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face="Times New Roman">1 VoIP, Part 3<SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>2 Oh please, not AGAIN!</FONT></P>
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size=4>3 Twitter, another Swiss Army Knife phone, Google goes green, Vista
netbooks</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>Upon further study I’ve found that wiring your entire house to use VoIP
is simple but setting it up for dual line use with one VoIP and one local line
requires a little more work and some money.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>To cover the easy one first, here’s how to use a Magic Jack or Vonage
system throughout the house:</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>Find the gray phone box (NID) mounted outside your house and unhook the
POTS line.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the following photo
(which is a quad line NID) the POTS line is the phone jack on the left of the
four terminals in the right hand section.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=4><IMG height=500 src="cid:62261EF602BD4EEAB0667FA51C1C92F4@main" width=576
border=0 v:shapes="_x0000_i1025"></FONT></P>
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size=4>The compartment on the left holds the terminals coming in from the pole
and that inner half door you see is secured with a special fastener that you
can’t open.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The right hand
compartment is called the customer area and is secured with either a slotted or
Phillips screw.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In most cases there
will be just one set of terminals, not two.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Just unplugging that little one-inch
phone cable closes the circuit and will spread a dial tone throughout the house
from a VoIP connection.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Just plug
your Magic Jack or Vonage unit to a wall jack instead of a phone and you’re
done.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=4>If you want to maintain a basic local phone connection and use VoIP it
gets more complicated and expensive, but how complicated and expensive is up to
you.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>To help explain phone wiring, the following is a standard phone jack you
can find all over your house.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=4><IMG height=336 src="cid:28CBED4105624F9AA33E136874A42A62@main" width=358
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>In a standard phone system the red and green wires at the top carry the
phone signal, the black and yellow wires are dead.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The red and green wires go to the two
center contacts in the jack and most phone cords only carry those two
wires.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The outer contacts aren’t
used.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>Here comes the money or rewiring.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Most single line phones and VoIP adapters are only set up for Line 1 (the
center contacts).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In order to
utilize both lines you have to get the red/green signal to the black/yellow pair
and your phones will have to reverse that to get black/yellow to
red/green.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>The inexpensive way that involves wiring would be to get a duplex adapter
(like this one from CTG: </FONT><A
href="http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=1420&sku=41062&st=sbns%20l1%20l2"><FONT
color=#800080><FONT size=4><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>http://tinyurl.com/cpavmg</FONT></FONT></FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4>) to plug into the incoming jack for VoIP.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Check the jack wiring to make sure all
four wires are attached to the terminals first since some contractors (mostly
just the “friend doing you a favor” type) are a little shoddy and only wire one
pair.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>This adapter will direct the red/green signal to the black/yellow pair
internally.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You can do it without
the adapter by rewiring that jack at the NID but it takes the right equipment
and/or a lot of patience.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>Then you’ll have to go to each jack you want to use for the line 2 VoIP
and rewire the black wire to the red terminal and the yellow wire to the green
terminal.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This moves the signal to
the center pair of contacts and every phone will use those.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>Spend a little more money and buy one of those CTG splitters or something
similar for each jack.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Just plug
the phone into the proper jack and call away, no rewiring needed.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>Spend even more money and buy standard or cordless two line phones.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These will come with a 4-wire cable and
allow you to switch between pairs with the push of a button without the need for
an adapter.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is the most
convenient but will cost from $40-100 for a cordless phone.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>So there you have it, hopefully it wasn’t as bad as it appears to
me.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It all seemed so simple at
first ;)</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>Kevin Mefford, Editor</FONT></P>
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href="mailto:pcguru@microdome.net"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>pcguru@microdome.net</FONT></A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>What is Twitter? Is it a publishing medium, like a blog? Is it
a<BR>marketplace? Or is it more of a club? Judging by the bizarre mix
of<BR>attendees to the first ever Shorty Awards, held on Feb. 11 in<BR>Brooklyn,
New York, Twitter is all these things and much, much more:<BR><BR></FONT><A
href="http://tinyurl.com/burhzd"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>http://tinyurl.com/burhzd</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>The world got its first look earlier this week at Nokia's
XpressMusic<BR>phone, a music-focused handset with loads of media-sharing
and<BR>social-networking features including Facebook:<BR><BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-10162438-12.html"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=4>http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-10162438-12.html</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4>Google is trying to impact electrical energy
consumption by developing<BR>a Web service that will let users track electricity
usage in a very<BR>detailed way:<BR><BR></FONT><A
href="http://tinyurl.com/balg7j"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>http://tinyurl.com/balg7j</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>The netbook genre of portable devices is getting ready to make
the<BR>jump to Vista---if the public is willing to pay $100
more:<BR><BR></FONT><A href="http://tinyurl.com/aq82nf"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4>http://tinyurl.com/aq82nf</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4>Copy us on the good stuff<BR><BR>Matthew
Dattilo<BR></FONT><A href="mailto:thepcgurus@gmail.com"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4>thepcgurus@gmail.com</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4> <BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.mattstodayinhistory.com/"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4>www.mattstodayinhistory.com</FONT></A></P>
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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5>Download of
the Week</FONT></H1>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><FONT size=4><FONT
face="Times New Roman">John's Background Switcher (aka-JBS) collects images from
Web sites like Flickr, Picasa, and more--or pictures from your own folders--and
displays them as desktop wallpaper at intervals that you define. You can even
subscribe to image sites that use RSS feeds.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is a very nice little application
and its free here: <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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href="http://www.johnsadventures.com/software/backgroundswitcher/"><FONT
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size=4>http://www.johnsadventures.com/software/backgroundswitcher/</FONT></A><FONT
size=4><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><FONT size=4><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Carlita Lupino<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=4>Holidays are always a fertile time for malware-laden email and
Valentine’s Day is no different.</FONT></P>
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size=4>This year’s most prolific threat is from a Storm-like Trojan called
Waledac.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s spreading via links
in emails with such smarmy subjects as “I love being in love with you”, “Deeply
in love with you” and “I knew I loved you”.</FONT></P>
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size=4>Needless to say, stay away from emails pertaining to Valentine’s
Day.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For that matter it’s a good
idea to avoid holiday themed emails all year long, ESPECIALLY those annoying
E-Cards.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Just make a pact with your
friends to only send standard holiday cards via snail mail.</FONT></P>
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size=4>Q:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Do registry scan and
performance-enhancing programs help to improve<BR>performance? What are the best
programs? I looked back thru some of<BR>the PC Gurus E-mails but can;t find any
recent ones that have this<BR>information.</FONT></P>
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size=4>A:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The short answer is
no. Registry scans can find errors and "dead"<BR>keys, but they can also
render your PC unbootable under the right<BR>conditions. The
performance-enhancing software sold by various<BR>companies is, in my opinion, a
giant fraud perpetrated on people who<BR>understandably want to breathe new life
into their old machine.<BR><BR>There are a few things you can do to speed up
your PC. First, you can<BR>buy more RAM. Second, you can turn off some of
the programs and<BR>utilities that start when Windows loads. Finally, (this is a
lot more<BR>involved and requires either some experience or some help), I
reload<BR>Windows on my PC about twice a year. A clean install of Windows
will<BR>speed up most PCs.<BR><BR>Hope this helps. If you'd like more
details on any of the suggestions<BR>above, please let us know.<BR><BR>Matthew
Dattilo<BR></FONT><A href="mailto:thepcgurus@gmail.com"><FONT
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