Your Questions About Business Online Motorola

James asks…
My browsing is sort of fast, but my upload speeds are dead slow.?
My temporary roommate just moved out of my house (finally!), and we was running on a router with cable modem just fine with fast speeds. Before that, we were having troubles and we found out it was ip address conflictions (we both were trying to take the same ip address or something).
So now he is gone, he took his router, now im connected straight to the modem (motorola kind). Finally took a while to speed up (sometimes it wouldn’t connect at all), but most sites will run fine, others will take super slow. I can’t even upload nothing on my online project management system for my web design business. Everytime I upload, it just times out. When i get on the computer at school and try, works fine. If you think its something dealing with ip addesses again or something, please let me know..
thanks

Jere answers:
If you’re connected directly to the cable modem, I would first suggest that you get a cheap broadband router to add a level of security. When you get a real world IP address from that cable modem, everyone in the world can start trying to get into your computer. And if you’re not very well protected with AntiVirus and Firewall software, your machine could be in big trouble within just a few days. There are people out there who do nothing but run scripts against known working IP addresses to try to take control of machines. If yours has unknowingly had software placed on it, it’s possible that you are experiencing the slowness for that reason.
Routers are really cheap these days — $20 or so if you watch the Sunday ads. It’s a small price to pay to add a level of privacy between your computer and the world. There are still a bunch of other things to worry about, but that shouldn’t be one.
If you’re concerned about your speed, run a speed test —
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest
Pick one of the eight cities listed, then watch as data is downloaded, then uploaded to determine the speed of your connection.
If it matches closely with what your connection is rated for, the problem is with the site you’re using, rather than your PC.
For instance, my DSL connection at work is rated for around 1500k download and 384k upload. My test today (linked below) shows that it’s getting very close to those limits on both sides, so if I have slowness, it’s not the connection’s fault.
If you find that you’re not getting anywhere near what you should be, try another city with the same test. If you still get really low results, it’s time to call support.
Hope that helps!

Ken asks…
unlocking moto i730 cell phone?
does anyone have the name or contact info for someone that can unlock a motorola i730 cell phone. its on the nextel network and i need to use if for a cingular network. i used to know a guy that did that sort of thing (he unlocked another phone for me about a yr ago) but he isnt returning my emails so he might have gotten out of the business. if you have the name or contact info for someone please email it to me instead of putting their info online. or u can put their email on here if they dont mind. any other helpful hints or advice would be much appreciated. thanks so much!

Jere answers:
I unlock phones at my job, however, it is IMPOSSIBLE to unlock a motorola i730 to work with cingular.
Nextel uses iden, cingular uses GSM. You cannot unlock one to work with the other.
The only phones you can unlock to work with cingular are tmobile phones

Robert asks…
best smartphone/pda for me??
i replace my razr and slvr way too often so i mine as well have the newer cooler phone.
i am no business man and dont need half the stuff these phones come with but they are just as cheap on ebay/craigslist. i do not need top of the line. just something ‘sweet’
i want good sound/ microphone/ speakerphone.
camera and video. 1+ megapixel, no vga. mp3.
something that doesnt pop out of my pants, although i do understand they are kind of big.
i like the qwerty keyboard i would be texting much more than emailing so internet wont be used very often- i bought a $1500 laptop for a reason.
looking at palm 650. motorola q. nokia e62. cingular 8125. blackberry pearl.
please explain any differences and/or flaws in these phones. btw, service=cingular. but as far as ive researched all these phones can be unlocked. (remember i am buying online)
i bought the palm treo 650 and it is doing wonders for me. only 160 bucks thanks to craigslist. thanks anyways

Jere answers:
O2 Atom Everything good

George asks…
Getting out of a Cell Contract?
Hey!
I’m the type of guy who wants the latest and greatest in Tech.
I recently (just came back) had the chance to get the Motorola Atrix. Last night, I sat down, finding EVERY possible way to get out of the contract.
I found the following:
1. Cry your way out. Find an excuse, grab some proof, be polite, You’ll be out.
2. Get dropped calls. Document places where your calls get dropped. The contract states that they will provide you with service if you pay in a timely fashion. Just keep getting your calls dropped, and call them as a complaint. They’ll be able to see all the dropped calls and should be able to terminate your contract with no ETF.
3. This is probably the one in where the law is truly on your side, but I don’t understand too well.
Number 3:
I came back from speaking to a cellphone network (Bell) representative. I told him that I can’t hold on to a phone for 3 years, he told me he understands, and tried to persuade me AWAY from the sale, so that I don’t just waste money like that.
He put me, the customer, first, and ahead of his paycheck.
What I asked was, What if Bell changed anything on their end? What if they increased a 411 fee or some kind of fee, that I was subject to. I never signed for that contract, I signed for the contract that I signed, and Bell would not be honoring that agreement.
However, he replied:
“I see where you’re coming from, however, the company will try to screw you over, you can’t screw them”
“They will increase the price of a fee, but will not put it between you, your contract, and themselves”
“They do know that they will lose business if they change anything, so when they change it, they change it for people who are signing a new contract and not ones that already are on contract”
For example, let’s say you got an iPhone 4, and your current rate fee for 411 calls is @ $0.99, and in a year, they change it to $1.99. They will try to make sure that the change will not affect you.
I came up with other ways that I could be making money from their business, for example, let’s use the Sony Ericsson Arc as an example.
Let’s assume the cost without a contract is @ $699.99
You buy the phone for $179.99 with contract.
In a month, making sure you keep the phone unopened, you cancel the contract, and pay an ETF (max $500 in this case). That way, you’re out of contract and you can sell the Arc online for $600.
You just made $100…. Is this possible? Can you open up 10 contracts and do this?
So review: Question on how getting out of contract with number 3 will work, and if buying/selling phone is a feasible idea!
Thanks!

