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mgookin
 

Registered: Jan 2008
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10-29-12 01:15 PM

I have a USB Wireless Broadband stick that I keep in my laptop for out on the road but it also works plugged into a desktop or any usb port.

I'm all with those who say take the day off. Never believe or rely on the weather man; they lie like obese 8 year olds vying for attention.

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Pekelo
 

Registered: Aug 2005
Posts: 8945

 

10-29-12 02:42 PM


Quote from WinstonTJ:

Something else you have to consider is who your broker is. Are they going to be in their call centers and up and running?



+1

Just wanted to make the same point. If your broker is down or unreachable none of the back ups do you any good....

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colonial dr
 

Registered: Aug 2012
Posts: 294

 

10-29-12 04:38 PM

This will probably be the only time NYC gets the hurricane and not me (Miami).

I live in CT in the summer, so if NYC gets another hurricane, then I'll know to be long Iran's new currency.

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WinstonTJ
 

Registered: Jan 2009
Posts: 1947

 

11-02-12 09:35 PM


Quote from colonial dr:

This will probably be the only time NYC gets the hurricane and not me (Miami).

I live in CT in the summer, so if NYC gets another hurricane, then I'll know to be long Iran's new currency.



You are lucky you weren't here. It's a disaster. I ended up doing a systematic shutdown of the hardware I could get to or physically control. No sense in running a generator, wasting fuel and taking on risk running servers when the internet is down.

If it was a moon tide last year for Irene this would have been two of these disasters two years in a row.

Just as an FYI, cellular and/or 3G/4G service stayed up but it was so painfully slow that it wasn't even worth it. I went out to try and buy one of those Verizon 4G little hotspot bricks but they were all sold out. Internet is getting back online in places but still cell service is really slow and glitchy. I wouldn't ever want to be trading on a cellular or wireless service during a storm like that.

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