Exactly.

Exactly! They claim to have lower rates but there are federal laws that prohibit UPS, FedEx, DHL and any other courier services from underselling the government. Therefore, even if they could/would undersell, they can't according to federal law.

You have have seen this about dihydrogen monoxide and how it's being put in everyone's water supply! :)

Get a few of these to circulate and people will be in a full-blown panic. Remember, a person is smart. People are dumb.

Correct...and Sprint has a true 4G network.

"The No. 3 wireless carrier, Sprint Nextel (S, Fortune 500), claims to have a 4G network in place based on a different technology called WiMAX, though WiMAX is actually just an enhanced 3G technology. With more than 50 global carriers pledging to unveil LTE networks, some analysts have speculated that Sprint will likely commit to building its own LTE network in the near future."

I like how they list GSM and imply all carriers in the US when the largest GSM providers are AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Cricket. The CDMA networks are Verizon and Alltel. Of course, the're now one in the same since Verizon bought Alltel a year or so ago.

Well, if you choose to backup on OS X native, which your post doesn't state since rsync is on OS X as well, there's BRU Producer's Edition. Time Machine can be a bit resource hungry in my experience, so that may not be the best option for you. On the Linux front, there are a few tools to do the trick. Again, TOLIS Group has BRU Server for Linux native, but that's a higher price than BRU PE is going to be. However, if you're looking for a free product, rsync may not cut it due to the limitations that many others have already mentioned. There's MondoRescue, but again, I don't think that will work to the needs that you require. Though the user 'mlheur' hit the nail on the head in my opinion. You need to focus on your restore needs and then choose a backup application that fits those needs!

There are other factors to consider in this and that is the weather. The guy is in Sunnyvale, CA -- they get far more weather there and have more frequent cloudy days than here in Phoenix,AZ. Therefore, put the $38,000 solar investment to use in Arizona that has an average of 360 days of sunshine per year and longer days with the sun in both summer and winter than Sunnyvale, CA. In addition to the sunshine per year, there's the cost of the electric provider from the utility that should be taken into account. PG&E rates differ from other utility companies such as APS or SRP here in Arizona. Therefore, if SRP or APS charges more than my savings per year would be higher just because of higher rates. The only way that one can compare one solar installation to another is to have one compared to another solar installation of similar, if not exact, size and geographical location. It would not surprise me to know that a smaller installation in Phoenix can generate the same amount of electricity daily than one in Northern California simply due to the longer days.