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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 2243379" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>It's not about toys for some - it's about utility.</p><p></p><p>If I can't access my servers from the road, there's a very real potential for me to lose more money with one hour of downtime than what I pay for a cell phone service and the cost of the phone. Nothing like being in the middle of the Nevada desert and getting a serious of alerts that a key system has had an issue that the monitoring system couldn't fix automatically, only to be able to fix it in under five minutes by just pulling up a remote shell.</p><p></p><p>And if my home Internet service goes down or is degraded, I can switch over to routing everything through my phone. If I don't have Internet service, I don't work. If I don't work, I don't get paid. If I don't get paid, the DC Mafia (HQ at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW) doesn't get their cut. If they don't get their cut, I get threatened for it at gun point while the folks who were living off of it complain that I wasn't working hard enough. It takes 1.5-2 hours to pay for my phone (S3) and phone bill (Verizon) - I've had my primary Internet service be unusable (either down or severely degraded) for as long as 8 straight days before.</p><p></p><p>I've even remoted into my church's A/V booth during a service to fix an issue... hopefully we get a digital console later this year so that pretty much the entire system can be run remotely if necessary.</p><p></p><p>Fixing cars or yard equipment has become a breeze since parts diagrams are easy to find for free online. Having a pro come out to fix a major plumbing or HVAC issue can get the bill reduced a little if you can keep him from needing to run back to the shop or to a store to get something that wasn't expected for the job by sending detailed pictures of the problem. Cataloging key fishing spots on a lake... shopping a dozen or more stores at once by scanning a bar code on the shelf... Performing a quick basic background check on who your sister or daughter is dating... Controlling the thermostat, lights, A/V system, etc. from anywhere in (or out of) the house... Recording interactions with law enforcement and uploading the audio and/or video to the Internet automatically for those "rare" occasions when the dash cam or lapel mic malfunctioned... Complete L3 radar data for the incoming storms when you're on the road or don't have access to TV service...</p><p></p><p>My "phone" is more of a mobile pocket computer than a "phone" to me. I *maybe* talk 45 minutes/month on it, and 95% of those minutes are problem on calls with my wife.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 2243379, member: 5151"] It's not about toys for some - it's about utility. If I can't access my servers from the road, there's a very real potential for me to lose more money with one hour of downtime than what I pay for a cell phone service and the cost of the phone. Nothing like being in the middle of the Nevada desert and getting a serious of alerts that a key system has had an issue that the monitoring system couldn't fix automatically, only to be able to fix it in under five minutes by just pulling up a remote shell. And if my home Internet service goes down or is degraded, I can switch over to routing everything through my phone. If I don't have Internet service, I don't work. If I don't work, I don't get paid. If I don't get paid, the DC Mafia (HQ at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW) doesn't get their cut. If they don't get their cut, I get threatened for it at gun point while the folks who were living off of it complain that I wasn't working hard enough. It takes 1.5-2 hours to pay for my phone (S3) and phone bill (Verizon) - I've had my primary Internet service be unusable (either down or severely degraded) for as long as 8 straight days before. I've even remoted into my church's A/V booth during a service to fix an issue... hopefully we get a digital console later this year so that pretty much the entire system can be run remotely if necessary. Fixing cars or yard equipment has become a breeze since parts diagrams are easy to find for free online. Having a pro come out to fix a major plumbing or HVAC issue can get the bill reduced a little if you can keep him from needing to run back to the shop or to a store to get something that wasn't expected for the job by sending detailed pictures of the problem. Cataloging key fishing spots on a lake... shopping a dozen or more stores at once by scanning a bar code on the shelf... Performing a quick basic background check on who your sister or daughter is dating... Controlling the thermostat, lights, A/V system, etc. from anywhere in (or out of) the house... Recording interactions with law enforcement and uploading the audio and/or video to the Internet automatically for those "rare" occasions when the dash cam or lapel mic malfunctioned... Complete L3 radar data for the incoming storms when you're on the road or don't have access to TV service... My "phone" is more of a mobile pocket computer than a "phone" to me. I *maybe* talk 45 minutes/month on it, and 95% of those minutes are problem on calls with my wife. [/QUOTE]
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