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Skype alternative.
I think that is very exaggerated or outdated TBH. I roam a lot and never have charges like that even with some light to moderate usage. Either that or your provider is ruthless. I used to help negotiate roaming agreements and I remember the days of $3 US per day and $1 US per minute to use your...- Hawk256
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- Forum: General Chat
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Skype alternative.
How about having someone send you good picture of your drivers license, resize to about the original DL size and then scan that with the phone? Nothing to lose at this point.- Hawk256
- Post #111
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Skype alternative.
A lot of 2FA are SMS. That will require active service since they are sent out on the cellular network. Having roaming off will not work. If the bank sends a push notification to your app it will deliver over wifi though.- Hawk256
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Skype alternative.
Seems like things haven't changed since my days. I think you will find this to be the case with all carriers. I still think I would contact AT&T and T-Mobile directly just to double check. All you have to lose is a little time.- Hawk256
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Skype alternative.
They will still know by IP address where the phone is. I'm not saying that it won't work but giving fair warning. You also stand the chance of them discontinuing service for excessive roaming. They really, really hate to pay other carriers. *Edit: One thing I forgot to say is that 2FA will...- Hawk256
- Post #93
- Forum: General Chat
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Skype alternative.
I retired from AT&T after 30 years, Granted it has been 10 years ago, The eSim is newer but I know the concept. It resides in the phone. In the case of an eSim the US phone will activate fine but when you change the eSim number the one here it will register as not being in the home system and...- Hawk256
- Post #90
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Skype alternative.
Since they are actually the network owners and operators they can possibly do things that the other companies cannot. The other companies called MVNOs just buy time from one of the big 3. AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon. However Verizon is the odd ball in that they use CDMA and no one else does. I...- Hawk256
- Post #88
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Skype alternative.
eSims don't work like that. Changing the eSim is just like a new activation as far as the phone is concerned. You wouldn't gain anything with that method.- Hawk256
- Post #87
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A Community Rejected the Build of a US$100 Billion Data Center
A section of the roof of my house in Indonesia has asbestos roofing. Had a garage in the US that used asbestos siding. As long as you don't cut into it there are no problems. It's the dust that settles in your lungs. With that being said my great grandfather died from complications of working in...- Hawk256
- Post #40
- Forum: In the News
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Skype alternative.
Used to be that activating a phone outside the home service area was problematic for US carriers. Not sure that is still the case. If you are talking about an esim the phone itself would need to be in the states IF they can't activate service with you roaming. The carrier should be able to...- Hawk256
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Car cameras.
Haven't seen one that records on the sides but both my cars have front and rear cameras. A good one is around 2.5 million or a little more. Mine also have GPS so it will show the location, time and speed along with the footage. So far haven't needed the footage from them but I look at it like...- Hawk256
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A Community Rejected the Build of a US$100 Billion Data Center
I never said they didn't play a role but a quick Google search will give the main reasons and make the same points I made in the previous post. Medical Interventions, surgical advances, immunization and last but not least for developing countries infant mortality and keeping the child alive...- Hawk256
- Post #37
- Forum: In the News
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A Community Rejected the Build of a US$100 Billion Data Center
People are living longer because modern medicine keeps them alive longer that it used be able to. Pretty simple and straightforward. So many things that used to be death sentence are now a minor note in your medical history. AIDS is one example but many types of cancer also fall into the same...- Hawk256
- Post #35
- Forum: In the News
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A Community Rejected the Build of a US$100 Billion Data Center
You are comparing apples to oranges but I guess you have to for there to be any argument at all. Killer air conditioners or computers just doesn't fly.- Hawk256
- Post #34
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A Community Rejected the Build of a US$100 Billion Data Center
Considering how many there are, yes it is barely a peep. You are attaching stories of workers in the factories not people living around the factories which is what these arguments are about. It all just doesn't add up to me. We are getting softer and softer every day. How did computers and air...- Hawk256
- Post #27
- Forum: In the News
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A Community Rejected the Build of a US$100 Billion Data Center
Practically every large office building in the world has a large number of computers running and large HVAC systems (which require cooling fans) running 24/7 with no complaints. There are only 1,189 hyper scale large data factories in the entire world. There are 7.5 million large factories that...- Hawk256
- Post #24
- Forum: In the News
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A Community Rejected the Build of a US$100 Billion Data Center
I'm just wondering how modern computers and air conditioning systems are belching toxins into the sky and creating a hum that is hurting people. And I'm not talking a century ago. A lot of these type of factories are still running to this day. Have a friend that working in an extrusion plant...- Hawk256
- Post #21
- Forum: In the News
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A Community Rejected the Build of a US$100 Billion Data Center
I'm wondering if in the past large auto factories were quiet? What about other large factories that required very large machines that ran 24/7. Something tells me they weren't silent. It was common in the US for the houses to built in very close vicinity to the factories so workers would walk to...- Hawk256
- Post #19
- Forum: In the News
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No Electricity Enough for Data Centers in US
Sometimes people are right for the wrong reasons. That tends to happen to Trump more often than him being right for the right reasons. What would you suggest to fix the problem?- Hawk256
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