Re: Lets discuss Insurance

["noughtomate" <balraj_jassal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes I have backups, but I have over 1.2TB of data, so it's not
always so straight forward to burn a CD.

But how about theft ?

How are you guys insured against theft or damage of Node 0 ?


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Neil Fuller <neil.fuller@...> wrote:
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> But surely you back up the boxes configurations regularly to cover
such
> catastrophes !!??? :-o
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> noughtomate wrote:
> > Hi,
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> > I've just been looking around for some insurance quotes that
take my
> > kit into account.
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> > How do you explain the concept of Node 0 and general must have
geek-
> > gadgets ?
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> > Are there any insurers you guys would/would not recommend ?
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> > As much as I'd love to get a dirt cheap quote, I'd prefer to
hear back
> > from people who've had to make a real claim and not been stung
by the
> > insurer.
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> > And while we're at it you know if there is any such insurance
that
> > takes the time taken to configure that kit into account ? Most
of last
> > year SWMBO felt heavily neglected whilst I was configuring my
MCE PC,
> > NAS Media Server, CCTV server, Home Automation controller...da
daa da
> > daa daaa.  These things take thousands of hours to fine tune.
> >
> > If I were to ever lose my kit, yeah the insurance company might
pay
> > up, but `er-in-doors would probably leave me whilst I re-
configure it
> > again.  Would be interesting to hear your thoughts...
> >
> > (I can appreciate a monetary payment won't really help, but if
you can
> > get covered for loss of earnings in car accidents, then why not
for
> > burglaries ?)
> >
> > Cheers
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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