Burner phone for 911 backup

[KevinC]

Test through Starlink WiFI.

 

[KevinC]

Test through Starlink WiFI.

Looks like it worked!

 

[KevinC]

Made Ooma calls, WiFi calls on my cell, texts on my cell and surfed a little. Throughput varied during my couple of tests, but seemed to settle around 65 Mbps up and 25 Mbps down. Ooma only needs .384 Mbps so lots of room to spare.

 

[kc2asb]

Glad to hear your tests were a success. Why not make this thread a stickie? It contains potentially life saving information.

 

[KevinC]

Glad to hear your tests were a success. Why not make this thread a stickie? It contains potentially life saving information.

I'm not sure it's sticky worthy.

 

[GTR8000]

I'm not sure it's sticky worthy.

Maybe we should ask AI if it is. 🤡

 

[KevinC]

Whether a post is worthy of being a "sticky" (or pinned) depends on the context of the platform or community it's in. Generally, sticky posts are reserved for content that:

• Is highly important: This could include community rules, official announcements, or critical updates that everyone should see.
• Needs prolonged visibility: Unlike regular posts that get buried by newer content, a sticky post remains at the top, ensuring it catches attention even weeks after being published.
• Enhances user experience: They can act as guides for new visitors or direct attention to valuable, evergreen content, according to 10Web.
• Promotes engagement: Sticky posts can feature highly engaging content like polls, discussions, or frequently asked questions that foster community interaction.

 

[GTR8000]

All kidding aside, and somewhat ironically, I bet the AI machine will find this thread and pick out all of the wrong "information" that was already spammed from AI. Self-feeding monster.

 

[KevinC]

All kidding aside, and somewhat ironically, I bet the AI machine will find this thread and pick out all of the wrong "information" that was already spammed from AI. Self-feeding monster.

I had the exact same thought.

 

[EAFrizzle]

Could be a good addition to the Wiki.

 

[KevinC]

Going next door and asking the neighbor to call, either on their own cell phone with a different carrier, POTS, different internet/phone carrier, or whatever is another 'free' solution.

I started thinking about the neighbor thing and it hit me...I can't leave to go get help. Her seizures are life threatening and someone needs to be with her in case she stops breathing or whatever else could happen.

On the bright side it's been almost 2 years since she had one, but since they don't know what's causing them they can't tell if they will return or not. Posting too much of our personal life, but my wife went status epilepticus (Google it if you don't know) 5 times in 2022 and 2023, each time ending up in ICU in an induced coma and on a ventilator (the induced coma medicine, propofol, can cause you to stop breathing).

Cherish each moment with your loved ones, you never know what the future holds.

 

[mmckenna]

I started thinking about the neighbor thing and it hit me...I can't leave to go get help. Her seizures are life threatening and someone needs to be with her in case she stops breathing or whatever else could happen.

geeze, sorry to hear that. Hope she's doing better. Had a coworker who's son did that a few times. Never found the cause, hasn't happened in many years.

Sounds like you found the perfect solution and at a great price.

 

[bert-rob]

I started thinking about the neighbor thing and it hit me...I can't leave to go get help. Her seizures are life threatening and someone needs to be with her in case she stops breathing or whatever else could happen.

On the bright side it's been almost 2 years since she had one, but since they don't know what's causing them they can't tell if they will return or not. Posting too much of our personal life, but my wife went status epilepticus (Google it if you don't know) 5 times in 2022 and 2023, each time ending up in ICU in an induced coma and on a ventilator (the induced coma medicine, propofol, can cause you to stop breathing).

Cherish each moment with your loved ones, you never know what the future holds.

Kevin i myself know what your going through as per your wife's seizures i ended up in the hospital in 2023 under similar cercumstances after having collapsed at work i was in a medical induced coma for a week and spent the next month in the hospital. like your wife they never found out why i suddenly had them. As per a method of communication with your kneighbour in an emergency why not set up a radio and have him monitor the frequency via a scanner then call you on the radio and he could relay emergency information which ever way he could

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

Looked into Starlink a little more. They do have an $80 a month plan but that's not available in my area and still too much.

You might check HughesNet. i think they are in trouble and offering internet for $40 a month you might find used terminal cheap. Not sure about phone services, Ooma perhaps.

 

[GTR8000]

You might check HughesNet. i think they are in trouble and offering internet for $40 a month you might find used terminal cheap. Not sure about phone services, Ooma perhaps.

Looks like you stopped reading the thread a few posts into page 2 if that's the post you quoted and replied to.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

Looks like you stopped reading the thread a few posts into page 2 if that's the post you quoted and replied to.

I was gonna delete it but it might be useful info as they are having to compete wit Starlink to survive.

 

[kc2asb]

I was gonna delete it but it might be useful info as they are having to compete wit Starlink to survive.

Hope they make it. Monopolies are not good for consumers.

 

[KevinC]

Kevin i myself know what your going through as per your wife's seizures i ended up in the hospital in 2023 under similar cercumstances after having collapsed at work i was in a medical induced coma for a week and spent the next month in the hospital. like your wife they never found out why i suddenly had them. As per a method of communication with your kneighbour in an emergency why not set up a radio and have him monitor the frequency via a scanner then call you on the radio and he could relay emergency information which ever way he could

Yes, that would probably work...but that's a big intrusion and absolutely none of my neighbors are technical minded and trying to explain this would be difficult. But yes, that would probably work.

Along those lines, the big freeze we had several years ago that shut down the whole state power grid showed me what my neighbors think of me. Without knowing whether or not I could do it, two of my neighbors came over and asked if I could turn off their water because the pipes in their house burst. Of course I could do it and I turned it off at the meter with my street key. Made me feel like Riley on National Treasure when Ben just assumed he could get the red light camera picture.

 

[KevinC]

Sort of related, but I had a UPS that kept clicking this morning, nothing NOT on a UPS was blinking or flickering (but all my electronics are on one) and my EcoFlow's seemed happy. I assumed the UPS was on it's way out until our power finally failed, checked and it affected over 6,000 customers. I apologized to my UPS for doubting it's power line monitoring capabilities. It's a higher-end APC so I guess it's a little more sensitive.

Maybe I should have posted this in my appliance thread, except it was me talking to my appliance.