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06-15-2009, 08:03 PM | #2 |
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A few years ago our power went out and we didn't have phone or internet for 6 days. We got rid of ATT a few days after that.
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06-15-2009, 08:05 PM | #3 |
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Sorry will never give another dollar to any cable company ever. Fortunately they are a dying business.
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06-15-2009, 08:05 PM | #4 |
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I fired AT&T wireless a month after I hired them. Then they tried to charge me $300 for firing them, I thought that was pretty funny.
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06-15-2009, 08:06 PM | #5 |
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06-15-2009, 08:10 PM | #6 |
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How many people do you know who still get the newspaper? How many people do you know who have landlines?
0 under 30..... Cable(and satellite) companies are the next dominos to fall and that's not in doubt. It's a failing business model and even they know it.
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06-15-2009, 08:11 PM | #7 |
FINALLY! The wait is over.
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I know where you're going with this, but if all of the traditional phone companies go out of business, and all of the cable/satellite companies are going out of business, who is going to supply us with the internet?
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06-15-2009, 08:14 PM | #8 |
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Well,
I should point out that I still have ATT cell phone service. It has been fine I I have been happy with my Dish Network for my television viewing pleasure. But now I will have Cox for digital phone and internet.
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06-15-2009, 08:15 PM | #9 |
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What's going to replace them? The internet? Maybe eventually, but I don't see it happening anytime soon.
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06-15-2009, 08:16 PM | #10 |
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FINALLY! The wait is over.
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06-15-2009, 08:22 PM | #12 |
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I get about that and I pay for the 1.5-just did the same test and got 1.3 and .3 on my crappy laptop.
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06-15-2009, 08:24 PM | #13 | |
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Honest answer there...the question is how long it will take but there it's likely wireless. The infrastructure costs of running lines to each house starts to be impractical here. This will take longer. But the switch off of standard cable could occur much quicker. Tivo's another classic example, good company, interesting technology, but also likely dead in the long rung. Why would I need a DVR when I have my movies/TV on demand when I want them already.
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06-15-2009, 08:25 PM | #14 |
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06-15-2009, 08:26 PM | #15 |
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