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How to fix a website and make it compatible in firefox AND IE?

bigcheesegump — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:09:18 -0800

I need some help with a CSS/HTML issue as well as an Internet Explorer issue. I created an online portfolio and have been trying to update the design to make it more user-friendly and more aesthetically pleasing. However, I have run into a few road blocks.

This is the new design that I would like to implement. If you are using Firefox, you should see it as I see it. However, if you are using IE, it is a mess. What can I do to stop this? From brief research, it looks like it is an issue using the position:absolute style tag in my css file. Is there a way to make that design work for both IE and Firefox.

Second, if you navigate to this page you will notice a pdf file that is truncated in height. I cannot for the life of me figure out what is causing this. (The other pdfs on the web site are not configured correctly and I am aware of this)

Any help in figuring out these problems would be appreciated. Thanks!

Internet Speed tests lie, my connection sucks!

toekneebullard — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:43:45 -0800

Why is it when I take internet speed tests my rating is great, but overall my browsing is miserably sluggish? OK, so I've called Comcast at least 10 times, and every time they go through the same crap: Unlpug modem, restart it, blah blah blah. A few times they've had me take speed tests to "prove" my connection is fine, but again, normal browsing is slow.

Here are the results from a couple tests:
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
Download Speed: 12963 kbps (1620.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 950 kbps (118.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

http://www.speedtest.net/
Download: 10223 kb/s
Upload: 710 kb/s

I'm running Firefox 3 on a pretty nice computer. My wife is running the same on an older computer, both get the sluggish net result.

So why is it the tests say I have great speed, but browsing is so slow?

Thanks for any help,
Tony

Help me use GMail Better

arniec — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:25:14 -0800

My company recently switched from a standard POP mail server to having GMail as our MX server and hosting all our business accounts. Overall the benefits are quite positive, but I'm having some usage issues that bug me. Can you help me use gmail better? Specific questions inside. Part 1: I love the benefit of the IMAP mail system, allowing my inbox to be anywhere I am, rather than centralized around a specific computer. Previously I had my POP work account for 3 years and amassed thousands of emails coming in at about 4GB, all of which I must keep for reference of correspondence, e-mail addresses, etc. I had my mail sorted into folders, about 30-40 different folders depending on correspondence type. All of that mail was in Outlook until I recently became a Mac convert. Now it's all in Thunderbird.

So I can have ALL my mail available where I can get to it from anywhere, I'd like to migrate it all to GMail. I read that using IMAP I can just drag these old e-mails into my Inbox folder in Thunderbird, but given that I have about 40 folders, I'm not sure how to get them to GMail without just having a very large Inbox with a conglomeration of e-mails in it. I am guessing I could drag one folder to the Inbox, then organize that on Gmail, drag another folder, etc. but that leads me to problem #2:

Part 2: I know GMail uses labels...are there no folders? Would I need to drag in the e-mails, then label them all to use GMail's label system instead of my current folder-based system? And is that the most efficient way to do this?

Part 3: I am really NOT a fam of the "message threading" that GMail does. Often I will send solicitations to business partners and each subject line will be identical, the messages nearly so. However because the subject lines are the same, GMail takes e-mails from different business partners and puts them all in one thread, filling me with paranoia of sending the wrong e-mail to the wrong person or, worse, sending an entire e-mail chain from one business partner to another business partner which may contain confidential data. Is there any way to alter the functionality or, perhaps ideally, turn OFF this "feature" in GMail?

Part 4: As I'm still new to GMail, any "Power User" tips for me?

Final Notes: I still plan on using Thunderbird as my client of choice when at my work PC. I just want the ability to have ALL my mail accessible from ANY location as I feel it will enable me to work more efficiently, rather than having to hold some e-mails until I get back to my primary PC.

Thanks for any suggestions!

HOW DO PEOPLE WHO... oh.

millipede — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:01:27 -0800

How do people who communicate in languages without capital letters yell at each other online? Bold? Italics? What do they do when html is forbidden, then? Or do they not yell at each other online at all?

(This was sparked by my annoyance at a woman at work who insists on expressing urgency BY USING ALL CAPITAL LETTERS ALL THE TIME. My roommate studies Japanese and I asked her how people type-yell in Japanese, and she was stumped, and so was google: Hence, I ask you.)

