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Skriven 2009-07-25 22:41:00 av WAYNE CHIRNSIDE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ROSS CASSELL
Ärende: Re: BCC and BC.
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-=> ROSS CASSELL wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 RC> Hello WAYNE!

 RC> 25 Jul 09 19:57, you wrote to me:

 RC>> Dont you have Cable TV?

 WC> Not since there was a law passed making it illegal took hook the stuff
 WC> up yourself.
 RC> [..]
 WC> I DO have cable here but it's internet only, not even the 13 dollar
 WC> local and a few other channels package.

 RC> Ah, in light of you not taking the TV part of the deal, do they charge
 RC> you more for the internet than they otherwise would if you did take the
 RC> TV part?

No, they charge flat rates for phone, cable T.V. and HS cable internet.
I took the low speed 748K rate because at 32.95 it's about 13 dollars cheaper
than full speed internet cable. 

I often get higher though by some 30 percent.

 WC> The HDTV antenna will give me channel 3 WEDU the local educational
 WC> television channel and that's all I need.

 WC> I don't see anything on T.V. worth paying for.

 RC> You could save yourself some time by going to Home Depot and getting a
 RC> GE HD antennae for $20.

I am going to Home Depot, for 12 washers, 12 wood screws, a 300 ohm ballanced
line to ground refered 75 ohm matching transformer, two U-bolts, a 32
inch 1x3 and some pipe to act as a stand attached to a base and u-bolted to the

1x3 antenna.

Really, the reports on this home brew are consistant in their praise
while 85 dollar amplified rigs get disappointing reviews.
Most broadcasrt here is located in Tampa so it's a mere 15 - 17 miles.
  

 WC> Anyway, pretty much all of what I do watch on WEDU comes right off
 WC> www.pbs.org in streaming video.

 RC> You might want to check out Hulu?

Already have an account with them.
This machine is a bit slow for them and anyway there's better elsewhere
at mimimal cost for as little entertainment viewing I do.

I did watch an old Twilight Zone with Martin Landau though.
Also Basic Instinct with Sharon Stone.
Weird Science was listed but had been taken down.

 WC> Now to replace the Scientific Atlanta cable modem with a D-Link 202.
 WC> Seems this cable company has a deal selling movies.
 WC> It isn't any where as economical as other internet providers.

 RC> Check out the Motorola Modems..

I've done my research and am comfortable with my choices.
Motorola was my second choice out of only two.
No rush on that one anyway.

 WC> I'm familiar with Scientific Atlantic boxes as they are pretty much a
 WC> pay cable T.V. standard.

 WC> Why do you suppose those other movie services don't operate
 WC> through this companies proprietary box ;-)

 RC> Alot of that depends on the CATV system, personally I have a TIVO, but
 RC> I still need one of their cards to decode the premium content. As a
 RC> side benifit, the fact that I dont have one of their boxes, I dont have
 RC> their fluff, just TIVO's fluff.


I do not believe I'll ever have any use for TIVO here
 
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