steven s Premium Member join:2002-09-14 Dearborn, MI
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steven s
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2012-Sep-7 5:09 pm
CablevisionSo Cablevision changes their logo to reflect said by »www.sacbee.com/2012/09/0 ··· mum.html : a cleaner and much more simplified approach to design, unencumbered by extraneous visual elements.
but then they call their new service OMGFAST. Alrighty then. |
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2012-Sep-7 5:17 pm
...I'll take the 50Mbps, but they can keep the Apple TV. Gee, why didn't they call it iTV? |
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Spellchecking Never in this day and age.I am beginning to think that the idea of spelling is going to be the next thing tossed out of schools. They already don't teach penmanship, cursive writing, and arithmetic. So why not discontinue teaching of spelling. We have Google for everything.
"Cablevision recnetly started promoting ... " It should be recently. Good Grief !!
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said by Redbaron2:I am beginning to think that the idea of spelling is going to be the next thing tossed out of schools. They already don't teach penmanship, cursive writing, and arithmetic. So why not discontinue teaching of spelling we have Google for everything.
"Cablevision recnetly started promoting ... " It should be recently. Good Grief !! I see several non-spelling related issues in your comment that I know were covered in grammar school. If you're going to complain about a typo, make sure your own comment is spotless. |
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Noah VailOh God please no. Premium Member join:2004-12-10 SouthAmerica
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said by Redbaron2:"Cablevision recnetly started promoting ... " It should be recently. Good Grief !!
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RickNY Premium Member join:2000-11-02 Bellport, NY |
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Re: Cablevisionsaid by steven s:So Cablevision changes their logo to reflect said by »www.sacbee.com/2012/09/0 ··· mum.html : a cleaner and much more simplified approach to design, unencumbered by extraneous visual elements.
but then they call their new service OMGFAST. Alrighty then. Cablevision changed their Optimum logo -- and Optimum has absolutely nothing to do with the OMGFAST product, which is being marketed by one of their subsidiaries (DTV Norwich/Rainbow MVDDS). Alrighty then. |
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EliteDataEliteData Premium Member join:2003-07-06 Philippines
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Re: Spellchecking Never in this day and age.its a subliminal message for CNET |
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steven s Premium Member join:2002-09-14 Dearborn, MI |
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Re: CablevisionFair enough. It still seems like an incoherent marketing strategy to me. |
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Line of sight issues...Microwave links are line of sight, nearly as intolerant of any obstruction as laser. Are they going to put up microwave towers all over the suburbs to ensure a clean line of sight to every customer? If you think the whining over Uverse cabinets was bad, wait till they start erecting dozens of microwave towers in each city served. |
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TheMG Premium Member join:2007-09-04 Canada MikroTik RB450G Cisco DPC3008 Cisco SPA112
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Re: ...said by Rekrul:I'll take the 50Mbps, but they can keep the Apple TV. Gee, why didn't they call it iTV? Because ITV is already taken. » en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itv |
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That doesnt matter. Remember how Apple bullied Cisco over their Linksys iPhone. |
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said by TheMG:said by Rekrul:I'll take the 50Mbps, but they can keep the Apple TV. Gee, why didn't they call it iTV? Because ITV is already taken. Yes, but this is APPLE we're talking about! They should automatically be given the rights to i[everything] simple because they're so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On an unrelated note, why does DSL reports occasionally send me bad links? I click the link in my email and the site tells me that the forum doesn't exist. Obviously it does because I'm in it right now! |
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better idea..How about offering 50 megabits in the NY Metro footprint for $30 a month.. and we don't need no Apple tv... then 80 megabits for $45 (maybe even 300 megabits for $99)
Cablevision actually released a commercial about the stupid yellow dot that said "No, we're not raising your internet speeds".. Well, when consumers are off promotion deals and they leave you 1 year later.. you have only yourselves to blame. BTW, the other tv commercial was just as bad as the Clint Eastwood performance. |
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AnonFTW
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2012-Sep-8 7:52 am
Cut the CordThe AppleTV is what has allowed me to cut the cord. Between Netflix, Hulu Plus (which is pretty worthless, so I canceled it), and the ease of renting/buying TV shows and movies through the iTunes store (and the occasional use of the very handy "ffdmpeg vcodec copy" command) it's a brilliant little device. |
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2012-Sep-8 8:14 am
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Re: Line of sight issues...florida is pretty flat |
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Drop the dish?This sounds pretty cool, fast, and cheap, but isn't this the technology that gets interrupted when mother nature sneezes? From what I remember though, Florida is pretty sunny, so I suppose the only thing to be worried about would be tropical storms. Not that anyone in their right mind would be gaming, netflixing, and what-have-you in the path of a hurricane. |
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elray
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2012-Sep-9 12:24 pm
So what?Apple TV, Roku, Google TV, Boxee, Xbox, WD - none of these STB's provide content that competes with pay-tv service - sure, there is a lot of apologist-talk referencing the threadbare Netflix and Amazon libraries, the ever-shrinking Hulu, but that's where it ends.
The relatively cheap deployment of MVDDS for broadband is novel, if they can actually sustain those speeds across thousands of customers in each market. and the equipment doesn't get routinely zapped. Doubtful. |
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Re: ...Yep, because you have a clue as to what happened. I have no doubt Apple bullied them. That's Apples MO. |
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Re: Spellchecking Never in this day and age.thats why this site should have an actual Editor instead of someone trying to play one- and "news" guy all in one. |
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Re: Line of sight issues...they can solve that problem by building a tower that covers mass range just like the MMDS company in Ohio did. Go to the FAA and get the permit and the locals and be done. |
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Re: Drop the dish?i haven't heard of any problems with a similar service in Ohio with weather. |
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Re: better idea..Part of the deal was that the fcc said cablevision could not offer this in their home territory. |
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DrModemTrust Your Doctor Premium Member join:2006-10-19 USA |
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Re: So what?Amazon streaming is hardly threadbare. Name a program and it's probably on there... |
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Re: better idea..said by majortom1029:Part of the deal was that the fcc said cablevision could not offer this in their home territory. Not really the point.. Cablevision is long overdue for revamping their cablemodem speed tiers anyway.. 15 megabits is too slow.. the tier's been around in their territory for over a decade.. 50mbit = $29.95 (upstream 25mbit) 80mbit = $44.90 (upstream 40mbit 101mbit=$64.99 (upstream 50mbit) 300mbit =$89.99 (upstream 100mbit) * these speeds & prices can be offered ONLY if you have FIOS available to your address (subject to verification), so that could disqualify you if Verizon decided you're not worthy of their money used to build wireless instead of wireline.. millions of customers qualify in NY Metro.. and still millions don't.. That's Verizon's legacy, and part of Telco's history of taking the customer for granted. As I've said, if the speed bumps given by Comcast and Verizon go unanswered by the end of the year.. Cablevision will look like they are neglecting their customers regardless of the "We care" campaign with the new logo and all.. |
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