Do you remember a picture of a naked melting person?

sergeant sandwich — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:29:55 -0800

I'm looking for back story on a somewhat disturbing photograph which was circulating around the internet around 10-15 years ago. Trouble is, I no longer have a copy of the file, and can't find it. The photo in question was an internet meme from back before they were called that. It could best be described as "face-down naked melting woman". I say melting because.. well, that's what it looked like. A big puddle of skin, with feet; sort of like what you'd get if people were made of wax and one was made to lie face down in the sun.

The melting person (who for some reason, we thought was a woman, but it was hard to tell) was completely naked, face down in the middle of what I recall to be a city street, possibly cobblestone. It was daylight, and the photo was taken from behind at what looked like about a distance of 40-50 feet. We called her Melta.

Does this ring a bell for anyone? I've been searching the internets high and low for a copy of the picture, with every possible combination of search terms I can think of, and I've crawled up and down sites like rotten.com and ogrish until I couldn't take it anymore. Not for the lulz, but because for nearly half my life now, I've been absolutely mystified by the origin of this photo. I need some sort of explanation.

Our best guess was that it was a photograph of a suicide jumper who had been overweight and the impact was so violent that the flesh liquefied and spread out like a puddle.

But I don't think flesh does that in reality, and there was absolutely no split skin, no blood or gore or anything at all, no cops standing around, no rubberneckers gawking, in fact nobody else in the picture at all. No other visual clues that would be indicative of a suicide scene. And why would they be completely naked? It just.. it didn't look like a suicide to me, and this explanation never quite held water for me.

The only other conceivable explanation for this picture is that a person who had recently lost a great deal of weight, and therefore had very loose skin, was running down the street buck naked and tripped and fell on their face. But then this is weird enough as it is.

Anyway, I'm hoping someone at least remembers this picture. Better yet would be a link to it somewhere. But what I'm really looking for here is to learn Melta's story. If you can help me scratch this fifteen-year itch, I will be forever grateful.

Let's give them someone to talk to

DiscourseMarker — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:40:50 -0800

I'm looking for suggestions for video guest speakers for a class I'm teaching this fall. I'm teaching a class this semester called Media 2.0: Production & Distribution in the Internet Age. It's based on the ideas of the long tail and convergence culture and how new technologies are changing the relationships between producers and consumers of media content. (There's a syllabus posted on my website, which is liked in my profile, if you're interested).

One of my ideas for the class was to have people who are actually doing this kind of work to talk directly to my class, to help make these concepts more real to them. But, because I am at a state university, in a poor state that just had a budget shortfall, I have zero dollars for this, literally (we don't even have student fees for our courses). So my idea was to have guest speakers via video chat, through Skype or ooVoo or something similar, because we do at least have internet and a video projector in our classrooms.

So far I have two AWESOME speakers lined up: Apelad (Adam Koford) of Laugh-out-Loud Cats fame, and Metafilter's Own Jesse Thorn. I'm looking for suggestions for 1 or maybe 2 more people to round out the semester. Based on my students' interests, a writer, filmmaker, or musician would be really good. (I did try to get Jonathan Coulton, but my first email received no response, and my second got swiftly turned down by his publicity person).

So any suggestions you have for good possible speakers, as well as maybe any hints as to how to best approach these people, would be very welcomed.

moving old emails from outlook express to gmail

conrad101 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:01:07 -0800

What is the simplest way of transferring old outlook express mails to gmail? I've set it up so that new mails received are forwarded automatically to gmail but moving old mails is proving more difficult

How to avoid boredom if I have an internet connection?

Tnuocca — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:07:15 -0800

The Internet: the perfect weapon against boredom? Hi,

I've recently started a diet but I'm having a problem with eating because of boredom. I was wondering if anyone knew of any websites (other than metafilter) which I could use to distract myself?

Ideally I'd like a list of websites with a lot of content that I could explore any time I feel bored.

Thanks in advance.

What CMS does BNET.COM use? What CMS is similar?

omidius — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:15:42 -0800

What content management system (CMS) does the site BNET.com use? Or, what is the currently available CMS that most closely matches the capabilities of this CMS? Bonus points to open source....

