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Post #396,257
by static
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11/12/14 3:09:15 AM
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New "Digital Is Better".
Unfortunately, sometimes that means better for the broadcaster, not the consumer.

Wade.
Post #396,262
by drook
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11/12/14 10:03:12 AM
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New Sometimes?
I think it's fair to say whatever changes a cable company (or telco, or other ISP) makes are always better for whoever is making the change. They're only ever better for the consumer by sheer accident.
--

Drew
Post #396,282
by static
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11/12/14 6:36:40 PM
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New I meant more broadly.
Digital OTA TV is better for the consumer in a few ways: smaller antennae, less interference, more channels.

Wade.
Post #396,300
by mmoffitt
11/13/14 8:38:14 AM
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New Except in cases like mine. Where it means fewer channels. ;0)
     A net neutrality screed.. - (Ashton) - (43) - April 27, 2014, 01:55:38 AM EDT
         Meh. Wheeler's counterpoint. - (Another Scott) - (8) - April 27, 2014, 08:07:29 AM EDT
             Thanks; reasonable/al punte.. {sigh} ... relief-grade. - (Ashton) - April 27, 2014, 08:06:44 PM EDT
             Comcast and "commercially unreasonable" - (scoenye) - (6) - April 28, 2014, 08:09:22 AM EDT
                 Devil's in the details. - (Another Scott) - (5) - April 28, 2014, 09:37:52 AM EDT
                     I do realize they got their legs cut out from under them - (scoenye) - April 29, 2014, 08:10:09 AM EDT
                     Is this the spot for my Constitutional Convention screed? - (Ashton) - (3) - April 29, 2014, 05:08:29 PM EDT
                         Sure, let's see it. :-) - (Another Scott) - (2) - April 30, 2014, 08:09:19 AM EDT
                             'When the Gen Xers pass 50, they're going to start attending - (Ashton) - (1) - April 30, 2014, 08:53:18 PM EDT
                                 We can see the trends, but nobody knows the future. - (Another Scott) - April 30, 2014, 10:39:04 PM EDT
         Obama's video today... - (Another Scott) - (24) - Nov. 10, 2014, 07:44:45 PM EST
             since voice is switching to voip vs copper - (boxley) - (22) - Nov. 10, 2014, 08:41:36 PM EST
                 RareSanity has the answer. - (Another Scott) - (21) - Nov. 10, 2014, 08:50:21 PM EST
                     if google pays to have peered servers inside the isp datacenter - (boxley) - (18) - Nov. 10, 2014, 09:29:41 PM EST
                         Maybe because it's not the same? - (Another Scott) - (17) - Nov. 10, 2014, 11:09:50 PM EST
                             so the post office should deliver amazon products free to the end users? - (boxley) - (16) - Nov. 10, 2014, 11:28:13 PM EST
                                 Eh? - (Another Scott) - (1) - Nov. 11, 2014, 12:21:39 AM EST
                                     didn't mean you, meant the justice department back in the day -NT - (boxley) - Nov. 11, 2014, 11:26:15 AM EST
                                 Re: that content from Comcast be segregated into a different business entity than the ISP. - (mmoffitt) - (13) - Nov. 11, 2014, 10:08:16 AM EST
                                     cable rides the same packets as the intarweb - (boxley) - (12) - Nov. 11, 2014, 11:25:33 AM EST
                                         Hmmmm. - (mmoffitt) - (11) - Nov. 11, 2014, 01:05:25 PM EST
                                             It might vary with the cable company. - (Another Scott) - Nov. 11, 2014, 01:32:55 PM EST
                                             if I and the wife were not sports junkies I would cut the cable - (boxley) - (1) - Nov. 11, 2014, 01:54:02 PM EST
                                                 Understood. - (mmoffitt) - Nov. 11, 2014, 04:25:34 PM EST
                                             You must not have Comcast then - (scoenye) - (3) - Nov. 11, 2014, 06:00:04 PM EST
                                                 I do at the other shop. - (boxley) - (1) - Nov. 11, 2014, 09:10:07 PM EST
                                                     Ah, that racket - (scoenye) - Nov. 12, 2014, 06:14:21 PM EST
                                                 MediaCom always line item broadband for us. - (mmoffitt) - Nov. 12, 2014, 01:18:10 PM EST
                                             "Digital Is Better". - (static) - (3) - Nov. 12, 2014, 03:09:15 AM EST
                                                 Sometimes? - (drook) - (2) - Nov. 12, 2014, 10:03:12 AM EST
                                                     I meant more broadly. - (static) - (1) - Nov. 12, 2014, 06:36:40 PM EST
                                                         Except in cases like mine. Where it means fewer channels. ;0) -NT - (mmoffitt) - Nov. 13, 2014, 08:38:14 AM EST
                     While BHO's brief clip makes him a current White-hat.. - (Ashton) - (1) - Nov. 11, 2014, 12:50:41 AM EST
                         Agree. See, Scott, I can give the Devil his due. - (mmoffitt) - Nov. 11, 2014, 10:15:07 AM EST
             Bring on the clowns! - (pwhysall) - Nov. 11, 2014, 12:50:56 AM EST
         Interesting view from a non-techie - (drook) - (8) - Nov. 13, 2014, 02:11:49 PM EST
             how about con ed refusing to deliver your maytag for free? - (boxley) - (7) - Nov. 13, 2014, 03:53:13 PM EST
                 False equivalency. -NT - (malraux) - (6) - Nov. 13, 2014, 04:49:59 PM EST
                     make it a GE appliance then they sell electricity but not to you -NT - (boxley) - (5) - Nov. 13, 2014, 05:08:00 PM EST
                         Umm ... that's what he said -NT - (drook) - (4) - Nov. 13, 2014, 07:54:57 PM EST
                             netscape is a purchase that wants free delivery -NT - (boxley) - (3) - Nov. 13, 2014, 08:54:53 PM EST
                                 Er... - (malraux) - (2) - Nov. 13, 2014, 10:28:31 PM EST
                                     sort of, what regulation will end up doing - (boxley) - (1) - Nov. 13, 2014, 11:19:23 PM EST
                                         Compare us to the rest of the developed world ... we're already *at* the bottom -NT - (drook) - Nov. 14, 2014, 07:38:09 AM EST

I think that joke was old during the Spanish Inquisition.
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