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Frontier is the company of many promises and very little delivery. I've read all the postings above and most are similiar to our experience. Frontier's current excuse for not being able to deliver adequate (6Mbps is a minimum) and reliable (<2 is not useful) d'jour is "congestion." It's a fixable problem. All that aside, it is clear no progress is being made and Western NC will become less than a 3rd world economy if it does not improve. Frontier is not the answer. They only do what they are allowed to do. We need an activist movement to pressure local, state and even federal politicians to require telecommunications industry to include Western NC in the 21st century. As it is now, we are not even tracking well with the late, great 20th century whether it is internet access or cellular communications. I have a business in another state which I would love to expand and maybe even relocate into the Franklin area of NC. But, the business needs reliable internet access at usable bandwidths. I am sure other business are put-off by the harsh shortfall in technology in WNC as well. We've watched what Chattanooga has done. Soon, I'm given to understand that Georgia will pull a major fiber trunk into North Georgia soon so as to attract more Atlanta businesses away from Atlanta (no water there). Highlands NC just published it will provide its citizens with 10Mbps for free with options to buy more. Of course, not from Frontier. Of course, Highlands is the 2nd home to a lot of wealthy bankers and such.
I live in Cullowhee, 60 miles west of Asheville, NC. We love our home in a deep creek gorge on the side of a mountain. Both native to this area, we realize we are very lucky to have our tiny wisp of cell signal. At some expense we installed a cellular antenna and signal boosters which enable two solid bars all the time and intermittent 3G. While this system is a more than adequate alternative to Frontier's outdated system, our jobs require broadband. We are looking into Wild Blue or Hughes Net. Are you allowed to recommend a provider for the Cullowhee area?
I live in a fourth world portion of Lincoln county NC. There are near a 100+/- homes in this general area that do not have access to 'wired broadband'. The County Officials 'ARE WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM' I have brought it to their attention in the past. There is a video of me at a County Meeting attempting to get answers from a County Manager which I never got. Open government LOL. The Lake front people are apparently a far better class of Citizens that seems to be our Commissions focus.
ATT will sell you a dial up service that wont stay connected long enough to do the required system updates to keep your PC OS, other software, and Security up to date. They charge you each month additional fees supposedly to maintain and improve their wires but the lake comes first (So it seems).
There is no DSL or Cable available, nor are there any wireless options here that are 'reliable'. Cell phones work here sometimes it depends on the mood of the RF gods.
I am using Hughes Net and am thankful for it being available. After taxes connectivity fees this fee and that fee it costs right at $80 a month for 12.7 GB (close estimate) Up and download. You are allowed 425 MB a day between 7Am and 2 AM.
If you exceed that you can wait 24 Hours or use a token (Some are free (1 per month it seems) and others you BUY and they ARE Pricey) to restore and get another 425MB allowance. Between 2AM and 7 AM as near as I can tell it is unlimited. Because of this I have to keep my updates off and update in the middle of the night.
There is no phone option or TV (Not that I want TV). They advertise at 1.66 download speed. The speed test I just finished came in at .64 down and .18 up. I will say that in the past their customer service (CS) was good.
It seems they may have recently changed their CS and are pushing their new 4G plans (Faster Up and Down loads LESS Fair access Allowance same price). It seems their CS for the old system is waning some as they are pushing to sell their new package, sell all new equipment and get another 2 year contract. When it rains, or snows and or is cloudy you loose connection quite often (seems to be more frequent as they promote their new system.
I have never had DSL but I did use Charter Cable at a previous locations. The cable worked very well for the most part but as it was the Hughes Net CS is far better. One main things between 'wired, wireless, and satellite' is the up and down load allowances. The wired systems seem to allow far more.
I would like to possibly seek some education online, and maybe try a small internet business. It is not practical using a 'wireless or satellite' connection because of the up and download limits. I have communicated with my Fed Rep in the House, and tried to contact my Fed Senator (I am a small person and don't have the funds necessary to get is attention it seems), State Officials of all kinds to be given a speech and a request for support (campaign donations etc.) in a lot of cases, and the local Board of Commissioners.
None of them seem to be concerned with the 4th world portions of Lincoln county (and I am sure other similar areas in the State).
We live at 3500 feet in Ellijay Township about half way between Franklin & Highlands. Until Frontier came in we did not have high speed I'net at all and it became available to us almost as soon as Frontier came in. It works perfectly. We are summer sissies and have DLS with AT&T at our winter home in Jacksonville, Fl. - Frontier is equal to our service w/AT&T except the customer service with Frontier is much, much better - wish it was available in Jax.
Our complaint is that we cannot get any reception whatsoever with any brand of mobile phone and that is a detriment to all areas in NC w/o cell service. NC is a major tourist area and parttime people along with nearly all tourists to the state have the same complaint. I don't know if you have any influence but we need more towers! Verizon does not get the job done as they are too propriatory (sp?)- we have T-Mobile and can jump off on the towers of AT&T, Sprint and several others but never Verizon - please bring in more cell phone access - it will help in all areas, new home buyers, tourism, etc.
We live in Elijay Township, between Franklin and Highlands in
Macon County.
DSL service peters out about 2000 feet down the road from our
location. The 20 or so homes beyond that point do not have access
to DSL service. There is no cable TV within miles.
Even if DSL had the range to reach this area, it would not matter,
as Frontier is out of "slots" in its "DSLAM" equipment located down
on RT. 64 and has shown no interest in adding capacity.
The luck few persons here with a clear view to the south can install
(very expensive) and inadequate satellite internet service. The remainder are stuck in the world of dial-up modems running at half
speed on a dry day.
