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Off-Topic / Re: This is true? - Geographic...

Last post by jlam - Today at 07:18:29 PM

Also while every state has its share of cities that aren't located in counties with very similar names, Iowa seems to have a plethora of them. Itstarts with Des Moines not being in Des Moines County.

Oh yeah, there are a ton of these. Colorado, for instance, has:

• Dolores (in Montezuma County, not neighboring Dolores County)
• Jefferson (in Park County, not neighboring Jefferson County)
• Kiowa (in Elbert County, not the faraway land of Kiowa County)
• Kit Carson (in Cheyenne County, not neighboring Kit Carson County)
• Las Animas (in Bent County, not neighboring Las Animas County)
• Moffat (in Saguache County, not the distant Moffat County)
• Montezuma (in Summit County, not over yonder in Montezuma County)
• Pitkin (in Gunnison County, not neighboring Pitkin County)

And likely more.

#2

Road Enthusiasts Meetings / Re: 2025 Lower Hudson Valley R...

Last post by dgolub - Today at 06:55:51 PM

The tour notes are ready: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zlk9j7nws2lso153wk6v1/2025-Lower-Hudson-Valley-Road-Meet-Guide.pdf?rlkey=we77isqpp662448eyeyynr9f7&st=rqncqpd9&dl=0

#3

Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...

Last post by kphoger - Today at 06:27:50 PM

I don't have that option here because it's actually the same shit under different names. Bell Canada is the only company rich enough to get wires through town, which means if one goes down, all of them go down.

But 'wires going down' can mean many things.  When my own internet was having persistent issues back in the winter, for example, it was because an apartment complex a couple of neighborhoods away was back-feeding noise into the node.  I was regularly doing ping tests via command prompt, and it would alternate every so often between 0% packet loss and 90-100% packet loss.  Nothing physically wrong with the MSO's mainline network, just with the internal wiring of that apartment complex.  But, a few years before that, when I was experiencing 5-15% packet loss on a regular basis, I think they had to replace part of the node, which required several mainline techs to trace back and figure out first.

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Off-Topic / Re: RIP Pope Francis

Last post by kphoger - Today at 06:22:15 PM

This weird universe known as Canada. It may have changed, though I do remember it being a thing.

Nope, you're right.  I'm looking at it now.

Here, for example, is Québec:  https://www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/document/lc/h-2.1

I also looked at Ontario's law, and it's very similar.

#5

Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...

Last post by LilianaUwU - Today at 06:16:54 PM

I don't have that option here because it's actually the same shit under different names. Bell Canada is the only company rich enough to get wires through town, which means if one goes down, all of them go down.

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Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...

Last post by kphoger - Today at 06:16:06 PM

I've had problems with intermittent internet outages for well over a year, mostly because the signal coming into my house was either too weak or too strong. Yesterday the tech told me that the lines in my neighborhood aren't really set up for internet -- I nodded like I understood -- and that my line is split three times before it even gets into my house. He told me his notes would say that he couldn't put the signal back into spec, because he couldn't, and the problem was likely to recur. It didn't even take 24 hours. So I called the company again, and this time I included words like "angry" and "upset" and "options."

Late this afternoon I was informed a maintenance crew will be here tomorrow

I don't know what type of service you have down there.  When we lived in Herrin back in 2006-2008, I think we had Verizon phone and internet, but I wasn't in cable yet to even pay much attention.

When they say the lines in your neighborhood aren't really set up for internet, it makes me wonder if they just mean the infrastructure can't handle today's speeds.  Ever since the introduction of DOCSIS 3.0, internet has been transmitted on multiple channels and, especially with the advent of DOCSIS 3.1, the number of channels has only continued to grow, and some frequencies that used to be allocated to video are now allocated to internet.  In more recent years, major cities have been transitioning to mid-split or high-split in order to increase the number of available channels.  Each of these changes has also required upgrades to the headends and individual nodes, so it's possible that the physical plant feeding your neighborhood simply hasn't kept up with the rapid pace of the times.

If a residential field tech is unable to get your levels in spec, then that means he's done all he's able for your own service drop from mainline to premises.  The maintenance crew will come and figure out what's wrong, but it's not necessarily something they can fix themselves.  They might be able to remove a splitter somewhere along the mainline or add an amplifier or something, though, so it's possible you'll see an improvement.

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Off-Topic / Re: RIP Pope Francis

Last post by LilianaUwU - Today at 06:13:04 PM

In which universe are laws that prevent certain places from being open on those days "voluntary closures"?

In which universe are stores prohibited by law from being open on Easter specifically?

This weird universe known as Canada. It may have changed, though I do remember it being a thing.

#8

Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...

Last post by Mav94 - Today at 05:58:30 PM

I've had problems with intermittent internet outages for well over a year, mostly because the signal coming into my house was either too weak or too strong. Yesterday the tech told me that the lines in my neighborhood aren't really set up for internet -- I nodded like I understood -- and that my line is split three times before it even gets into my house. He told me his notes would say that he couldn't put the signal back into spec, because he couldn't, and the problem was likely to recur. It didn't even take 24 hours. So I called the company again, and this time I included words like "angry" and "upset" and "options."

Late this afternoon I was informed a maintenance crew will be here tomorrow

#9

Off-Topic / Re: RIP Pope Francis

Last post by kphoger - Today at 05:55:45 PM

In which universe are laws that prevent certain places from being open on those days "voluntary closures"?

In which universe are stores prohibited by law from being open on Easter specifically?

#10

Off-Topic / Re: This is true? - Geographic...

Last post by Mav94 - Today at 05:53:42 PM

I just finished 62 of the 81 pages of this thread and saw a lot of things I knew but I didn't see that, by road, Larchwood, Iowa is closer to Pierre, SD, St. Paul, MN, and Lincoln, NE than it is to Des Moines, IA.

Also while every state has its share of cities that aren't located in counties with very similar names, Iowa seems to have a plethora of them. Itstarts with Des Moines not being in Des Moines County.