Internet 101 for someone over the age of 8.

giraffe — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:52:36 -0800

Internet safety for beginners. Where do I find a simple guide to print out for my techno-phobe father? My father keeps getting Trojans on his work computer, and I can't seem to figure out what he is doing. I set him up with Firefox and Noscript. The OS and anti-virus are up to date. We use a firewall. I run Spybot whenever I can distract him for a little bit of time. I can't watch over his shoulder all day -- we're supposed to be working, after all!

So I suspect he's just doing some good old fashioned bad browsing. Unfortunately, I am a terrible teacher and I have no patience. Can you direct me to a guide to safe browsing that a 64-year-old computer-phobe would understand?

Serious bonus points if it comes in printer-friendly format. "I can't read it on the screen!" for any text longer than a paragraph is a big complaint around here.

Help me show him the truth

arniec — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:15:16 -0800

Help me convince my friend of a basic networking truth. He sent me an e-mail saying he was assigning static IPs to all the devices on his home network so the signal would be stronger. More details inside: My friend has the following set-up: His cable modem goes to his router. His router feeds wall jacks throughout his house. In his basement is a single CAT-5 wall jack, but since he has several devices there he got a switch, so the wall jack goes to the switch, which then goes to his DirectTV and his XBox 360.

This worked fine in this set-up for months. But a couple weeks ago he stopped being able to receive On Demand programming. If he plugs the DirectTV right into the wall jack it works, but through the switch it does not.

He then assigned his DirectTV and his XBox 360 static IPs and the On Demand programming worked through the switch.

He believes the switch is causing weaker signal and the static IP is strengthening the signal to his DirectTV which, as an IT network tech, I know is NOT the case. And I've told him this but I cannot convince him that it's not a signal issue since he has seen the "evidence" that a static IP fixed the On Demand issue that a static IP didn't.

So (a) why would his DirectTV not work through a switch with a dynamic IP and (b) How can I explain in complete laymen's terms the fundamental networking essentials concepts of digital signal transmission through shielded twisted pair cable is NOT effected by the IP addresses being static or dynamic?

Please help me not be an idiot

colt45 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:37:54 -0800

I have made several purchases from a small on-line company. They have always shipped the order out correctly and on time. I just received and email from them stating that they had a problem with my payment. If they genuinely had a problem, I want to help them fix it. If this is a scam, I don't want to be an idiot. I'm confused by them telling me not to reply to the email, but to send a new one. I would appreciate any help or advice that anyone could give me. This is the email that I received:

colt45,
I shipped the order you placed on xxxxxx but your payment contained a general error and therefore will not settle. I am enclosing a copy of the error (note the transaction status) so please do not respond to this e-mail - please create a new e-mail in response as I would not want to compromise your credit card number. In order for me to settle this transaction I would need the first 12 digits of your credit card along with the expiration date. You can provide me with this information either by e-mail or telephone - our number here is xxxxxxx. Thanks!
Transaction Detail
Help
Transaction ID: xxxxxxxx
Transaction Status: General Error (Unable to Send Notification)
Settlement Information
Settlement Amount: Correct Amount
Settlement Date and Time: Correct Date
Business Day: Correct Date
Batch ID: XXXXXX
Authorization Information
Authorization Amount: My Amount
Submit Date /Time: Correct Date
Authorization Code: XXXXX
Reference Transaction ID: Not Applicable
Transaction Type: Authorization w/ Auto Capture
Address Verification Status: Street Address: Match Zip: Matched first 5 digits (Y)
Card Code Status: Not Applicable
CAVV Result Code: Not Applicable
Fraud Score Applied: Not Applicable
Recurring Billing Transaction: N
Dynamic Currency Conversion: Not Applicable
Partial Capture Status: Not Applicable
Customer IP: xxxxxxxx
Payment Information
Card Type: My Card
Card Number:XXXXX My last four digits
Expiration Date: XXXX
Total Amount: My Amount
Order Information
Invoice #:
Description:
Customer Billing Information
Name: colt45
Company:
Address: My Address
City: My City
State/Province: My State
Zip Code: My Zip
Country: United States
Phone: My Phone
Fax:
Email: My Email
Customer ID: My ID
Customer Type:
Customer TaxID/SSN:
DL Number:
DL State:
DL DOB:
Shipping Information
Name: colt45
Company:
Address: My Address
City: My City
State/Province: My State
Zip Code: My Zip
Country: United States
Additional Details - Level 2 Data
Tax: 0.00
Freight: 0.00
Duty: 0.00
Tax Exempt: N
PO Number:
Linda