While living in the city of Asheville, we were afforded "high-speed" internet access via Charter. The speed was adequate and we had good customer service. After moving to Alexander (which is in north Buncombe county), we were given one option - satellite thru Hughes. It was horribly expensive and barely worked. Eventually, ATT offered us DSL which is not as pricey, but still barely works. It takes 8 ours to download a movie, if you run more than 1 device at a time, the service freezes. We ran an on-line retail business from our home for several years with great difficulty. If true high-speed was offered, we would do it again. One of the most frustrating aspects of this is that Charter service ends less than 1 mile from our home. We were told it was not cost effective for them to run service down our dead end, 2 mile long road since there are not enough homes (at least 15).
I pay $51 to AT&T/month. (It just went up again. Because I don't have a landline phone with them, they upcharge me for the service. I'd rather have service through Charter. (Listen up, Charter.) However, since I use my own domain name, they won't support it unless you are a business customer. So it's not that they CAN'T support users with their own domains, it's that they WON'T. I used to have a cable modem and it took months of calling to ask why I had so many bounced back emails or emails that never went through before someone at Charter finally admitted that they wouldn't support my domain and that that was the problem. Still get the annoying spam phone calls from charter trying to sell me bundles. When I say my piece about the lack of support for my domain in their internet service, the telemarketer will blithely go on to trying to sell me a landline account. I would go back to a cable modem in a heartbeat if they would support my domain, which I need for business.
We were on verizon DSL after 4 years on satelitte. Verizon was a lot faster and no restrictions. We're then forced to frontier by our state PUC. The speed is still only 1.5 mbps down and .37 up. This is no where near federal standards. They have now increased their rate to 34.99. They have me listed as max broadband, of course no increase in speed. I complained to frontier and their response was we're sorry. I complained to the NC PUC they said they don't have any jurisdiction over internet, and forwarded my complain to the state attorney general consumer fraud. They said they can't force the company to upgrade their equipment to provide better service. Somebody has to step up and regulate these companies. We deserve better in the rural areas. HSI should be nothing less then 4 mpbs.
Thanks James. We will be sharing your comments and others' with the FCC, Congress and other policymakers. It would help if you could say a few words about how this inadequate broadband affects your life and livelihood.
I own an online business and in 2012, my wife and I moved from a large city where we had 20Mb Cable Internet to Hendersonville, NC. Not being too familiar with the area, we made the decision to rent.
Most will never understand what it is like to not have broadband as they haven't recently had to do without it.
As we looked for houses to rent, we had to make decisions based on internet connection. It was unfortunate to find out that DSL 6Mb is the fastest speed available in the area where we were looking.
We've been here for a year and would $100/month for faster internet but that is not an option. As we look for land and the possibility of buying a house, internet availability is the first thing we have to consider.
Even if someone gave us free land, if it did not have broadband, we would not build on it.
Prior to my own experience, my thought was for people to move. It's easy to have that mindset when you have your own fast connection.
Thanks for your efforts and keep at it.
Our home is in a 4-5 year old development on Lake James. Frontier services the area on a very limited basis. Some homes in our development cannot obtain DSL at all. Most, like ours, is limited to about 1Mbps because of the distance to the central office. Frontier is not offering any plans for adding or upgrading equipment to better serve our community.
Morris Broadband cable service ends at the entrance to our development. Only 1 house in the entire community has cable. Morris Broadband has no plans for providing services to the rest of our community.
Please help us obtain quality broadband services around Lake James in McDowell County. Thank you.
We live on Old Linville Road in McDowell County and still use dialup. Frontier often sends offers for high-speed internet, but of course that offer is not available in our area (although their more expensive satellite service is). Perhaps moving might be the best option but who wants to buy a home in an area with such limitations?
We never really had much of a problem with our broadband, but all of a sudden we're lucky to have .50mbps download speeds. We're paying for 3mbps. This is our only broadband option which is via AT&T. Looked into that new Vistanet service but can't afford to pay $60 a month. Almost worth it to go back to dial-up.
We live off of 226 South on a road that had at least 13 houses. Local cable companys have never come out our road, so we thought we would call Frontier and to no avail they too would not come to our home. If you want phone lines they will. I don't want phone lines just better internet. I have been with Verizon wireless for at least six years and need something faster and something not so expensive. I live less than five miles from Marion and everyone can get cable and internet but us. HELP!
We have no high speed, no cell service, and many times no land line phone service. It amazes me that even in third world countries they can get high speed and cell service and here in the US we can't in many places. I took the test but can't be certain you got the results, so here they are- download 0.02, upload 0.04.
We live 1.5 miles from the line of the company that provides service in our area and they will come no further. We have to use satellite service which is very expensive. We would really like to have broad band accessibility.
I live on US Hwy 19W in the Burnsville area about 8 mi from TN border and have been here for 9 years. We have no access to DSL, cable, or anything but satellite. Satellite is not only expensive, but upload speeds are incredibly slow (actually both upload and download are slow, but upload is crawling)...this makes it difficult to be on the same playing field as others, especially when working from home and taking classes online (I am a graduate student depending on distance learning at times, which is interactive). The quality of phone lines out here is poor, so DSL is something that is only promised in the future and has been for 9 years. We were promised broadband several years ago through a local cable company (grant funded initiative), but that is something we still do not have access to and may never. It's hard to compete in a competive world when technology cannot be brought current. By the way, we pay the same for phone service for lines that crackle when it rains compared to someone in town who has better lines and access to DSL.
I live in Rutherford County between Lake Lure and Rutherfordton and have NO options for broadband. Please bring me some internet!
The only service available in my area is through Wild Blue, which I used in the past for about $80 a month. The customer service was through Dish Network and was terrible. The connection was down a lot and when I called, they said must be bad weather or that they just didn't know why. At the end we had not been able to connect for days and they were going to send someone out three weeks later. That was it for me with them.
Next we tried Frontier who delivered the equipment and began charging us with no problem but then had a problem with everything else. After weeks of scheduled service visits that they never made it to and running tests on their end that showed no problem they finally sent someone out who discovered we weren't in an area that could receive broadband service. So that was it with me for them also.
