[Ipg-smz] Off the Grid

[Ken Hess]

I wonder if a MiFi unit would work for you?

Thanks,

Ken

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On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 1:33 PM Christine Hall via Ipg-smz <
ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:

> A big ol' thumbs up to that!
>
> Christine Hall
> Publisher & Editor
> FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
> http://fossforce.com
>
> On 9/4/19 2:18 PM, Dennisf63 via Ipg-smz wrote:
> > Okay all  you technoid fanatics. Upstate NY. Back in the mid 1990s we
> > went geothermal with a ground-source heat pump. It probably paid for
> > itself (in the vicinity of $10k including the cost of the ground loop
> > piping) in five years.
> >
> > Fast forward a score years or so and it was decided to update the unit.
> > Different vendor, Got rebates and what not knocked that down to about
> $4k.
> >
> > Now I'm thinking, if NYSEG's lines go down in winter, I could get cold.
> > Backup generator (propane). But wait! Why not solar. I've got a south
> > facing slope perfect for solar panels.
> >
> > And why just for emergency backup???
> >
> > Asked around, asked the outfit that put in the latest heat pump.
> >
> > Turns out "lots of people" are going that route. Got calls in for solar
> > panels. We shall see, but I may have seen the last of NYSEG.
> >
> > Now, no cell service here. If I only had a way to get free of Verizon's
> > land line service.
> >
> > I guess I'll have to research satellite. I have Dish network and
> > Wildblue.net for internet. Hmmmmmmm.
> >
>
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