I have to go satellite internet also, but have found no companies that will help with that expense..
Posted By: in the sticks on 2005-12-28
In Reply to: Jobs on dialup/satellie - Joyce
I have found plenty that will hire with dial up or satellite, but I cant find a company willing to help with the expense. We spent $600 up front for our satellite system and then $59 a month! It is definitely worth the expense...especially since it would take me 1/2 day just to load my work on dial up before I could even start on it. At least now I am loading and working at a high rate of speed! Good Luck and Happy New Year!
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Will more companies be allowing satellite in the near future, do you think? (sm)
No access to high speed or Unlimited long distance
I'm in Joyce's boat - what companies accept satellite, plz?
I've been waiting for DSL for years now -- it was supposed to be available locally in September, .... then "end of November" ... now, not returning e-mail (will phone next week) ... but I'm not hopeful anymore
actually in my area, satellite costs "only" $400 for set up and $60 a month ....
only advice for joyce is check out what company is servicing your sherriff/post office/library/schools .... bigger can be best and most likely to be expanding their service area ... good luck.
Had satellite; and most companies are not compatible with it, personally, I was not happy with it.
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Short list of satellite companies inside...sm
MQ, Opti-Script, Precyse, Probity, Transform in Wyoming, TRS, and WebMedX, nm
a good resource can be found on the internet
You can go to the labor sites for various states and it will give you some, if not not all, of the information you seek. If it doesn't, it can give you phone numbers to investigate further.
Info. found on the internet isn't always correct,
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Anyone on the high speed internet that has found it just crawling along for some reason. All of a
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that are a decent company that supply you with a decent amount of work.
It's just another way some companies have found to save
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Found these companies on Mt Daily...sm
Wisconsin:
Progressive Scribe, 97-42 91 St. Unit 1A beta Park, WI 53201-1881, progressive_scribe@yahoo.com
On Call Transcription Solutions, Inc., Menomonee Falls, WI, 800-680-6791, www.oncalltranscription.com
Freedom Type, 1521 Watt Ave, Fall Creek, WI, http://www.freedomtype.com, freedomtype@hotmail.com.
Vasant Scribes, http://www.vasantscribes.com
Kettle Moraine Transcription Associates, Glenbeulah, WI, kmta@excel.net Carol Strzelczyk, President
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AccuSTAT Medical Transcription Service, Inc., Humbird, Wisconsin, 715-334-2313, accustat@cuttingedge.net.
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Ace Transcription Service, Inc., pam23424@aol.com, 414-367-9303, Nashotah, WI.
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Would definitely not go satellite. Most use DSL or cable, some with reimburse partial $$, satellite
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Transcend, although they said my satellite was too slow, they do allow satellite with some accts. nm
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Yes, as long as it's NOT an expense the employer
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*humor* at the expense of one's sexuality &.NM
Many of us are "lucky" however, we don't brag at the expense of others. nm
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About $65 a month, but the biggest expense is
You have to purchase the equipment and pay for installation. The dish weighs about 75 lbs so if you don't want that weight on your roof, you can have it put on a pole in your yard and that's extra. Plus they charge to bury the line from the pole to your house ($3.25 a foot - I buried it myself). All total for me, including first month's service over $700. But, hey, when that's your only option, what do you do? There may be a company or something where you live that 'rents' the equipment for a small extra monthly fee - that's how we do our satellite TV so we don't pay for repairs. Satellite internet is not as fast as DSL or cable, but is still much faster than dialup. Plus, if you're an IC, it's all a tax writeoff. Hughes Net customer service stinks big-time and if you don't like them taking the monthly charge directly out of your checking account, they charge an extra $5 a month to mail you a bill. They know you have no other high-speed options and they have you over a barrel - so they stick it to you every way they can.
The 'suits' have it too good - at OUR expense - sm
and things will probably not begin to change (if ever), until the lawsuits start coming in. I for one am just sitting there on the fence, waiting for the time when my own care or records are screwed up in such a manner that it causes me to (a) have inferior care or an injury as a result, (b) not have something covered by my HMO because of a doctor's mis-dictation that some slap-dash, third-rate (or third-world!) transcription company's MT doesn't catch, or (c) some personal information is leaked. Then I will LEAP off that fence and SUE so aggressively that hopefully after that I can retire and live well off the settlement.
Something for all the Greedy Ones out there in CEO-Land to think about.
If, for whatever reasone, you end up suppling ink, use it as a business expense, if you are IC. nm
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on COBRA at YOUR expense..that wasn't the question.
nm
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If you want to work on the internet from home, take an internet course
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Oh, I found it really creepy when you said you found the flowers not so skillfully arranged on your
steps, and from your own flower bed. That's what I was worried about, having gone thru some psycho kids myself with my pups. Someone's been in your yard and in your garden and at your door without your knowledge. Its just creepy to me, and I'd still be very, very careful. Especially valid sounded the other MTs warning you about potential fake molestation charges. You just NEVER know nowadays, and these people have already turned on you big time once. Luckily (though I don't believe in luck), you had it on film to save yourself and your puppy. You might not be that lucky next time, and the whole thing just sounds very unstable to me right now. I know you feel sorry for the little girl, but probably the only time I have ever made BAD decisions regarding my life is when I felt sorry for someone, particularly kids. My son even has an evil kid in his life, but one who has a million reasons for sympathy, and I was saying how we should "be bigger" than the situation and invite this kid over to play. Thankfully, I regained my sanity long enough to remember - ever time I have done something like that on a personal basis for someone just because I feel sorry for them AFTER horrible behavior, it has always been a disaster... Be kind, but you don't have to risk your family again. Be kind from a distance. Its sorry she went thru this horrible experience, but YOU didn't cause it, and its not really your problem. But it could be your problem if this kid acts out in your life. Know what I mean?
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