@briarycliffs said in Pinecone Research taking new members - surveys for $:

@dionaea
They might have changed it. I still got $3 worth of points last week but I just did a Google search and it looks for new members it might be less. I will edit that out. I’m sorry if it’s not that amount. Still a chance at free products though.

PIncone pays me $3 per survey but their new cashout system requires a $10 min balance before you can cash out. Based on the frequency I get surveys that I am able to complete, it takes about 1.5 or 2 months to get to a $10 balance. I hope others get surveys more frequently.

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BTW, if you know how long you want to keep your equipment running, here’s how to size a UPS

https://unifiedpowerusa.com/ups-load-and-runtime-calculator/

APC used to have a decent interactive calculator but I can’t find it on their website.

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@my4mainecoons said in Is digital better than POTS?:

So if I lose electricity then I lose internet and phone service? I’ve heard of battery back up for fiber. How long does that battery last?

I’ve always felt safer having a landline during power outages. I have ~4 outages a year.

I had DSL and cable with cable being the default. Often I’d find that I was using DSL because the cable had gone down long enough for the DSL to kick in. This was with electricity. Does fiber randomly go down too?

I’ve bought Trac Fones with a year of service and failed to activate the service in time 🙁. I use one for iBotta with WiFi. The battery drains between uses so even if it had phone service it wouldn’t be a good back up plan.

@my4mainecoons Battery backup runtime depends on the size of the battery. Not the wattage or the Va hours, but the battery itself in relation to the wattage consumed. Getting the size of the UPS right is a whole separate but related discussion. I have a battery on my router and the Ooma, but if my ISP goes out, the battery doesn’t help. The cell phone is the only reason I even considered Internet phone.

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