[BC] Interesting new VOIP phone company

[Mike McCarthy]

All my desktops run 24/7. There are many applications which run over night. 
Virus scans, back-ups, etc.

The #1 reason for premature power supply and HD failures in my experience 
has been related to constant power up and down.  Much the same as cart 
machine motors which saw their bearings fail more often when run 
intermittently. The machine(s) in the control room which were always 
spinning failed every couple years.  The ones in production and news which 
were at times set to operate only when a cart is inserted failed more 
frequently despite less usage. That's one reason I liked the Tomcats over 
the ITC's.  The motor was servo controlled instant start and they didn't 
heat as much.  resulting in less bearing stress.

The HD's and PS's which run 24/7 tell you when they're starting to suffer 
issues.  Machines with their power bounced will often not until it's too late.

MM

At 09:49 PM 1/26/2008 -0500, engineermike wrote
>How many of you know folks that leave their computers on 24/7?  I can 
>think of a half dozen right off the top of my head.  Against my advice of 
>course but they do it anyway for one reason or another.
>Later
>Mike