Now I use a wireless hotspot through Virgin Mobile. The one month plan is $50 and lasts no where near a month. I have never been able to watch videos with any of my plans because the speed is just too slow. I would like to take online classes or at least have Netflix but it isn't possible with these speeds at these prices.
We are a wireless ISP running from Cashiers, NC and will be glad to service everybody located in the triangle Lake Toxaway - Highlands - Sylva (AFTER SITE SURVEY TO DETERMINE OPTIONS AT LOCATION). We offer plans starting from 1.5Mbps symmetric all the way up to 60Mbps in certain locations. Give us a call and inquire if you have a residence or business in the serviced area. 828-743-8006. Best of luck to everybody if you really need service. Please support your local Wireless Internet Service Providers wherever you are!
I live in West Marion, where Frontier Telephone Co. and the cable company do not provide service to me. It ends approximately one mile from my house, but they will not bring access any closer to me. I tried satellite internet, but it only works when the weather cooperates. Sometimes you have service...sometimes you don't. I cancelled the satellite when I discovered that I could get service through Verizon with their JetPak, but it is quite expensive...10 gigabytes for $80/mo. If you go over any amount over 10 gigabytes, no matter how small the amount you go over 10, it costs an extra $10 for EACH gigabyte over 10 gigabytes. I am so tired of not having quality internet service. It is very frustrating.
We feel that broadband is one of the key economic and community development issues in rural areas. Thanks for telling your story. Please encourage your friends and neighbors to do so as well.
We live on NC Highway 226A between Marion and Little Switzerland. This highway climbs a mountain and has sharp curves. According to the Verizon Wireless map our house gets a broadband signal from three different towers, but actually we only get a signal from one - the one near Marion. That signal is weak, so we put a large, expensive antenna in our attic to boost it. We feel lucky to get a signal at all, because most of our neighbors do not. As you drive up or down this highway your cell phone signal disappears entirely for long stretches, so broadband signals must do the same.The local phone company (Verizon, not Verizon Wireless) apparently has no plans to provide modern phone cables to the hundreds of residents along this highway. We cannot get a direct answer from the "customer service" reps because they don't have this info in India/Pakistan.
For the past 11 years I have put up with a frustrating dial-up connection. I live on the southern end of McDowell County and have tryed with every internet provider I can find and NO ONE will offer high speed in my area. My husband uses the internet to order supplies for his business and really needs the high speed offered in other nearby locations. Please help!
Thank you for writing and sharing your experiences. Please also add your location to the Broadband Map. MAIN will be hosting its first Community Drop-In at the Old Fort Library on March 9th from 1 - 4 PM. Please encourage your friends without service to stop in, tell their story, and add their address to the map.
I live on Old Linville Road north of Marion. For a while years ago I tried dial up but was so frustrated I gave it up. I have been told by Verizon and Frontier that I am on the border line for service. I don't even own a computer now. Satellite is too expensive for me. Internet is a necessity. I feel like I'm living in the dark ages!
Thank you for telling your story. Please encourage your friends and neighbors to map their experiences as well.
We live off Hwy 64 west, a Murphy NC address but about 18 miles west of town towards the Tennessee line. Have lived there 12 years. Our phone is AT&T. Our only access for high speed internet is satellite, and 'Exceed' is expensive ! I have family members who would consider coming to live on our property but can not because their jobs require the higher speed access. I am in medicine, and would love to have what my colleges in the city have when it comes to Internet access.
We use mobile "broadband." Verrryyy slow. Been waiting for faster option since 2006 when we moved to Marion. We're only 10 minutes from downtown where cable is available. I work mostly from home and it's a nightmare to try to download necessary forms, etc. for work. I keep getting notices in the mail from Frontier DSL but when I call they tell me it's not available for my area.
Thank you for posting your experience on the map. Please encourage your friends and neighbors to map their speed and share their story as well.
in certain roads in our area there is no broad band .I live off bethleham rd. off old fort sugar hill in old fort nc.
Thank you for writing and mapping your speed. Please ask your friends and neighbors to share their experiences as well. We'll be holding our first Mapping Open House at the Old Fort Library on March 9, 2013 from 1 - 4 pm in the conference room. IF you have friends who have no access who want to share their experiences, we will have a laptop bank for users to get online and tell their story. Thanks again!
We moved to Nebo about 3 years ago. My husband was trying to work from home and we were told that we could get Verizon DSL. We not only could not get it, but we were unable to get a landline phone for over a year. Verizon had pulled out and Frontier was slow to take over service. We are in an area with poor to fair cell phone reception, and there were times when we had no phone service for weeks. We had the Verizon card for our internet service for 1 1/2 years and it was extremely slow. I think dial up would have been better. It is not suitable for video or uploading or transmittal of large files. After many calls to Frontier we were able to get their wireless DSL. It is terrible. We have an 2 Apple computers and our signal is so poor that our wireless connection has to be rebooted several times a day. Customer service is unsympathetic to the problem. They say there is something wrong with our computers. If we take our laptop to Marion or Asheville, we get great wireless service on our "defective" computer. Can we get some help out here please?
Thank you, Susan, for sharing your story. Please encourage your friends and neighbors to test their speed and let us know what their experience has been as well.
I live on highway 209 between Waynesville and Hot Springs right on the county line. I zoomed your service map in on my location and it is not correct. Maybe it is only in demo mode now and not fully updated for accuracy? The map says there is a wired broadband connection across the street from me. Not. Verizon once told me the same thing looking at their own map a couple years ago and I laughed at them. Now AT+T owns the phone line and because the line is damaged they have to come up once or twice a year to fix it when the static gets out of hand. I always ask the linemen, when are you going to run a new phone line up here? When are you going to run high speed internet up here. They just say it's not going to happen.
When they won't even bother to replace a damaged buried phone line, I feel confident high speed internet will never be run up here unless they are forced to do it.