How to get temporary broadband as a foreigner in Germany?

gmm — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:27:14 -0800

Berlin / Germany internet installation: I might stay a few months in an apartment in Berlin, where there currently is no internet connection installed. What (if any) are my options? I need broadband in my daily work, running to cafes might cut it for a few days but not for longer periods of time. I'm not German, but Norwegian.

Could I as a foreigner order a broadband (or other highspeed) connection, personally, for only a short period of time?

(My broadband experiences from France and Norway is several months from order to a functional installation, and the subscriptions run for 12 months minimum.)

I'm happy to hear any suggestions or experiences, thanks in advance.

How do I limit/moniter net usage?

ODiV — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:51:15 -0800

How do I monitor and/or limit Internet usage? I'm allowed 20GB up+down per month with my ISP. I get charged extra fees for everything over and above that. My ISP gives me access to my total online, but that doesn't help me find out who has used how much. It also lags behind by a day, so if someone uses a couple GB in a day, I only find out after the fact. How can I track and/or limit how much each device is using?

Currently, I've got a Linksys WRT600N router that I would like to keep on stock firmware (it is serving files via the usb port, which DD-WRT cannot completely do yet), a D-Link 524 802.11g router, and a low powered dual core Intel Ubuntu box running MythTV which might be able to take over routing duties (if it doesn't slow down the media watching, I don't encode anything there).

I'd rather not have another computer running 24/7, so IPCop is out.

Three eHailMarys and Five iOurFathers 2.0

spamguy — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:00:37 -0800

Help me devise an online voting system that doesn't hurt people's feelings. I'm working on a personal web project right now that lets people make anonymous confessions online. The concept is not new: Group Hug, PostSecret and the now-defunct Not Proud have already implemented this to some degree. I started my version because I feel its predecessors don't give proper balance to good vs. bad and new vs. old, amongst other reasons. Typical posts have a quick lifespan before composting anonymously at the bottom of a database table.

I intend to implement voting to solve this problem. (Group Hug claims to have voting in place, but I seriously doubt it works as promised. The posts in 'New Confessions' and the front page are sometimes ridiculously old.) Since people's feelings are directly tied to these posts, I have to tread very carefully. If a person writes, 'my parents disowned me cuz im gay, now im suicidal :(', it would be unwise to tell that person that all his readers downvoted him. Whatever system I use to distinguish the quality of confessions, it is vital that I keep the sense of 'everyone's a winner' alive.

Any suggestions on making this work would be greatly appreciated. Other points to consider:

Posting confessions is done anonymously and without need to register. I keep the lower three portions of a poster's IP address and that's it.

Voting will require registration, unless the hive mind suggests otherwise.

No public demo right now, sorry. I'm doing my best to keep this question from sounding like an advert. Though you're welcome to MeFi-Mail me if you have interest in the project.

A Good 'pick'em' Site?

sandmanwv — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:18:16 -0800

My friends and I play a College Football pick 'em game. What's a good website to administer this? The 'admin' picks 8-10 games of interest each week (rivalry games, 'our' teams, ranked teams playing each other, etc).

We pick against the spread, so the line needs be on the site. Last year we used and it was a good system, but looking for a little more 'customization'.

Wagerline lists all the games with lines, so each player has to wade through the 50 or so games and place picks on the games selected. A couple times players messed up. So we're looking for a more fail-safe system. (WE used to do e-mail and spreadsheets, but that was too much work for the ADMIN)

