DirecWay Drop-offs

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I too have this internet connection for the same obvious reasons.  I live in a rural area of Washington.  The local cable/phone companies say  the population will not support DSL out here.  Like that is going to change for me or we even have cable available. So for now I guess i will chase away all the hunters and talk the critters out here into mulitpling.

I do know that Direcway offers several different types of devises i will refer to as a "modem".  I have made some upgrades in this area and what a difference it has made. Downloads and uploads are very quick and I seldome have a problem downloading files for work.  My internet connection is better than the TV service. It is more consistant.  I am told that one of the TV satilite companies are offering Earthlink DSL.  Again, not in my area. Check yours out.

Cell coverage out here is nonexistant with the exception of Nextell.  At this point Sprint will not get a signal out here.  While they work out the aspects of business i hope they include this feature.  Untill then you need to make the 13 mile trek to town to use the cell phone.

Bottom line is, when we live way out like we do, we dont have choices.  Nor would i move to town. 

We have directway and we are not happy with it. They sold the company and now they only allow so much broadband with that you can use. It is only about 200 worth and when that runs out you start getting page cannot be displayed. We are actually changing over to Dish network.

I would do your research on this before jumping into it.

I was greeted at the door this morning and walked to the office. Received my sererance package and then was allowed to clean out my desk.

When one door closes, another door opens. I kinda felt like I would be in this cut, hoping I wouldn't, but felt like it.

Good thing DH tuns 65 in July. Guess I'll have to start checking out medical insurance now. 

Soooo if it's alright with you guys, I'll just hang out with you for a while.

Boy this must be the week.  I myself was also told on Monday that I was laid off from my hospital job I just started 5 months ago.  I think they just used me to clean up their mess of backlog.  I was very sad the first day, but then realized they did me a favor. No more working 10-6:30 shift and on Sundays, which I hated. My husband was happy. I am going to get unemployment so I can enjoy the summer months for the first time in about 10 years. It is going to be great. 
As they say everything is for a reason. We may not see it now but we will later down the road.  I think this is a blessing for me.  They were always hounding me to get my line count.  I never had acute care experience and only did clinic notes for 5 years but they hired me and I was always short 50-100 a day.  I feel a huge pressure off my back.  I felt like I worked in a factory.  I never took a lunch and I feared if my doorbell rang or phone because I did not have a minute to spare or my line count would suffer.  No one should have to work like this and I will never.  My next transcription job is going to be like before on a 24 hour turnaround.  I am not working set hours ever again.

Keep the faith- God always closes a door but opens a window and I have always believed this.

HUGS and love!!

My job ended the end of December as a receptionist in a doctors, which lead me to going to MT school that starts the end of this month. And now you all are talking about getting layed-off from your mt jobs. scary, what is up ? 

dealers.  Depending on your ISP you may be able to get it through your ISP.  I use Earthlink and they offer satellite through DirecWay.  I used to have DW satellite and equipment was about $800.00 and monthly service $69.

Satellite can be as slow as dial-up depending on how good your dish is sighted, if the weather is clear, no wind blowing to either blow the dish or blow tree limbs into the field, etc.  Download is faster than upload, although upload files tend to be much smaller that it isn't much of an issue.

Lots of companies will not allow satellite as it isn't secure.

You can Google DirecWay and Starband and find their websites that should tell you dealers in your area.  If you have DirectTv they can change out the dish so that you can use the internet dish as the TV dish too.  The internet dish is much larger than the TV dish and probably cannot be mounted on the house. 

Just wanting some ideas on what everyone uses as deductions.  Im going to get hit hard this year and just seeing what everyone else does.

TIA,

I should've explained the reason for my question in the first place.  I live in rural Ohio, really rural, and besides dial-up, which, by the way, worked okay until the cold weather hit, a little slow, but okay, and a lot less expensive than DWay.  The only option I had, that I could find anyway, was Direcway.  Have any other Ohio MTs found anything else out there that works?  I'm in northeastern Ohio, about an hour from Pittsburgh, PA. 

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The description reminds me of my MUCH older brother's wedding circa 1973.... She was barefoot, he was in ripped jean cut off shorts, the preacher looked like something that crawled out from under a rock, and when he asked my brother if he had anything to say, he "grunted."  Gawd, it was awful.  I'm sure this wedding you're going to won't be that bad, but if the bride is barefoot and the groom is in khakis, then any decide informal summery outfit would probably be A-ok.

As an independent contractor, where can I go to get a list of what I can write off legally when working from home?

TIA.

KSM

I always pursue until they tell me that they have gone with someone else.  I am not super aggressive I just let them know I am interested.  But it does sometimes take a while to get an answer but it sure wouldn't hurt to drop a brochure by or at least mail one out.  Whose grandson was screaming in the background?  If it was your MIL that could have been a turn off but not sure.  Anyway good luck, see if she will let you become the Public Relations and you start pursuing accounts.  

I have getting lots of email with SUPPORTIVE ANSWERS to my questions. The rest on this board are a bunch of hostile women too lazy to read what I wrote. I took early retirement because my children are defending a bunch of slackers ande users in Afghanistan and Iraq and there are three grandchildren to keep. I live a four hour round trip from the other grandma they are living with. I am not trying to cheat ANYONE you nasty. I was trying to find out HOW to become an IC and WHAT the best tax options were. Don't tell me YOUR sorry behind is paying unecessary taxes. It is PERFECTLY LEGAL TO HAVE THE TAX TAKEN OUT OF HIS PAY. Till I got sick and my children were deployed, I was the breadwinner in this family and I earned $60K a year. Then I had heart failure, diabetes and lost toes in my feet and I STILL worked. But I will not toss my grandchildren out. I am 62 and I HAVE to work but I cannot work full time. That bothers you? If it was immoral or illegal, then the government would not ALLOW you to work and collect social security at the same time, you fool. But they DO, but ONLY UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT. If you can't answer a simple question, stop bashing me. I am not doing a singlething immoral or illegal and I have had four offers already from THIS web site that are within my restrictions. If it was illegal, would they do it??? NOT!

Now drop it and leave me alone.

You have nothing to lose, but everything to gain.  I don't quite understand.  Once they dictate, then type it when you can.  You can only be as consistent as they are, so if it takes longer to get it back to them, then so be it.  If it is good income that you don't want to lose, I would stick it out. 

Furthermore, you are making yourself look bad by complaining.  If he comes across a colleague that may be looking for a transcriptionist, he may not recommend you due to your complaining.  You want to keep a good reputation.  JMO.

I got the help I needed for today.  Let's just drop it.

Thank you so much.  I would much rather use an FTP site.  I had just never heard of Drop Chute before. 

...it took a little while.  It's like my system was totally discombobulated (surgical menopause for me was a real bear!) & it didn't know what to do.  I was finally able to take most of the weight off, but I have to be very careful now, as it's so easy to put on (especially in my belly area) & harder to shed.  Everybody's different, tho', & I know women who have come off HRT & dropped whatever weight they gained & totally leveled out. 

Here's a link to a site I found very helpful & supportive - it's a hysterectomy support site, but they have all kinds of helpful info about hormones, fitness, etc.  You may be able to find some useful stuff there:

http://www.hystersisters.com

Glad I could be of some help...if you need support or info or whatever, please don't hesitate to e-mail me, k?

Are you saying the files are already in digital format and they are already on her PC? All she would have to do is open the file where they are at, minimize the window, click on ftpsurfer, click on your folder to open it, then drag and drop.   So I would try another free FTP utility, like ftpsurfer.