So I have Hughes satellite internet. It is adequate, but forget watching any kind of video and you have to be careful with large downloads so you don't go over your daily allowance. The speed is moody to say the least. I get adequate service for $90 a month. Such a deal.
Christopher, thanks for posting your comment. Our map is based on the official FCC broadband map. We built it via files we downloaded from the FCC website. One of the main goals of this effort is to identify discrepancies between the FCC map and what's actually occurring on the ground. Your feedback in this regard is extremely valuable and helpful. Once we have a sufficient sampling, we will be sharing this data with the FCC and other key policy makers.
We are exactly 1/2 mile off of Hwy 19/74 in the Nantahala Gorge and just 1 mile from NOC. They (NOC)have ultra high speed internet and have had it for nearly 15 years. I first enquired about DSL over 7 years ago and each year I am promised it will be the "next" year. My cabin business relies on internet connectivity more and more each year and so we are forced to pay high rates for slow and unreliable satelite internet service. The most painful and frustrating part is knowing the internet superhighway is just 1/2 mile away!
The FCC is required to report to Congress on the local impact of its policies, former FCC official Mark Lloyd tells MAIN. "Most of the information the FCC gets, it gets from the industry, or from services that the industry supports," says Lloyd. "The reports may be right, but they may also be wrong. It is very important for local communities to gather their own information, to tell their own stories with hard data. This might help the FCC, and it might help members of Congress understand why these local issues, these issues that touch the lives of people in their district, are important."
I have had DSL (if you want to call it that today) as long as DSL has been around the Walnut area. For the most part, it has been working well, however, over the last 6 to 8 months, we have gone from DSL speed to dial up speed.
The breaking point was when I was going to upload a 30 minutes video and found out it was going to take over 13 hours to upload. I took to another place that did not have Frontier and uploaded in less than 30 minutes.
Called Frontier and they gave me the, "You're in a high volume area." They further said they were trying new things with their fiber, which runs in front of my home to the switch, which is less than a half mile from my house. I even talked with a friend of mine who installs cable and when I told him the speed, and the distance from the switch, he could not believe.
In talking with Frontier, they say they talked with a programmer who was to have "moved me to 3 Mb/s. As usual, customer pays for something and does not get.
Broadband internet access is important to the recovery and growth of our economy. I work from home in the community of Burningtown outside the city of Franklin, NC. For years I have been trying to get broadband internet first from Verizon and then Frontier when they took over service approximately 3 years ago. In FCC filings related to the sale of service from Verizon to Frontier, Frontier promised to bring high speed internet access to remote areas of Western NC within 3 years. They have not done this and now tell me there are no plans to bring high speed internet to the area - despite their mailing campaigns for service availability which continue to arrive in my mail and in my local newspaper. Broadband internet access via satellite cost me $129.99 per month with Exede / WildBlue is very expensive and weather dependent. Can you please help me investigate why Frontier is NOT being held to their commitments in their FCC filings to bring high speed internet access to the Burningtown community? I've written to Congressman - Mark Meadows, complained to Frontier, contacted the NC Utilities Commission.
Internet access was not an issue 30 yrs ago in the quiet farm community of Big Sandy Mush. Internet is now used for almost every conceivable need, and I'd be lost without it. As an organizer of various public events it is an essential tool, especially keeping in touch and answering folks questions in a timely fashion.
When everyone had dial up we didn't know the difference, but now we've got a high speed satellite dish. However It is expensive, goes down due to weather and other unknown reasons just when you really need it, is erratic, and can be an exercise in frustration. Since it is a satellite you are charged $100 for a service call when something breaks. I might add there is also no cell phone service. Peaceful here? yes, frustrating, emphatically yes!!!
Where I live I am unable to get cable or cable internet. The only option that is available to me is DSL through Frontier. I pay right at $60 a month for very poor quality service. I initially signed up for 3mbps service and could not get but 1.5 mbps. I was told that was the fastest speed my lines would handle. I then downgraded to the 1.5 mbps service. At that point my speeds dropped to 1.0 mbps or less. I have requested service calls numerous times for a technician to come see if they can help and appointments are made, but Frontier never sends a technician. We have been told that they are not required to send out a technician. We have been bluntly told that the level of service we receive is what we pay for. $60.98 is my internet bill after taxes and fees for one month for this level of service. As I have no other broadband options where I live I am forced to pay this every month. I receive very poor quality of service and very poor customer service. I have gone days with the internet not functioning at all only to be told there were outages in the area and receive no credit on my account. I recently returned to Franklin from a year in Phoenix Arizona. There I paid less than $50 a month for 30mbps and in 11 months I lost service twice for a combined total of 35 minutes. I have been told that the phone lines were set here in the early 80's and that Frontier does not have an upgrade or replacement of these lines or any infrastructure in this are for at least the next 3 to 5 years.
Many of you have e-mailed us with comments about problems obtaining adequate broadband access. Thanks! These comments will help us build a public record to bring about changes to US broadband policies, which currently discriminate against rural communities and low-income neighborhoods.
Please post your comments and questions in this forum. The first step in building a movement for change is the realization that you are not alone. That others share your experience and concerns.
Posting your comments in this public forum will not only inform; it will encourage others to speak out.
Rural broadband is a problem we can solve. We have the technology, the funding (e.g. Connect America Fund), and the will. All that's missing is the policy.
By letting our voices be heard, we can change the policy. For details, see the "Learn More" section of this website.
I love our little mountain home; however, we pay a lot for sloooow Internet service through French Broad Electric. I never click to watch videos because it takes 6 minutes to download a 2 minute video. I have to take my devices to someone else's house to do updates and back up data because it always times out at my house. I am in the real estate business, so it is really difficult for me to work without high speed service! HELP!!
Living in the wilderness has its advantages, but broadband is not one of them. After two years of expensive and mediocre satellite broadband, we now rely on wireless tethering via our mobile phones. It's costly, cumbersome and inefficient.
