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Electronic Connection Driving Your Life Away. Talk Laptops, Mapping Software, Viruses, Satellite (XM/Sirius) Radios, Antennas, GPS', Trucking Software, etc. How do truckers keep in touch, get internet service? What cell phones do truckers prefer?

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^ Top   #1   09.04.2009

Baack Trucker Forum STAFF   Last Seen: 2 Hours Ago 09.37 AM Member Since: May 2007 Location: Wisconsin Trucker? Trucking Industry Posts: 16,022 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 10,059 Thanked: 7,356 Times

Internet addiction center opens in US Quote: FALL CITY, Wash. - Ben Alexander spent nearly every waking minute playing the video game "World of Warcraft." As a result, he flunked out of the University of Iowa. Alexander, 19, needed help to break an addiction he calls as destructive as alcohol or drugs. He found it in this suburb of high-tech Seattle, where what claims to be the first residential treatment center for Internet addiction in the United States just opened its doors. The center, called ReSTART, is somewhat ironically located near Redmond, headquarters of Microsoft and a world center of the computer industry. It opened in July and for $14,000 offers a 45-day program intended to help people wean themselves from pathological computer use, which can include obsessive use of video games, texting, Facebook, eBay, Twitter and any other time-killers brought courtesy of technology. "We've been doing this for years on an outpatient basis," said Hilarie Cash, a therapist and executive director of the center. "Up until now, we had no place to send them." http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200909...ed_to_internet __________________ Forum Rules The Thanks! button Spelling and the TTR How to insert a picture Using our search feature Copying and pasting articles TTR Advertising opportunities

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Hardlyevr Heavy Load Member   Last Seen: 10 Minutes Ago 11.57 AM Member Since: Jul 2009 Location: Gettysburg,PA Trucker? 31 Years Age: 53 Posts: 797 My Trucking Photos: 3 Thanks: 81 Thanked: 331 Times

Wow, $311 a day to not have a computer! What a deal! Would it be cheaper if they had an on-line course? Oh, maybe that might not be a good idea.

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zotoa Light Load Member   Last Seen: 4 Weeks Ago 12.53 AM Member Since: Oct 2009 Location: CS Co Trucker? Student Posts: 76 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 61 Thanked: 13 Times

I guess I am a candidate for this program, because I dream about my computer, but because I live on a limited IC, I will have to go col Turkey. And that a Christmas time! __________________ IHS ZOTOA Jesus Christ is the Lord of All

^ Top   #4   12.19.2009

kajidono Road Train Member   Last Seen: 11 Hours Ago 12.38 AM Member Since: Jun 2009 Location: Dirty flat top Trucker? 3 Years Age: 34 Posts: 4,161 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 1,028 Thanked: 984 Times

I'd rather spend $14k on a new computer. __________________ The best way to rob a bank is to own one.

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