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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 13:08:29 -0600
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On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:20:27 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
 wrote:

>In message , 
>james@nospam.com writes:
>[]
>>I do wonder if getting a different brand of modem would help though. I
>
>It might ...
>[]
>>I think a lot of the problems is my ISP. They have pretty much abandoned
>>the dialup, but they know that some of us rural people cant connect any
>>other way. so they keep a few modems running for those of us who have a
>
>... as long as the "spiral of death" isn't caused by the other end.
>
>(I still can't understand why you don't get it with Windows 98, but I 
>sympathise that you're fed up of trying things!)
>
>>landline from them. Where I live, I must have a landline because my
>>cellphone dont get a signal.
>>
>Would it be possible to erect some sort of aerial - do cellular signals 
>reach your location but too far above ground level? Or are you so remote 
>that you are not in a coverage area at all? I appreciate it'd be 
>awkward, since modern 'phones don't have an aerial socket, and it'd have 
>to be bidirectional, which makes boosters difficult (though can be 
>done), but if there is a signal, two passive but high-gain (i. e. 
>directional) aerials connected together, in your loft or on a pole, 
>_might_ make life a bit more bearable.

Thanks for starting a new thread. I was considering doing the same.

I have never understood why Win98 works and not any NT based OS. I still
have Win2000 installed on the same computer as Win98. All I use it for
is to do backups, because Win98 cant handle those external hard drives
on USB. I love Win98, but USB support has always been lousy. By (dual)
booting to Win2000, I can copy everything from my HDD to my backup,
including the Win98 OS files. I would have XP instead in that partition,
but this computer is not quite up to Xp level for power and such.

No, I dont get a usable cellphone signal. I live down a hill, cellphone
signals are poor to start with, and being downhill from the nearby town,
I dont get much. Sometimes I get one bar, but have to go outside (metal
covered house). But I know I will lose the signal at any time during the
call. Other times I dont get any signal. Most of the time I drive up the
hill to make calls. Thats why I keep my landline. In bad weather or an
emergency, I rely on that landline. I do not have long distance on that
landline, but I can call all local emergency numbers as well as persons
or busineesses in the immediate area. I dont make many long dist. calls,
but when I do, I do have to go up that hill and use the cellphone.

I do think the dialup problem is on the other end (ISP), but that still
dont explain why Win98 works and not any NT based OSs.

Being rural has it's disadvantages, but I'll accept the technology
disadvantages before I'd ever live in a city. The firsdt part of my life
was in a city, and I hated it. 

I know they sell signal boosters for cellphones. I am sure that having
an antenna on the roof and a booster could solve the metal house
limitations, but I'd still be boosting a very weak signal.

The only way to get high speed internet here is a satellite, and that's
very costly around here. They sell the whole package, TV, Internet, and
other stuff, at a cost of well over $100 per month. I cant afford it,
and I do not want the tv part. I have a 40ft tv antenna, and I get
enough tv stations to suit me. I mostly just watch ME-TV anyhow. I'm
elderly and like the old shows. Modern tv is crap in my opinion.

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