Thanks for sharing your experience Donna. Please make sure that you submit "No Broadband Access" for your location via the Speed Test form. Just curious: How expensive is it to tether your mobile phone to your laptop?


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NWS could furlough 5,000 employees to cover budget shortfall
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The National Weather Service said it will have to furlough as many as 5,000 employees for 13 days — unless Congress allows the agency to move around funds within its budget.
NWS, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, faces a $35.5 million budget shortfall in funds for field operations, according to the union representing NWS employees.
The furloughs would save the agency $26 million and occur before this fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.
"National Weather Service employees are paying for the mistakes of the agency's leadership," said Dan Sobien, president of the NWS Employees Union, in a statement. "Their misguided plan to furlough all agency employees is another example of the short- sighted thinking that has put them in such dire straits."
NWS submitted a "reprogramming" package to Congress that would begin July 1. This plan would allow the agency to maintain its current operations without furloughs by reappropriating funds from one department budget to another.
A NOAA spokesman told The Washington Post that the reappropriated funds would pay for technology upgrades and local forecasting.
Last month, an internal investigation found agency employees had moved millions of dollars between NWS programs without notifying employees. NWS head Jack Hayes abruptly retired, although there was no evidence of fraud.
A union official says the shortfall was due to the Office of Management of Budget requesting a 2 percent increase in NWS operating costs from year-to-year over the last decade. Except for recent years, pay for federal employees has increased more than the budgeted increase, creating a "structural gap," said NWSEU general counsel Richard Hirn, in an interview with In Depth with Francis Rose.
Payroll makes up a large part of NWS operations, about $2 million per day.
"There was this growing gap, and you had to pay the salaries or you had to close offices because they're so thinly staffed," Hirn said. He said the 122 forecast offices nationwide have about two people on a shift at any given time, fine for normal day-to-day operations but not sufficient when severe weather hits.
Hirn said it appears the agency chief financial officer and Hayes became "fall guys because the political people did not ask from Congress for sufficient funds to cover really basic operational expenses of the National Weather Service."
Without congressional approval, one possible scenario is NWS employees would have to take 2-3 unpaid furlough days per pay period, according to the union.
NWS must give employees a 30-day notice if it is to furlough staff, unless the agency can prove the situation was an emergency.
"Furloughs would reduce staff available and would potentially impact critical weather operations, including those at the the National Hurricane Center and Storm Prediction Center, during the peak hurricane season," according to the union.


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Penn College Commencement: May 12, 2012 (Morning)
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It was one year ago to the day that Unreal Tournament 3 had shipped in North America. This title created by Epic Games was originally supposed to come with the Linux binaries on the game's DVD but that didn't happen and the UT3 Linux server arrived a month late...
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Bah... who ordered cold tears for drinks? lol.
if they think i'm stupid enough to buy this game after 1 year it came out they're wrong.
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I seriously doubt UT3 will have the linux version get past the legal department, because last i knew some middle ware was causing issues.
Well, in any case, i'd like to personally thank Michael Larabel and the entire Phoronix site and team, as well as everyone who posts and browses these boards, for providing a great place for linux users to vent their frustrations at the lack of a linux client for ut3 freely, and to provide (mostly) "constructive criticism". Great job guys!
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Hey everyone, wondering if you have any advice on a new duck gun. Looking hard at the Browning Maxus and A5 and the Beretta A400. I'm also going to look at the Benelli Super Vinci and the SBE II, maybe the Winchester Super X3 (I shoot an SX2 now). I need something the consistently cycles the lighter loads but can handle the big boys without too much added recoil or muzzle jump. Anyone shot more than one of these and have an opinion? Also, if anyone has any input on going with a gas or inertia gun, that'd be great too. Thanks.
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I've shot both the Maxus and the Super Vinci. Both good guns, can't speak to the others. I've chosen to shoot Maxus for the past two seasons.
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All good except the Benellis often fail with light loads. Give it a Google and you will see lots of problems with these guns cycling light trap or skeet loads, good luck!
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love my benelli. Sometimes it wont shoot my 7/8 oz reloads that are supper light but not many ppl shoot those. Shoots my 1 oz loads just fine
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I checked out that info on the Benelli's failing to cycle lighter loads. I don't think I'd shoot anything less than 1 oz loads, it will primarily be a duck gun anyway. How's the muzzle jump on these? Since it's recoil operated, is it a noticeable difference? Also, I've heard of some people having problems with the Maxus cycling in fowl weather (where most duck hunting takes place), anyone had these issues? Thanks!
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neither my my sons Maxus or mine has ever failed to cycle.. I have had issues with my trigger been back to Browning several times. hope its better now. Great gun otherwise though. Recoil is minimal compared to the others I've shot.
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shoulder them all. best advise i can give you. make your own opinion, if possible find someone who will not only let you shoulder one, but cycle a few rounds through it. I shouldered 5 different semis before i bought the benelli, simply because it came to my shoulder perfectly everytime. my line of sight was always straight down the barrel. this was before the maxus came out. since then i have shouldered and shot the maxus and it shoulders flawlessly for me. I could never retire or go without my benelli, but if i were to every buy a maxus i think i would have to flip a coin over which gun i would use every time i went hunting!
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My SBE II kicks more than my Beretta Xtrema II but malfunctions with 1 1/4 oz non-toxic loads too much. The Beretta malfunctions in very cold weather.
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I have a Maxus and a A400. The Maxus falfunctioned 3 times this past season while the A400 performed flawlessly. I also use the A400 to shoot local sporting clay shoots and it has never failed to cycle through roughly 5,000 shells so far. I clean both guns very regularly. The A400 also has less recoil (probably due to the kick-off). If you're going to spend the money on a high end duck gun, no doubt the A400 is the way to go.
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The A400 seems to be in a class of it's own - technology wise and price wise - but if the gun really is that much better, then I think it'd be worth it. I just don't want to spend the extra few hundred for only minor differences. Thanks for the info.
