Sorry for the bother . . it was my DSL cable got unplugged Ugh! Thanks n/m
Posted By: TTer on 2009-06-18
In Reply to: TransTech MT's unable to connect to VPN this a.m. ?????? Cannot work ????? - TTer
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I have Charter Cable for phone, internet and cable and love it. No worries about big bills. sm
Their service is not great but I have not had to call since I was set up 2 years ago, so it does not bother me. My whole block uses it and we are all very happy!
You know don't you that you can get cable modem without having cable TV. It costs sm
about $10 more a month for it but you can get it without having cable TV if cable connection are in your house and if they aren't, you can have them put in.
dsl/cable
I live in the Panhandle of Florida. If any of you live in this area and use DLS, have you noticed that getting on the internet is slower than usual? I think this is due to internet traffic. If any of you have had DSL before and now have cable for internet access (or cable to DSL), can you tell me which you thought was better/faster? Thanks in advance.
Cable or DSL
I thought wireless was DSL.
No DSL access or cable either
where I live. Have satellite access, but hospital will not allow us to use this. For the past 10 years been using dial-up at 28K only, which can be frustrating at times, but I try to hang in there.
My goal is 1400 lines a day (7.5 hour shift), which I accomplish most days, but I do not have any little ones at home.
Hospital installing new web-based system soon, which they say will be much better!
I work for a large corporation with multiple smaller satellite facilities -- I work for one of the smaller facilities. Do you think we work for the same corporation?
I would encourage any experienced MT to work for a national sometime during their career. The experience and wealth of knowledge gained will last a lifetime. It takes an exceptional multi-tasker to be able to transcribe multiple accounts all in a day's work. But, DSL is required by most nationals.
Have you ever worked in a home-based setting?
If not, it takes a lot of discipline to work from home. I also encourage you to keep little ones in day care unless you can arrange to work while they sleep.
I personally am a little on the hyper side, like to move at fast pace and would rather be up working around the house. Warm sunny days are my worst -- love to be outdoors! So, I work in 2- to 4-hour blocks.
Wishing you the very best!
Cable reimburse ????
Whenever TT has an ad on the Job Board here, nothing is mentioned about cable reimbursement...I don't think they do this.
Is cable reimbersement for FT only? (nm)
cable phone
I have also run into problems with the phone companies unlimited long distance but have had cable phone for a couple of months now and no problems. I asked before I signed up if it was truly unlimited or sort of unlimited and they said truly unlimited.
Why have cable and little food. You don't say
internet. But like you said you get your priorities straight.
The cable company is contracted
with the apartment complex where I live. The complex is more than 20 years old. The cable company did not lay down lines to support internet connection in this STATE (how 'bout thinking ahead, eh?} I can get satellite but most MTSOs won't let you use it.
To the companies that require cable or DSL
I have no access to cable and never will because of the area I live in. I also have no access to DSL and do not know when that will happen, if ever. Companies that required cable or DSL should know that they lose out on many experienced and qualified transcriptionists because of that requirement. Like Diskriter--ever since I started job seeking a few weeks ago they have had post after post looking for transcriptionists. I cannot apply because they need high speed internet. What exactly needs the high speed?? Downloading voice files, uploading voice files. I am curious. I work for a company that I downloaded the voice files via internet, typed the files in Word and then uploaded them via internet site and/or FTP. Easy to do and no high speed required. Can anyone enlighten me?
I need a job like yesterday but my options are very limited. I put a query on the board looking for companies that are okay with dialup and got only two names. That is very disheartening. Anyone out there with company names that do dialup still would be very appreciated. Email me if you want, whatever, something.
Thank you all.
Their ad states cable or DSL, I think, but once in a pinch sm
I used dialup when my cable was out. It was INCREDIBLY slow retrieving jobs and loading the demographic information, but it did work. I don't know about WiFi -- guess you could call and ask them. The people in the office are very friendly and helpful.
Good luck! 
Satellite transmission and cable/DSL are like sm
apples and oranges and something you're not understanding.
Just to be sure does anyone actually use Charter Cable and it works? Thanks! (nm)
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I have mine through my cable internet
company. It only works if you have high-speed internet.
On another board people are using a device called MagicJack. You plug it into your USB port and then plug your phone into it. It is about $40 the first month and then it is something like $20/year after that. You also have to have high-speed internet for it to work.
Ha! Who needs cable when all of this entertainment is available for free!
