price is concerned. They try to "upgrade" me to the 3.0 Mbps service for $34.95 but I tell them no thanks. The speed I am at now-is okay for me. I don't need lightening fast speeds like some businesses need them.
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Post by crackercrumbs on Feb 11, 2008 3:21:10 GMT -7
Joyce, I used to have problems with Fire fox and it was mostly due to some conflict with the microsoft and private firewall. I called my internet provider, Cablevision and they fixed me up in minutes. I think I fixed the problem, or at least I hoped I did. When I couldn't open the Firefox's browser & then tried to open the IE 7 browser with no page been displayed., I checked on a few things. I checked my firewall for connection permissions, checked the router, ran a few scans-virus/spyware, did a Belarc Advisor-which displays all the info installed (including Micosoft's hot fixes and service packs)on the pc-nice little feature. I did a system restore, going back a month, when I knew things were working okay. I opened the IE browser and went surfing-got a home page finally, but after a few minutes, the computer crashed-gave me a blue screen-"machine check exception error." "Beginning physical memory dump" I have seen that message before. Looking in my past notes regarding my pc problems, the IE 7 is the culprit that caused the machine to crash. After re-booting, I went back on line and downloaded the Firefox program again...so far so good. Oh I needed something to keep me busy ;D
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Post by crackercrumbs on Feb 11, 2008 3:29:12 GMT -7
It is a miracle, but suddenly my computer started working. But Mary was right, we have so much snow which is melting that we worry that our basement can flood. Jaga do you have a sump pump in your basement? Some people living near lakes/rivers have sump pumps in their basements for that purpose. The house I grew up in, had a sump pump. The basement walls were damp, almost wet to the touch during the year, but during the winter and rain season that sump pump worked overtime.
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Post by Pawian on Feb 11, 2008 13:06:32 GMT -7
Hmmm, it sounds unusual . Do you really mean 100 Megabytes per second for your Internet connection? No, this is not unusual-for I have had DSL for awhile and I haggle with the phone company as far as the price is concerned. They try to "upgrade" me to the 3.0 Mbps service for $34.95 but I tell them no thanks. The speed I am at now-is okay for me. I don't need lightening fast speeds like some businesses need them. I still feel at a loss. There must be some misunderstanding or a joke. So, again, is it 100 (one hundred) or 1 (one) Megabyte for 24$ ??
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Post by Mary on Feb 11, 2008 13:41:00 GMT -7
The FBI just issued an update on a virus/worm. Investigative Programs Cyber Investigations Cyber Investigations Home New E-Scams & Warnings Get e-mail updates when new scams and warnings are posted here STORM WORM VIRUS 02/11/08—With the Valentine's Day holiday approaching, be on the lookout for spam e-mails spreading the Storm Worm malicious software (malware). The e-mail directs the recipient to click on a link to retrieve the electronic greeting card (e-card). Once the user clicks on the link, malware is downloaded to the Internet-connected device and causes it to become infected and part of the Storm Worm botnet. A botnet is a network of compromised machines under the control of a single user. Botnets are typically set up to facilitate criminal activity such as spam e-mail, identity theft, denial of service attacks, and spreading malware to other machines on the Internet. The Storm Worm virus has capitalized on various holidays in the last year by sending millions of e-mails advertising an e-card link within the text of the spam e-mail. Valentine's Day has been identified as the next target. Be wary of any e-mail received from an unknown sender. Do not open any unsolicited e-mail and do not click on any links provided. If you have received this, or a similar e-mail, please file a complaint at www.ic3.gov.