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Canberra group rides?Coming down to canberra for 3-5 days starting this friday from QLD. Are there any group rides that any one can join?
Thanks mitch
Re: Canberra group rides?A bit of info of what you are looking for might help. Bike type, average speed, hills or flat, distance?
Current Ride: Trek Madone 6.5 (2013)
Re: Canberra group rides?Pedal Power groups: http://www.pedalpower.org.au/events/index.asp
Bilby Triathlete Group (they do Saturday cycling trianing ride): http://bilbys.org/joomla/index.php?opti ... view&id=54 They are probably 2 of the bigger groups that accommodates different speed and distance for people.
Re: Canberra group rides?Check the thread in this forum about the ride out to Uriarra, Cotter and Tidbinbilla. You're welcome to join if you think you can handle it
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Re: Canberra group rides?Bilbys also do a Wednesday morning ride from Dickson pool, 6am start (fast, medium and slow groups).
Vikings have a ride on Friday mornings (6am start) starting and finishing from ANU bridge near concourse, just down from Pickle Pickle cafe/Sports Union. Fast, medium and slow groups. There is also Southside 'Grandpa' bunch starting from Bike Shed Phillip also starting at 6am Fridays. Only one group/speed for this bunch, usually it's mediumish to fast depending on who's on the front. Saturday morning has the infamous 'Bakery Bunch' which I'm led to believe is basically a hammerfest all the way - I've never done it personally so can't comment in detail. Starts from Bike Shed Phillip at 6.30am I think? (Paging Mr Golf!) One group for this ride, keep up or get dropped! Pedal Power have a Sunday ride leaving from Dickson College at 8am, fast, medium and slow groups, routes vary each week and each group usually does a different route.
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Yeh sorry about that. Road bike, average speed at least above 30km/h, dont care about whether its hills or flats and at least above 40km in distance. mitch
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No worries, i think everyone else has already covered the options though. Enjoy your stay Current Ride: Trek Madone 6.5 (2013)
Re: Canberra group rides?There is also a bunch ride starting 8am at Scrivener Dam on all Sundays and public holidays. A fairly serious ride for fit roadies, usually with options for extra (or lesser) distance.
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Yeah, Bilby's arent too bad, but they always just stay same pace. Its good for getting some K's in the legs, but no real push for training. 'Infamous' Bakery Bunch?? Not sure why... They are pretty fast. Usually averages between 34-39km/h, but thats not that fast, is it? I can keep up easily, so its manageable. The tough bit is sprinting the 10kms between Barton hwy and Federal Hwy, especially along horse park drive. They step up a gear or two, and I usually get dropped in the last 2kms of the sprint. I think the guys on the front are A graders and there are usually some Drapac Porsche team riders. Its great fun, though. Occasionally dubious road manners and etiquette, but for the most legal and safe. Just dont expect them to stop if you puncture or have a light stack.
Re: Canberra group rides?So I was coming down Fed Hwy, over the Majura Rd overpass and down towards the Formula One motel, and I saw a bunch ride of sorts (Wednesday) at about 6.30am-ish.
From my googling-kung !! BAN ME NOW FOR SWEARING !!, would I be right in saying this is the 'Bilbys' bunch ride? I've only ever been on one bunch ride, as an invite to Vikings and I sort of liked it in a bemused sort of MTBer way. From my reading, Vikings don't really want you on their rides if you aren't a member due to insurance issues (which is fair enough). I'm not a Vikings or CCC member, and I don't see myself signing up anytime soon... although crits interest me a little (another discussion). Is Bilbys happy for randoms to show up? And randoms new to bunch riding at that? (Though definitely not new to riding)
Re: Canberra group rides?Wouldn't have been Bliblies. They went west to Golf Course in Holt.
Bilbies are more than happy for newbies/ outsiders to turn up. I have been riding bilbies wednesdays since December last year and am never likely to be a member. They have multiple groups catering for different speed abilities and are very friendly. Best introduce yourself and tell Gary what your experience in groups is like. I haven't experienced Vikings putting up walls to non members. Training rides are just that. None of the Vikings riders would be covered with insurance to any big degree, either. There are heaps of rides out there, though. Joining one will inform you of others.
Re: Canberra group rides?I think the Vikings were doing a ride this morning out to OFH, a semi-regular recovery ride thing they do.
It's relatively new thing that the Vikings are requiring riders that participate in Friday "Norman" ride from ANU to have a CA licence (dunno if Vets licence is acceptable).
Re: Canberra group rides?Thanks for the info - albeit conflicting info re Friday Normans rides.
But I think I will just try and go along next time and speak to an 'organiser'. Anyone here go to those that I can yell out to and say hi? I'm mainly a MTB so will have hairy legs to match and will most likely be a pariah!
Re: Canberra group rides?Ross would know way more than me, as he is a Viking (nicht war?).
Bilbies are still fine without a licence. They have a couple of rides per week. There are a couple of rides from Woden on Friday, one of which (the one that leaves at 6:01, rather than 6:00) is fairly brutal in pace. The earlier ride is a nice relaxed pace, no licence needed. As for MTB hairy legs, I am a roadie (mainly) with occasional visits to MTB meccas like the Scott, who has hairy legs. The euro cool rules stipulate that hairy legs are OK provided you can dish out pain. Thats something I am working at. They also say facial hair is unacceptable unless it is a trimmed goatee... I am a misfit.
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Re: Canberra group rides?i don't think that is even worthy of a nomination, but ok...
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Re: Canberra group rides?So which club should I join guys? Vikings or CCC? I'm not a vet so they're out...
what's the overall vibe of each club?? Do they have stereo types? I'm mainly looking for an easy going crowd that is welcoming to new people and not hating on us MTBers. I'll try and dish the pain with my hairy legs on the hills.... I'll do my best on my 9-speed alu Sorry for all the q's... $270 is a lot to drop... a lot more than an MTBA licence that's for sure.