Robots 3, Humans 0

TeachTheDead — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:59:56 -0800

Wireless Internet Woe - I recently switched from the horrific Verizon wireless to Alltel wireless. I need to boot my signal in a home with 6 computers, desperate times calls for desperate questions... After 5 months of watching how much data I and the 8 other people in my home had to use per month (5 gigs by the way) from Verizon, we have had it finally.
So yesterday I switched to AllTel, with, well, no limits on bandwidth per month. Now, I live in a very rual area (23047) and knowing this, when I moved from San Diego, I got prepared. I have a wireless mobile router and an appropriate large external antenne that is compatable with the card I have, UTStarcom and plugs right into the back.
So, my real question is, after calling Alltel I was told my signal would increase, but in fact it is a bit worse than when I had Verizon.
We really need to get this going if for nothing else than we need and unlimited amount of data...we do work, games and a fair amount of downloading. Broadband internet service is NOT offered in my area so I am at the mercy of the airwaves.
What can I do here? How can I solve this huge dilemma.
I know this isnt technical at all, but when we had the Verizon connected we would get 2 sometimes 3 bars, with Alltel we are getting 1....and thats it.
Would really appreciate helpful comments and no bashing of one company over another. We dont have an option for the money and the data other than Alltel and again like I said, we dont have many/any other options...just check out my zipcode if you think I am fooling friends.

WRT54GL Woes

Alterscape — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:15:43 -0800

My Linksys WRT54GL has stopped connecting to some (but not all) websites. Help! I have a Linksys WRT54GL 1.1 set up as a wireless router in my home, with four macs and one Windows XP system connected. Starting about three days ago, certain websites refused to load on any of the connected machines -- Firefox pauses on "Connecting to [url]..." and then eventually displays a "cannot connect" error. There doesn't seem to be a pattern to whic websites are OK and which are not -- Google's whole family of sites are OK, as is HowardForums and all the various instant messenger services (AIM, ICQ, MSN, GTalk); Metafilter, Wikipedia and xkcd, among many others, are not. If I connect any of the machines directly to the cable modem (via an ethernet cable), there are no problems, so I know the problem is the router configuration. I was running Tomato 1.21 on the router; I just reflashed to the stock Linksys firmware. However, it looks like some data on the router persisted. I think my next step is a -FULL- reset of the router. Can anyone point out how to do this? I was hoping a firmware reflash + a reset would restore factory defaults, but it doesn't appear to. The only configuration changes I've made to my router recently are (1) reconfiguring from WPA2 to WPA to allow a new roommate with an older wireless card to connect, and (2) configuring dyndns and port forwarding to forward SSH to one of my desktops from outside the apartment. The problem did not begin occuring at the time I made either of these changes; rather, things were OK for about a week and then this happened.

Any thoughts on how to isolate the cause of this problem? I'm relatively technically saavy but I can't think of what factors might cause whole swaths of the internet to vanish to my router.

Why does Skype not want to take calls?

arniec — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:15:11 -0800

Important Skype Issue! I primarily use Skype for voicemails, however I am getting lots of complaints that Skype's line is busy. Every time I open Skype the preferences are set to only allow calls from people in my contact list. I keep setting them to allow calls from anyone and they keep going back to only accepting calls from people in my contacts list. Sometimes these settings reset while Skype is still open. I have not yet been able to determine a pattern. I know that every time I open Skype it's set to only take calls from people on my contact list, and I think that when I make calls it resets as well.

I have contacted Skype's technical support 10 days ago and they have not responded at all... I've Googled to no avail. This is extremely frustrating as I am a recent convert to Mac and I took Skype with me, but I never had these problems on my PC.

I do have Ecamm's Call Recorder for Skype installed, but I can't find any reason why it would be changing my settings.

Help! Please!

Help me fuel my Starbucks addiction through freelancing!

adverb — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:41:32 -0800

What are some good sites to find short-term freelance writing/Internet gigs? Similar to this post, I'm looking for some temp work that will bring in a little supplemental income. I've been using Mechanical Turk for a few weeks, and have made some nice pocket change, but I'd like something a bit more substantive (and, of course, better paying).

A lot of the freelance boards seem to focus on more full-time/daytime contract work, which won't work for me. I have a full-time job and would like something to work on during the evenings and weekends.

An ideal situation would be a site where I could view some projects, bid/accept them, and work a few hours/days to finish a product for $25-$50. My background is in writing and editing, but any type of broad IT-related jobs (IA, usability, blogging) would also be good.