Jere answers:
Number three won’t work. Calls to directory assistance are considered ‘optional’ or ‘other’ fees and are not subject to the terms of the contract. There are also provisions in the contract that are subject to change. You probably get these notices with your bill or in an e-mail every few months.
Your math is flawed in the Arc example. You pay the $179.99 for the phone. You also paid around $30 for the activation, which is non-refundable. After you cancel the contract the carrier charges you $500, bring your total to $709.99. You would be out the month of service as well. You would have to sell the phone for $710 to break even.
Even if you could manage to turn a profit by reselling phones, carriers usually have a maximum number of lines a person can have without paying a deposit. Five is usually the most with excellent credit. The deposit is usually $250-$500, but could also go as high as $1000. Deposits are non-refundable if you cancel the contract. Once you cancel the contract either with or without a deposit, the carrier will impose a deposit on the next and subsequent lines.

Paul asks…
What is your attitude concerning tax-exempt foundations?
It is common knowledge that the super-rich of America’s corporate world avoid taxation by channelling their money into tax-empt foundations. David Allen Rivera gives us a clearer picture of what is going on in his book “Final Warning.”
“According to Rep. Wright Patman, in a report to the 87th Congress, it is because of the existence of foundations, that “ONLY ONE-THIRD OF THE INCOME OF THE NATION IS ACTUALLY TAXED.”
“Before 1900, there were only 18 foundations; from 1910-19, there were 76; during the 1920’s, 173; the 1930’s, 288; the 1940’s, 1,638; and during the 1950’s, there were 2,839 foundations.”
“United Press International (UPI) reported on July 19, 1969, that the top 596 foundations had an INCOME THAT WAS TWICE THE NET EARNINGS OF THE COUNTRY’S 50 LARGEST COMMERCIAL BANKING INSTITUTIONS.” (That’s correct. Read that last statement one more time.)
“The worst offenders in this racket are the openly Communist Rockefeller family. Among their major holdings are: Chase Manhattan Bank, American Telephone & Telegraph (AT & T), Eastman Kodak, IBM, General Electric, Texas Instruments, Xerox, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, Monsanto Chemical, Aluminum Co. of America (Alcoa), Armour, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, DuPont, General Motors, International Paper, Polaroid, Sears and Roebuck, Standard Oil of California (Chevron), Standard Oil of New York (Mobil), Standard Oil of Indiana, U.S. Steel, International Basic Economy Corp., International Harvester, Quaker Oats, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, Itek, Federated Department Stores, Walgreen Stores, Transcontinental Gas Pipeline, Consolidated Edison, Anaconda Copper Co., General Foods, Pan American World Airways, Colgate-Palmolive, E. I. du Pont de Nemours, W. R. Grace, Inc., Corning Glass Works, Owens Corning Fiberglass, Cummins Engine, Hewlett-Packard, R. R. Donnelly and Son, Dow Chemical, Teledyne, Inc., Warner-Lambert, Westinghouse, International Telephone and Telegraph (IT & T), Motorola, S. S. Kresge, Texaco, National Cash Register, Avon, American Home Products, Delta Airlines, Braniff Airlines, Northwest Airlines, United Airlines, and Burlington Industries.”
Yet they pay no taxes. The rationale of such scheisters is that foundations are devoted to philanthropic work. Here are examples of the causes endorsed by such foundations.
“The Rockefeller Foundation provided over $50,000 to fund the Building America textbook series, which played up Marxism, and sought to destroy “traditional concepts of American government.” Over 100 communist organizations contributed material, including the writings of over 50 communist writers. The California Legislature said that the books contained “purposely distorted references favoring Communism…” The Foundation contributed money to the pro-communist New School for Social Research in New York City, and funded projects for the communist-staffed Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rep. Cox said that the Rockefeller Foundation has “been used to finance individuals and organizations whose business it has been to get communism into private and public schools of the country, to talk down to America, and play up Russia…” The Foundation also funded the Kinsey Report, which heralded a new era of sexual immorality.”
“Final Warning” by David Allen Rivera, www.comingjudgement.250x.com (Free Online Edition)
SERIOUS REPLIES ONLY. INDIVIDUALS TROUBLED BY INSOLENCE AND VICIOUSNESS SHOULD MOVE ALONG.

Jere answers:
That happens because most of the politicians that make these laws have some personal intrest in these companies….it’s really a legal form of organized crime ….no different than Al Capone.
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