Re: Canberra group rides?Vikings have an online forum which appears quite good. Lots of race details, training rides, general chit chat which is always good.
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Re: Canberra group rides?Bought my Viking membership last night - going to rock along this morning to the North side ANU group ride. Say hello to me if you see me - I'll have a silver Avanti with a jersey with greek lettering (aqua and white). My name is Matt.
Re: Canberra group rides?Thread revive.
I move to Canberra on the 11 March, so will be needing to join up on these bunch rides. Have had a look at the CCC and VCC websites, I am a masters age rider but have an open licence with the Defence Force Cycling Club. Racing C grade here in Tassie at the moment. Pretty keen to get there and meet some riders. Going to be a bit different to the riding here in Tassie I think.
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Love the natural wood and heavy duty hooks and arms. Looks first class and is holding 7 heavy pots for us. Note the rack doesn't screw on - it is merely resting on the arms and the front bar - but we haven't had a problem with this - just was a surprise. Great product and great price!
This is a wonderful pot rack. I wouldn't plan on putting anything deep on top of it because it is hard to position items with the hooks placings. I used small decorative ceramic bowls on the shelf as my large ones would not fit. As far as the hooks, they hold my most used pots and pans. My contractor told me to be careful what I bought because hanging pot racks move when you reach up to place your item on the hook. It is beautiful to the eye and works wonderfully. We made sure upon install we placed it on studs. This may be another consideration. We could not center ours because of our condition design. It installs quickly and perfectly. Thanks Overstock for a GREAT BUY once again!!!!
This is a nice pot rack, fairly sleek and simple in its design but heavy on its own. The hooks are super-thick and heavy-duty so that they can withstand quite a bit of load. The support system is a little too thin and flimsy comparing to the rest fo the product. Braces tend to flex upon installation so have to be careful not to press on them and stretch them as you install or the stress will be uneven. It's definitely more expensive than you'd find somewhere else or what you'd pay for some of the other models. No regrets though.. it looks good on my kitchen wall and does the job. I just wish it had more hooks so instead of just 5-6 I could use about 10 of them
I love this pot/pan rack. It's easy to put together, and the hooks are moveable, according to how you want to hang your pans. It's very easy to put together, and stylish.
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It was easy to install ans is of a great quality product. We love it on our wall!
Quality product, Happy with purchase. More length options would be nice
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Small farmers: Rules could halt local food trendAP PHOTO
Andre Cantelmo, of Heron Pond Farm, poses in his field of greens at his farm, in South Hampton, N.H. Cantelmo and hundreds of his fellow farmers from Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire attended public hearings last week on proposed rules for implementing the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act, which aims to create a system for preventing foodborne illness instead of reacting to it.CONCORD, N.H. As the local food movement gains steam, northern New England farmers are steaming mad about proposed regulations they fear will leave them unable to meet growing consumer demand for their produce.
Andre Cantelmo of Heron Pond Farm in South Hampton helps run Eastmans Corner, a foundation dedicated to making local farms an economically and environmentally sustainable, integral part of the community. The group is preparing to break ground on a large food distribution and preservation center, but uncertainty over looming food safety rules could halt that progress, he said.
We have this really amazing local food movement, its got this head of steam, its moving along, and then you get something like this law, which really puts the kibosh on it, he said. This is what holds up economic development weird regulations that no one knows theyre going to be implemented. Why would you expand your business?
Cantelmo and hundreds of his fellow farmers from Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire attended public hearings last week on proposed rules for implementing the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act, which aims to create a system for preventing foodborne illness instead of reacting to it. Among other measures, the rules would require farmers to take new precautions against contamination, including ensuring that workers hands are washed, irrigation water is clean and animals stay out of fields.
New England farmers have argued that many aspects of the rules were derived from large-scale farming practices that dont apply to the regions smaller farms. And they suspect the rules are part of a larger effort by corporate farms to get rid of smaller operations they view as threats.
Im all for food safety. But when food safety becomes the excuse to write rules and regulations that drive small farms out of business, the people need to make it clear that enough is enough, said Maine state Rep. Craig Hickman, who operates an organic farm in Winthrop.
The proposed rules exempt farms with less than $500,000 in annual sales as long as half those sales are direct-to-consumer. Farms with less than $25,000 in sales also are exempt regardless of where they sell their produce.
Michael Taylor, a deputy commissioner with the Food and Drug Administration, was among the panel of federal officials who led last weeks hearings. He estimated that about 110,000 farms nationwide or more than half would be exempt from the rules based on the scale of their operations.
I think there are a lot of folks who will be exempt who arent clear about that yet, he said. When you look at the concentration of small farms here (in New England), its a very large percentage.
Taylor said there are legitimate concerns about whether farms approaching various threshold levels would be discouraged from expanding, but he emphasized that federal officials are trying to make the standards as targeted as possible.
While Taylor was familiar with most of the issues that came up at the two sessions, he said hearing directly from farmers was a tremendous learning experience. Some of the farmers, however, came away far from satisfied.
Hickman said federal regulators disrespected all farmers by holding the sessions during their busiest time of year. And Michael Smith of Gypsy Meadow Farm in Plainfield said major issues, including enforcement, were left unaddressed.
Smith, who has turned to farm consulting after the remnants of Hurricane Irene destroyed his crops two years ago, said the rules will make small farms the victims of someone elses mistakes.
Youre going to prohibit a region from producing its own food. You talk about food safety if you dont have any food, you dont have to worry about it, he said.
New Hampshire Commissioner of Agriculture Lorraine Merrill said she is very concerned about the rules given the states many small, diversified farms. Some who dont sell enough produce to fall under the regulations could end up subject to them if their other operations dairy, for example bump them over the thresholds, she said. Or bigger farms that purchase produce from them and are subject to the rules could drop them, she said.