How to stop torrents at work?

numlok — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:13:20 -0800

I'm sure this question will not make me the most popular student at the dance, but is there a way to identify (via IP) machines running BitTorrent clients within an internal network (ie. work)? My company has around 50 employees, and the old, "Please don't torrent at work" doesn't seem to be doing much good anymore. It brings our email and web browsing to a near standstill, and dropping by the "usual suspects" is not only tiresome, but doesn't seem to find all the sources of traffic any longer. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Flipping Out in Italy

GIRLesq — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:08:27 -0800

Internet Access & Video Upload Abroad (Rome, Capri, Taormina, Palermo) I'm going on vacation (YAY!). And I want to bring my Flip video camera and upload stuff to YouTube etc. as I go.

How difficult will it be for me to find internet cafes in Rome, Capri, Taormina, and Palermo?

Also, will my USB connectors be compatible with Italian USB ports?

Are there any other potential barriers to my upload plans?

Thanks!

More than one DSL connection in the same house?

Dreamcast — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:52:28 -0800

Is it possible to have more than one DSL connection in the same house? I've been sharing a DSL connection, and have decided I'd rather just purchase my own. Is it possible to have more than one DSL connection in the same house? Would I be charged an additional fee for anything (I don't know if they'd need to install a separate line or not, and if that'd cost me money)? This would be with Verizon, if it matters. Does anyone have any experience doing this, if it's possible?

I could call and ask Verizon, but I don't have much desire to talk with their customer support.

Additionally, since we also use Verizon phone services, would the "discount" also apply (one package is usually $35 a month, but only $30 a month if you have an existing Verizon phone service)?

Diavlogs for the masses!

ecmendenhall — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:17:45 -0800

What's the best way to record split-screen video dialogues to post on my blog? I have recently grown enamored of the budget punditry of bloggingheads.tv, which features hour long conversations between wonky writers, bloggers, and thinkers that make for a refreshing alternative to TV talking heads. Each "diavlog" is essentially a glorified split-screen video chat session that appears to be recorded over Skype, iChat or similar, and later edited together.

But why should the upper echelons of the Web commentariat get to have all the fun? I'd like to create and circulate similar conversations on my own personal Internet, but I'm not entirely sure how to do so.

Unfortunately, Google only serves to confuse, thanks to the constantly changing terminology for video on blogs (am I looking for video blogging? Vlogging? Vodcasting? Video podcasts? Vlogcasting? Diavlogging? Streaming vlogocastalogs!?). All the results that do turn up don't seem to indicate a simple way to do split-screen interviews.

It seems easy enough to record an iChat session, edit it into a splitscreen video, and post it to a site like YouTube or Vimeo. But there are also loads of services offering simple video recording and hosting, many of which can even broadcast live. It's hard to believe none of them can do a split-screen chat between two users, or that a utility for something like this doesn't exist out there in the depths of the Tubes.

So what's the best way to bring bloggingheads-style punditry to the people? I use mostly macs, and I'm not opposed to doing this with iChat + iMovie or final cut or something, but I hope the hive mind can come up with some other ideas. Thanks!

Help me get an internet connection!

Cat Pie Hurts — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:19:21 -0800

Desperate for a quick solution for internet connectivity. I head up IT at my company. The company is moving to a new building tomorrow morning. The telecom company that we signed up with has royally screwed us, so we will have no internet (DS3) for 3 more weeks (we ordered this back in April). We have already delayed our move twice due to this issue and we can't delay anymore. The wireless provider we are currently with could move our dish in a few hours, but the new location has no line of sight to their tower. This also rules out any Pringles can wireless (too many TALL trees) so, screwed there too. This area has exceptionally poor cell service (all providers), so using EVDO or 3G to bridge the gap won't work. That leaves me with the only live communication ports available in the building: 2 POTS lines. Does anyone know of a dialup ISP that will provision a static IP? Or, some way to get DSL turned up FAST? If I can't get a static, I'll just setup dynamic dns.

We're moving all of our servers tomorrow. Mail is hosted in house. I would leave the mail server in the old facility until we have the new data line in, but the Exchange server needs the PDC for authentication, and I need to bring the PDC with me I'm a *nix guy thrown into the WIndows Server world, so I'm terrified of destroying the AD structure). So, I need SOME type of net connection so that we can, at the very least, get email flowing.

Sorry for the frantic nature of this, but this move is killing me.