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Post by joyce on Feb 12, 2008 3:45:16 GMT -7
No, this is not unusual-for I have had DSL for awhile and I haggle with the phone company as far as the price is concerned. They try to "upgrade" me to the 3.0 Mbps service for $34.95 but I tell them no thanks. The speed I am at now-is okay for me. I don't need lightening fast speeds like some businesses need them. I still feel at a loss. There must be some misunderstanding or a joke. So, again, is it 100 (one hundred) or 1 (one) Megabyte for 24$ ?? The service I have is written as 1.0 mbps-mega bytes per second. This is how XP states it as being written in the Network Connections icon. Perhaps the 1 stands for 100 and I don't know that. No joke intended. I surfed for some info on DSL speeds available in the US and found the following... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 Mbps Residential DSL - Fastest! * $69.95/month OR $59.95/month when also subscribing to the Unlimited Package Plan * 10 Megabit download speed and 1 Megabit upload speed Not available in all areas 3 Mbps Residential DSL * $45.95/month OR $37.95/month when also subscribing to the Unlimited Package Plan * 3 Megabit download speed and 1 Megabit upload speed 512 Kbps Residential DSL * $37.95/month OR $29.95/month when also subscribing to the Unlimited Package Plan * Equally fast download and upload speeds of 512 Kbps 256 Kbps Residential DSL * $27.95/month OR $19.95/month when also subscribing to the Unlimited Package Plan * Equally fast download and upload speeds of 256 Kbps
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Post by Pawian on Feb 12, 2008 14:19:51 GMT -7
I still feel at a loss. There must be some misunderstanding or a joke. So, again, is it 100 (one hundred) or 1 (one) Megabyte for 24$ ?? The service I have is written as 1.0 mbps-mega bytes per second. This is how XP states it as being written in the Network Connections icon. Perhaps the 1 stands for 100 and I don't know that. No joke intended. I surfed for some info on DSL speeds available in the US and found the following... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 Mbps Residential DSL - Fastest! * $69.95/month OR $59.95/month when also subscribing to the Unlimited Package Plan * 10 Megabit download speed and 1 Megabit upload speed Not available in all areas 3 Mbps Residential DSL * $45.95/month OR $37.95/month when also subscribing to the Unlimited Package Plan * 3 Megabit download speed and 1 Megabit upload speed 512 Kbps Residential DSL * $37.95/month OR $29.95/month when also subscribing to the Unlimited Package Plan * Equally fast download and upload speeds of 512 Kbps 256 Kbps Residential DSL * $27.95/month OR $19.95/month when also subscribing to the Unlimited Package Plan * Equally fast download and upload speeds of 256 Kbps Oh, i see. So it is 1 (one) Mb per second which costs 24$. Now I will reveal all thg truth baout me. I ahev a cable Internewt. Turbo it is cvalled. 4 Megabyts downloaidng; It costs me 90 zlotys, about 35$. it is more or less tha smae as in the USA but comparing the eanrings, I pay so much.... BTW, this is the second fatsertst connection offered by the cable company.
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Post by joyce on Feb 13, 2008 3:55:03 GMT -7
That's not a bad price for what you are getting...considering what you down and upload(your pictures) If you have been a long time customer of theirs, you could use bargaining power to your advantage, if you have to start cutting costs. Some companies would like to keep you as a customer and can give you price breaks.
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Post by Pawian on Feb 13, 2008 7:11:29 GMT -7
That's not a bad price for what you are getting...considering what you down and upload(your pictures) If you have been a long time customer of theirs, you could use bargaining power to your advantage, if you have to start cutting costs. Some companies would like to keep you as a customer and can give you price breaks. That`s the price with a break. I have been a steady customer. Now I am thinking of transfering the phone line to this company too.
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Post by justjohn on Feb 13, 2008 8:56:38 GMT -7
Joyce, I used to have problems with Fire fox and it was mostly due to some conflict with the microsoft and private firewall. I called my internet provider, Cablevision and they fixed me up in minutes. I think I fixed the problem, or at least I hoped I did. When I couldn't open the Firefox's browser & then tried to open the IE 7 browser with no page been displayed., I checked on a few things. I checked my firewall for connection permissions, checked the router, ran a few scans-virus/spyware, did a Belarc Advisor-which displays all the info installed (including Micosoft's hot fixes and service packs)on the pc-nice little feature. I did a system restore, going back a month, when I knew things were working okay. I opened the IE browser and went surfing-got a home page finally, but after a few minutes, the computer crashed-gave me a blue screen-"machine check exception error." "Beginning physical memory dump" I have seen that message before. Looking in my past notes regarding my pc problems, the IE 7 is the culprit that caused the machine to crash. After re-booting, I went back on line and downloaded the Firefox program again...so far so good. Oh I needed something to keep me busy ;D It looks like IE7 problem. Here si more:Microsoft Changes Tune on IE7 Vulnerability Reversing its initial assessment, Microsoft on Wednesday acknowledged