Its definitely a priority issue for New Hampshire and New England agriculture because were experience this renaissance of local agriculture and food, and I think its very much something our citizens are supporting and see the value of, she said. Id hate to see it nipped in the bud. But we also want to make sure the food were producing here is healthy and safe.MORE IN World/National BusinessWASHINGTON The Obama administrations far-reaching plan to address climate change would cause... Full StoryWASHINGTON Mortgage giant Freddie Mac reported net income of $524 million for the first... Full Story -
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My belief process in God or religion is that of an Agnostic - a philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims - particularly theological claims regarding metaphysics or the existence of God, or deities is unkown or inherently unkowable. I am unconvinced and noncommittal about the existence of a God or deities, as well as about other matters of religion. God may exist and God may not exist, with the point being I am not convinced of God's existence. This would be known as open agnosticism, empirical agnosticism or temporal agnosticism.
However, I do have a belief in a higher power, which I view simply as a power greater than myself that is positive. When I first started attending AA meetings, being an Agnostic, my higher power became the group - the meetings and the people. The group shares what they have learned and discovered regarding alcoholism, sobriety and life in general, and I take what I need and leave behind what I do not feel is helpful to me (however, I make sure I keep a very open mind so that I do not shut out potentially positive concepts on a whim). I use many of the groups solutions as a method to solve my own problems with alcoholism and life issues. This allows for positive solutions for my problems and issues and certainly provides for a power greater than myself - the ability, through the help of the group, to quickly come up with solutions to problems I would otherwise not immediately see, or ever see.
After attending many AA meetings and maintaining my sobriety, my belief in a higher power morphed beyond just that of the group. I saw too many coincidences and too many positive things happening with myself and with others in AA to accept that the group itself was my higher power, though it does remain a hgher power in itself. I came to believe that there is a higher power out "there", a spiritual entity, but one that is beyond my understanding. This is along the lines of Agnostic spiritualism—the view that there may or may not be a God, while maintaining a general personal belief in a spirtual aspect of reality, particularly without distinct religious basis, or adherence to any established doctrine or dogma.
Thus, I have a belief in a higher power and have developed a spiritual aspect of reality (and I want to work on making my spiritual aspect of reality a more fulfilling part of my life), but since my higher power is beyond my understanding, it creates some challenges in regards to working the Twelve Steps.
I have no problem with Step 2 - "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity". I certainly believe the higher power of the group has helped to do that, and I do believe this extends to the the greater spiritual power I believe in that is also beyond my understanding.
Step 3 has become a challenge - "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him". Since my higher power is beyond my understanding, I am struggling with turning my will and life over to something I do not understand. I do believe in the group as a higher power, but I won't turn my will and life over to a group of people, though I believe this group can and has help me maintain sobriety while also helping me return to "sanity". My philosophical struggle is with turning my will and life to the care of a higher power in general, with the AA assumption being that my will has only gotten me in trouble with alcohol and my life has thus become unmanageable, and I cannot recover from alcoholism without turning my will and life over to a higher power.
Personally, I don't have a problem with this conceptually - especially for those who have a firm belief in a God under a Judeo-Christian pretext. If you have already put your faith in God as a Christian, you have already turned your will and your life over to God. For me, as an Agnostic, philosophical questions regarding positive self-will and personal responsibility come to mind. Additionally, if I were to turn my will and my life over to a power that is greater than me, who am I? The picture that comes to mind is that I am a leaf floating in the wind, with the wind (as an assumptive higher power) blowing me in the direction that is best for me. This, however, and in my present mind, would leave me as a shell of a human being with no sense of self. I would not be a unified being who is a source of my own conciousness as my will and life has now been handed over to a higher power - with my conciousness and the agents within myself that are responsible for my thoughts and actions not being my responsibility, but that of a higher power that supposedly knows all.
What I need to come to terms with is how I can turn my will and life over to a higher power that is beyond my understanding while also feeling that I have maintained a sense of person and self. I have many self attributes that are positives and that I am proud of. I believe I have accomplished these through my own positive self-will and determination. Not all self-will, even in an alcoholic, is bad. These are positive attributes I do not want to lose, and I need to come to grips with how turning these positive attributes over to a higher power would not cause me to lose my own positive self-will. While I have many negative attributes I am willing to turn over to the care of my higher power, I struggle with having to turn over my positive attributes that I believe are self-determined through my own good will as a rational (when sober) thinking human being.
The problem here is that is appears AA assumes "self" and "will" and "ego" are bad. That these attributes within you have run amuck in a self-will run riot. While this is true for many aspects of my life, it is certainly not true for all aspects of my life. While I am an alcoholic who has negative aspects of my self and my life that need to be worked on, I also have many positive aspects as to who I am as a human being. The perspective I get from the Big Book is that my entire life is a disaster and all has to change, while I certainly do not see this as the case.
For me, I have to come to terms with all this in order to accept the 3rd Step. Otherwise, I don't believe I can truthfully accept the 3rd Step. Any thoughts would be appreciated.


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North State Assemblyman Dan Logue is hosting a townhall meeting with northern divisional leadership from the California Highway Patrol. The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held Oct. 22, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Graeagle Fire Hall, 7620 Highway 89.
An open meeting between the public and CHP was requested after Logue held private meetings with community leaders and CHP representatives regarding concerns Logue's office had received from constituents in Plumas County.
"It is very important to me that people in Plumas County feel safe and protected by their local law enforcement agencies," said Logue. "Holding a townhall meeting will let everyone who wants to comment on this matter do so. I want to hear from everyone, with comments both positive and negative about the CHP so that we can make efforts to enhance our public safety.
"This is a chance for everyone to respectfully say what is on their mind," said Logue, "We will be there to listen and make sure that we are all working to better serve our communities."
Logue represents the 3rd District in the California Legislature, which includes the communities of Butte, Lassen, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra and Yuba.