Jim Dandy
@jim_dandy
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Joined: March 3, 2005 3:30 am
Last seen: February 10, 2019 2:59 pm
Topics: 20 / Replies: 1037
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Re: several Innovative Cable channels "Temporarily Off Air"?

Tnemig: It is not just the system on STX that has problems. Innovative runs the systems on STT, the BVI & St. Maarten. If you think it is bad h...

15 years ago
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Re: several Innovative Cable channels "Temporarily Off Air"?

The problem is more than likely that your signal levels are low. Since Innovative Techs seldom carry meters that is probably why he had problems wit...

15 years ago
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Re: best wireless router for VI broadband?

If you plan to use two routers you need to set the second one up as an access point. You also need to change the default IP on the access point. ...

15 years ago
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Re: Netflix ?

To watch Netflix outside the USA I create a VPN to some where in the USA . Then Netflix thinks I am in the USA. I watch two or three movies a week...

15 years ago
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Re: Tax Help!!

You send your SE taxes to the USA and not the USVI. The income tax on your self employment earnings go to the USVI. That is the problem th tax soft...

15 years ago
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Re: Tax Help!!

If you have self employment income the software will not work, or it did not for 2008 and prior tax years. Jim

15 years ago
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Re: best wireless router for VI broadband?

FYI: 5.8 and 2.4GHZ are your frequencies and has nothing to do directly with your speed. When my laptop is in a good location for reception I hav...

15 years ago
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Re: best wireless router for VI broadband?

I run a Linksys and a Netgear in tandem so if I have a problem I can switch from one internal network to another and see if it is my problem or Broadb...

15 years ago
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Re: Excitement at The Reef last night

Some people at the Reef heard shots Sunday night including the two Federal law enforcement agents who live at the Reef. The VIPD was called and two ...

15 years ago
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Re: shipping powerboat

You will be charged by the cubic foot. Highest point of the boat on the trailer to the ground, tip of trailer tongue to stern, etc. Based on a coup...

15 years ago
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Re: Netflix ?

The technology is here and with Global Crossings on STX there is more than enough bandwidth available to connect to the WWW. What is lacking is w...

15 years ago
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Re: Netflix ?

LoriSue: Let me know what speeds you actually get on STX when you get back. When I tried an AT&T data card recently I got around 500Kbs. When ...

15 years ago
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Re: Netflix ?

The way Sprints plan is described on their web site is that it is unlimited data only on a 4G network, but limited to 5GB on a 3G network. Overages ...

15 years ago
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Re: Netflix ?

The only way I can think you will get your set up to work in the USVI is to set your I-Phone up as a wireless router using PDA Net or some similar sof...

15 years ago
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Re: Netflix ?

You are correct. To the rest of the world your IP has changed but the data eventually has to get back to where you really are. The service I use...

15 years ago
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Re: Netflix ?

Go to after you have started the program you think changes your IP to a location in the US. If it doesn't have you being in one of the USA's fifty ...

15 years ago
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Re: Netflix ?

While it is possible to watch Netflix on line in the USVI, you must change your IP address to a stateside IP. There is software and services that...

15 years ago
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Re: COMPUTER HOOK-UP

I have had Broadband VI since 2005 and the service has been good. Have had some short outages. They are easy to work with. I have their one Mbs se...

15 years ago
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Re: BIG Yacht at Buck Island

Is it a coincidence or could there be some VIPs on the big boat. Sunday there were two ranger boats patrolling Buck Island plus an armed ranger in fu...

15 years ago
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Re: Large screen TVs

Note I also included insurance in my estimate. If you don't buy the insurance from VI Cargo, then they have little or no liability for any damages o...

15 years ago
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Re: Large screen TVs

Check Mike's Electronics and the Sears/Kmart Appliance store at Sunny Isle. I have never seen a 60" at Cost U Less. Freight plus insurance will ...

15 years ago
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Re: DirecTV on STX - Does it exist?

Search the board lots of discussion of Dish vs Direct. Dish is not the same as on the mainland. What you get here is Latin American package. J...

15 years ago
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Re: Hike to the Tide Pools - STX

No, but they are wet and they are sharp. To fall is to bleed. Jim

15 years ago
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Re: Poker Players STX

Yes they have poker tournaments at the Divi. There also are high stakes games. Once you arrive make your contacts and you can arrange the introduct...

15 years ago
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Re: Family considering relocating to St. John

One of the things you will need to do if you want to work for hotels or condo associations is get liability insurance. Not a trivial matter in the VI...

15 years ago
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