<div dir="ltr">I wonder if a MiFi unit would work for you?<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Ken</div><div><br></div>Kenneth Hess<br>(918) 919-0411 (Skype)<br>Twitter: @kenhess<br><div>Skype: kenneth_hess</div><a href="http://www.kenhess.com/" target="_blank">kenhess.com</a> - <a href="http://frugalnetworker.com/" target="_blank">frugalnetworker.com</a><br></div><div>Filmmaker - Podcaster - Reviewer - System Administrator - Writer</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 1:33 PM Christine Hall via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">A big ol' thumbs up to that!<br>
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On 9/4/19 2:18 PM, Dennisf63 via Ipg-smz wrote:<br>
> Okay all you technoid fanatics. Upstate NY. Back in the mid 1990s we <br>
> went geothermal with a ground-source heat pump. It probably paid for <br>
> itself (in the vicinity of $10k including the cost of the ground loop <br>
> piping) in five years.<br>
> <br>
> Fast forward a score years or so and it was decided to update the unit. <br>
> Different vendor, Got rebates and what not knocked that down to about $4k.<br>
> <br>
> Now I'm thinking, if NYSEG's lines go down in winter, I could get cold. <br>
> Backup generator (propane). But wait! Why not solar. I've got a south <br>
> facing slope perfect for solar panels.<br>
> <br>
> And why just for emergency backup???<br>
> <br>
> Asked around, asked the outfit that put in the latest heat pump.<br>
> <br>
> Turns out "lots of people" are going that route. Got calls in for solar <br>
> panels. We shall see, but I may have seen the last of NYSEG.<br>
> <br>
> Now, no cell service here. If I only had a way to get free of Verizon's <br>
> land line service.<br>
> <br>
> I guess I'll have to research satellite. I have Dish network and <br>
> Wildblue.net for internet. Hmmmmmmm.<br>
> <br>
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