http://disqus.com/people/a5a9a0d0f922457f93559ac0295fcc3f/enMon, 21 Sep 2009 23:08:06 -0000http://nashuatelegraph.disqus.com/rating_firm_cuts_outlook_for_fairpoint/#comment-5500810They will be losing me directly to Comcast. I was a happly user of Fios but FP's failure to add TV to the service is forcing me to switch to a service which is also cheaper and will give me TV, Phone, and internet in one package.HerbFri, 23 Jan 2009 16:02:23 -0000http://granitegeek.disqus.com/some_faster_dsl_and_comcast_fights_fcc/#comment-2180854What is going to be the fate of Fios here? My neighborhood in Hudson was wired for Fios over a year ago and Verizon made a big deal of it. Recently we had a couple of people move into the neighborhood and when they hooked up with Fairpoint for internet access they were given DSL service and were never told FIOS was available. This indicates to me Fairpoint has the intention of letting the Fios system just fade away. Also when the new neighbors were connected to the DSL system it was much cheaper than my Fios hookup.HerbSat, 06 Sep 2008 03:07:50 -0000http://granitegeek.disqus.com/rain_rain_rain/#comment-2197836I had set a 20 gallon aquarium on our picknic table Friday and it had 6 7/8 inches of water in it this morning here in Hudson.HerbSun, 07 Sep 2008 10:03:27 -0000http://granitegeek.disqus.com/some_faster_dsl_and_comcast_fights_fcc/#comment-2198049That is my point. FAST or Fios is faster than DSL. My question is why fail to tell new customers that its available and just go ahead and connect them to DSL when the fiber optic cable goes right by their house. It doesn't give me a warm feeling about the future of "FAST" in NH.HerbSun, 07 Sep 2008 10:07:26 -0000http://granitegeek.disqus.com/telco_sues_town_over_laying_fiber/#comment-2347783I read your article today. However , FP's actions in this neighborhood doesn't support what they're saying. New customers are not being told FAST is available and are being connected to DSL. To me that 's saying there really is no commitment to keeping FAST.HerbSun, 14 Sep 2008 13:21:14 -0000http://granitegeek.disqus.com/wood_pellet_heating/#comment-3025816Good part of the cost of pellets and other forest renewables is the cost of transportation. As the cost of oil drops so will the cost of pellets. However the cost of delivered pellets right now is $390 per ton which equates to oil at $3.80 per gallon so if you haven't bought pellets yet you're just as well off burning oil.HerbMon, 13 Oct 2008 13:26:13 -0000http://granitegeek.disqus.com/true_internet_protocol_tv_over_fiber/#comment-4201805They'll be too late for me. I am in the process of switching my house to comcast, including phone, TV, and internet. We have Fairpoint for internet and phone now and DirectV for TV. The package from Comcast is so much cheaper than the alternative we have now I can't aford to not take it. Its a shame, out house is wired for the next generation communications system (FAST) and it will now be unused. Once I switch there will be no switching back. We have too many TV's and computers in the house to make it worthwhile switching. We are one of the last FairPoint customers on our street. Everyone else has switched to Comcast.HerbFri, 05 Dec 2008 05:06:30 -0000http://granitegeek.disqus.com/massive_power_line_from_quebec_to_nh_gets_initial_approval/#comment-9941179I don't think it will follow the existing line because from what I've read it is supposed to terminate in NH with a huge converter station. the existing HVDC line that goes through Hudson was built along an existing ROW that is now full and would require taking a number of homes in Hudson. I saw one map showing the new line ending southeast of Manchester. How accurate this map was I don't knowHerbMon, 25 May 2009 22:29:58 -0000http://granitegeek.disqus.com/wood_pellet_sales_firm_gets_11_million/#comment-15703112David, I have been burning wood pellets for the last four years and can attest to the fact that the only year I really saved money was the year oil prices soared into the stratosphere. However, the reason I continue to burn them is because I know the money I pay to heat the house ends up in the pockets of people here in NH (Jaffery) and not in the pocket of some sheik in the middle east.HerbTue, 01 Sep 2009 08:51:36 -0000http://granitegeek.disqus.com/prehistoric_tools_found_on_isle_of_shoals/#comment-15704344I read an interesting article about a month ago online and I haven't been able to find it again. It was a National Geographic piece on the early migration into the new world. It was explaining why there is so little evidence of of these early people. Most of these people used the water for transportation and food and generally stayed near the seashore. However the seas were much lower than, by as much as 200 feet. Most of the artifacts left by these people are on the ocean floor. I know this doesn't have much to do with people that lived here 800 - 1200 AD but I thought it was interesting.HerbTue, 01 Sep 2009 09:24:12 -0000http://granitegeek.disqus.com/prehistoric_tools_found_on_isle_of_shoals/#comment-15714691Good question - I never really thought about it. Maybe its the fact that most of the indians in the northeast states were hunter-gatherers and not farmers. Even in the middle east humans did not use rock for building until they settled down and started planting crops.HerbTue, 01 Sep 2009 12:15:27 -0000http://granitegeek.disqus.com/a_mountain_lion_in_new_hampshire_probably_not_a_wild_one_though/#comment-17003324About 8 years ago I was working in Contoocook and driving up Route 89 around 6:00 every morning. This one morning in the early fall I was at the point on 89 just before the Turkey Pond bridge when two mountain lions, one larger than the other, bounded accross the highway from south to north and disappeared in the woods. I call Fish and Game but they gave me the usual irritating comment that "you must have seen a large cat or a bobcat". But anyone who has seen a mountain lion there is no damn way you're going to mistake anything else for them. For one thing the color is unique and there is nothing even close to it in NH. It only took those two cats 7 or 8 bounds to clear the entire distance across the highway including jumping the obstruction fence in the middle of the divider. I have set next to a "tame" cougar and even scratched her head so I can recognize one when I see one.HerbSun, 20 Sep 2009 21:53:12 -0000http://granitegeek.disqus.com/have_you_read_a_book_if_you8217ve_listened_to_the_audio_version/#comment-17033018Its funny you brought this up today. My wife and I went to the Eastern States Exposition this weekend and on the way by I mentioned that I had "read" this certain book. She immediately corrected me by saying "you mean to listened to the book". We then had a discussion that lasted about 10 miles on the Mass Pike over what was the proper way of announcing that you've read, seen, or read the book. We decided not to agree (typical LOL). But my feeling is you are the only one who knows how you gained knowledge of the book so who cares. Just tell people you "read" the book and leave it at that. Its none of their damn business how you got the contents of the book into your cranium anyway.HerbMon, 21 Sep 2009 08:58:45 -0000http://granitegeek.disqus.com/take_the_science_knowledge_quiz/#comment-1707694012/12 here too. The entire 10% are probably readers of Granit Geek. LOLHerbMon, 21 Sep 2009 23:08:06 -0000