that it needs to fix a vulnerability in its Internet Explorer 7 Web browser that could allow malicious Web sites to install unwanted software on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 machines. Evidence of the flaw first surfaced in June, and not long after Firefox browser maker Mozilla shipped a security update to fix a problem wherein a nasty Web site could use the mere existence of IE7 on a Windows machine to force Firefox to launch pretty much any application already installed on Windows, simply by convincing the user to click on a specially crafted link. Mozilla said its update prevented the Windows flaw from using Firefox as the vehicle for hacking a vulnerable system, but that the nature of the vulnerability meant that attackers could force pretty much any other Windows software application to open up a virtual backdoor on PCs and let bad guys install malicious software of their choosing. Microsoft maintained for months that this was not the result of a Windows design flaw. Throughout, Microsoft's stance was that it had "thoroughly investigated the claim of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer and found that this is not a vulnerability in a Microsoft product." Fast-forward to Wednesday, when the company issued a security bulletin essentially acknowledging that Mozilla's initial prognosis was correct, at least for "supported editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 with Windows Internet Explorer 7 installed." Interestingly, Microsoft says this vulnerability does not affect IE7 on Windows Vista, IE6 or earlier versions on Windows XP. Microsoft concedes that attackers could exploit this flaw merely by convincing a Windows user to click on a link in an e-mail. The company says it is not aware of any malicious Web sites actively exploiting this vulnerability and that it is crafting a security update to plug this security hole. But the sticky party here is that instructions showing criminals precisely how to exploit this flaw to break into Windows computers was posted online some time ago. Indeed, security provider Symantec warns that "with the ease of exploitation, the availability of public proof-of-concept code, and further attention that this vulnerability is receiving, it is likely this issue will begin to see more exploitation in the wild." Not sure what "Eureka!" moment caused Microsoft to change its tune on this, but here's hoping they ship a fix before cyber crooks start exploiting the flaw for financial gain. In other Windows vulnerability news, Symantec says it has seen evidence that cyber crooks are now exploiting a flaw in certain Microsoft Office file formats that could be used to compromise Windows PCs. While Microsoft on Tuesday shipped a software patch to fix this particular vulnerability, it is likely to remain unfixed on millions of Windows PCs for some time. That's because the group most at risk from this flaw are Office 2000 users. While Microsoft makes most security updates available through its Microsoft Update site, Office 2000 users must make a separate trip over to the Office Update site to download fixes. In a further complication, the default installation process for Office 2000 patches requires the user to have the original Office installation discs handy. By Brian Krebs | October 11, 2007; 10:43 AM ET Latest Warnings
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Post by freetobe on Feb 13, 2008 11:52:11 GMT -7
j j I just downloaded 5 or 6 security fixes from microsoft for their IE 7 and I am running XP. There are so many patches, fixes etc fro microsoft that in order to run my programs at a speed I am paying for the cable internet, I had to install an additional memory card. I am now at 512k and 75% utilised. My next cpu will be an Apple. Microsoft sucks.
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Post by freetobe on Feb 13, 2008 11:53:24 GMT -7
Joyce, Thanks for the Worm heads up.
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Post by justjohn on Feb 14, 2008 2:57:39 GMT -7
j j I just downloaded 5 or 6 security fixes from microsoft for their IE 7 and I am running XP. There are so many patches, fixes etc fro microsoft that in order to run my programs at a speed I am paying for the cable internet, I had to install an additional memory card. I am now at 512k and 75% utilised. My next cpu will be an Apple. Microsoft sucks. My daughter bought a Mac and loves it. It's on my network for the internet. Never has had a problem. Jim, who used to post on here, has Mac lap tops and loves them. Im thinking of the same as you.
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Post by joyce on Feb 14, 2008 4:06:15 GMT -7
Joyce, Thanks for the Worm heads up. It was not I who gave the worm update. But I did enjoy reading the article about the worm and about the Microsoft's mistakes of IE7. I get very aggravated at all the patches and hot fixes that Microsoft says our systems need. Fix one thing and get it right. Proof the software before you let it out in the wild.(sorry ranting) According to Microsoft, there's a update for "SilverLight" which is a fix for the Firefox browser.
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Post by Jaga on Feb 17, 2008 0:49:21 GMT -7
Guys, I have problems with the internet again. From what I understand all troubles should end in 2 months since they build a new tower in town for microwave antenna. After checking e-mails in the morning I could not access the internet until now. It is almost 1 am, so please, forgive me if I am off track for some time again...
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