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Lanier and Cable Phone
Lanier works with cable phone? Last time I tried to use a Lanier with cable phone (Roadrunner) it would not work. I'm starting at MDI next week. Not on a Lanier acct but its nice to know thats an option if I need more work.
As far as I know cable phone or Voip is the
only true long distance. I had it through TWC in my area (we don't have Comcast). AT&T has a 5000 minute limit, which if you only work PT would probably be enough. I know someone who got 2 phone numbners, had unlimited on both, used one for half the month and then switched to the other. She ended up paying more than I did for my digital phone service.
Cable reimbursement! I completely forgot about that!
My former employer did not pay for that, and I completely forgot that TT pays! I have never submitted a bill for reimbursement. SHEESH! What a space cadet I am!!!!
Thanks for the input. I have cable Internet. Do you ever get raises?
Line rate seems a little low. Thanks.
Does anyone use Charter Cable? Did it work? Thks! (nm)
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Internet DSL or cable...heads up to prospective employers sm
I see many employers insisting upon cable or DSL internet only as a prerequisite for employment.
These are not the only two reliable, fast ISPs anymore, folks.
I have fixed wireless, also known as wireless DSL. I have a package right now at 768 kbps, with the option to go 1 mbp. My ISP is every bit as fast as regular DSL (I know; I used to have DSL) and is, in my experience, more reliable. Fixed wireless is NOT satellite (and again, I should know; I used to have satellite, as well). Fiberoptic is also out there and from what I hear, beats even cable.
Technology is progressing by leaps and bounds and I hope prospective employers do not rule out any great MTs because they do not realize that cable and DSL now have company...and competetion: Fixed wireless and fiberoptic.
yes, I use Lanier with my cable phone just fine (I don't have Roadrunner)
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Annudder is right. I used ExText a couple of years ago, and my cable sm
went out and in a pinch I took my computer over to a friend's house, and she had dialup and it was AWFUL .. everything was incredibly slow, from downloading the files in my queue, to anytime I accessed the internet. Of course, dialup compared to the cable or DSL is slow anyway, but it was very time consuming. The only thing I can say was it was better than not working at all.
Good luck!
Do you have Time Warner or any Cable Company providers in your area?
That is who I used and I don't have any issues.
Would it bother you as much....sm
if the AAMT meeting had been held in Detroit or Cleveland or some other place that was not as, shall we say, vacation like?
The management of MW (and any other company for that matter) who went to the AAMT meeting did so as a part of their job. Their job is to watch the industry, make contacts and interact with other companies in the industry to try to better our working conditions and further our ability to do our jobs, just as our job is to transcribe and edit reports and learn all we can to improve ourselves and the work we do. Whether you like it or not, there is a separation between MTs and management and a separation between what we do and what they do. Don't like it? You have a couple of options here. You can work on improving yourself and making a name for yourself with your company as a trustworthy and valuable employee and rise to the ranks of management and then have the opportunity to be sent to the AAMT meetings or you can work hard, put some money aside, join AAMT and go on your own.....or you could just continue to sit there and bellyache about it. The choice is yours. The meeting next year is to be held in Queensland on Australia's Gold Coast. Better start saving up now.
TRS - don't bother
I talked with the recruiter in October and he could not explain their pay rate and/or guide that is used. It is very confusing and they have a very difficult time keeping people.
Don't bother with them.
They're trouble.
Don't take the job if you think it will bother you
I hated working for them just for that reason.
Don't bother!
I did not like that company whatsoever. Office manager was not nice.
Don't bother!
This company is a nightmare. I live in New Jersey. Constant turnover. Horrible management. They advertise over and over again. That should tell you something about them. They cannot keep somebody for more than a week. Do not even waste your time with this place! You will be sorry!
why bother
Some companies think that just because you have those 3 little letters behind your name you know more than any other MT. This is far from true, it only means those people paid the outrageous price to test and passed the test. I started a part-time job over 2 years ago and the company refused to pay me what I was actually worth because I didnt have CMT behind my name. Even though I have 18+ years' experience as a Transcriptionist and Editor they refused to pay me the 2 dollars more an hour that the CMTs were getting. So I did the same work and somebody with less experience but with the CMT got more money than me. Needless to say I have since left that company.
Why do they bother?
I was contacted by a company to work for them. I told them exactly the days I could work and how much I was willing to work. When they sent work for the weekend, I explained to them that I do not work weekends. Well, I did not hear from them again. Tried contacting them Monday. Tried sign on Monday and was locked out. Did not get a email until Tuesday afternoon stating my quality was just not good enough. I've been at this for 15 years!
Don't bother...
Maybe I'm just not what she's looking for, but she emailed me back and said the positions were filled.
If they were, that was pretty fast!
Don't bother. They still run out of
schedule but there's never enough work to do that. It's the same one account and it's still APEX. Same crappy dictators. The disorganization in the office is getting worse every day. As far as QA it depends on what QA person you happen to get. Difference is night and day. If I was already out and had the choice to make I'd never look back. I'm probably leaving after the new year so you can always have my place 
Okay, thanks! Will not bother then! no msg
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Run... why bother to beg?
Oh my gosh, please just apply to a company that will appreciate you and stop coming across as a beggar... Please save us the dignity... There are soooo many companies to choose from. Why would you want a job with a place that never even returns a phone call??????? Tell me why??????????? I've been doing this for over 20 years, and I hope to never be in your position with all of that experience on this board begging to work for a particular company.... Why are you doing that? How sad!
Don't bother
If you like spending $100 for equipment for a job that you don't know will work out, spending all day at your computer waiting for work that may or may not be there, trying to type 20+ files in 2 hours because all the dictation was loaded at the same time, having your line rate cut to help support the MTSO's lifestyle, then this job may be for you.
Why does it bother you what I say? sm
Not the business for me? Sounds like its not the business for the poster or you either. I have been in this business I am quite sure longer than you have and I still make very good money. I guess that could be because I am not worrying about what the MTSOs charge and I just sit and do my work and make my money.
Why do you care?
BTW, not the business for your? Hmmmmmm You are the one who is bent out of shape and defensive and stressed! Good Lord!
why does it bother you what sm
she says? Does it strike a raw nerve? She hasn't said anything that isn't true yet.
I won't even bother to answer this.
It's "misspelled." And most don't bother with
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I agree, don't bother...
The pay is low. It's based on multiple factors including QA, lines per hour and how much of your work you send to QA. I actually didn't mind the low pay because (at the time) the staff was very friendly. It's when they started the training in Trinidad that my warm feelings for this company started to sour. My feelings for them completely soured when they announced that they would be training people in Guiana as well. I don't approve of the offshoring of medical records (and American jobs) to other countries, however, the fact that they put a humanitarian spin on it is what really did it for me and I left just a few months ago after being there for about a year.
I wouldn't bother if I were you,
not very nice owner.
When I tell people, it really seems to bother them
It even freaks some of them out, especially in light of electronic identity theft and no way to enforce U.S. law of confidential records in other countries. Some woman in Pakistan actually threatened a hospital in California with putting patient records on the internet! Claims that software is made so it cannot be saved on the computer are bull: It can be copied and pasted or even written down by the MT and passed on. Here it's a felony and we're accountable. Not there. It does scare people when you tell them that. And it should. I just don't think many people are aware, realize the ramifications of it, or know what to do about it.
They all will be. Do they even bother recruiting in US
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I agree, don't bother
Now i never had the tech issues but i was IMed to death and just flat out got annoyed. Didn't get my last check either even long after returning their foot pedal. That is one company that definitely does not have it together
Why bother answering at all
if you are a no thanks?
WHAT PART OF WHO WOULD *SUPPORT*... was confusing?
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Oh...that doesn't bother me
Seems to be that only negative posts are allowed on this thread! If I wanted my name recognized by MDI, I would have posted it, but that's not what I'm here for. I've often thought about posting before, but never have because I knew this is what I would get for it, but that's okay...I'm still happy at MDI!
Oh, don't even bother trying to explain SM
anything like how to find an instrument, a dressing - you will either receive no response at all and it was ignored OR you'll get some email back from the MT telling you that they are paid on production and are not paid to find items like this. Then they will go on to tell you that they have been typing for 1000 years and who are you to question their ability and skills?
They are not worth the bother.
After they are extremely nice and you get hired, they suddenly begin treating you poorly. I guarantee you will be placed on an account that forces you to work weekends and they call you on days off. That is how they operate. They also dump tons of operative notes on you that are VERY time consuming because they are dicated by residents who do not give the proper patient information. You spend most of your time doing detective work and NOT typing - which is what you get paid to do. They also teach against the AAMT book of style which is the incorrect way to learn if you are a newbie and will do you more harm than good in your future MT jobs! They are very demeaning to their MTs. Glad I'm out of there!
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