[ale] All the way to OT: Satellite/Cable (was Re: bandwidth competition (changing the subject))

[hbbs at comcast.net]

They just rolled out FastAccess Ultra in my 'hood.


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Brian Stanaland" <brian at stanaland.org>
> AT&T has a deal with DirecTV. I have DirecTV and it's ok. Tons of
> channels and I can think of 3 times the service was out because of
> rain. There is no real "on demand" service like I had with Charter. I
> watched the free on demand stuff all the time. With DVR I don't miss
> it quite so much.
> 
> The critical thing to consider before ditching cable is to make darn
> sure there is an internet service option. I get no high speed service
> where I am now. Talk to a person at AT&T and make sure you can get
> DSL. I ordered our service online and it wasn't until after we signed
> the lease that we found out AT&T doesn't provide DSL.
> 
> Brian
> 
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:38 AM,  <hbbs at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Lately, AT&T has been prying at me with letters, flyers, etc. about ditching 
> Comcast.  They seem to have some sort of arrangement with one of the satellite 
> providers (I can't recall which).
> >
> > The thing is, I don't *want* to go from Comcast analog to Comcast digital.  It 
> isn't that I don't want digital/HD - in fact, my low-end flat-screen that I got 
> a few months ago has an ATSC tuner and it's capable of displaying HD channels 
> that Comcast is sending over the wire (figuring out what channel is on what 
> yyy-xx channel number is not fun and is one of the things I want to get away 
> from somehow), but Comcast nevertheless manages to have glitches in both HD and 
> non-HD video (freezes, pixelization) and I don't feel like rewarding them.
> >
> > Which brings me to a question:  is it possible here in the 21st century where 
> if I walk up to the TV thinking "I wanna watch C-SPAN" that I can easily dial it 
> up without having to remember which channel of hundred(s) is on what channel 
> number?  What service (cable/satellite) if any have reached that level of 
> user-interface sophistication?
> >
> >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: Sean <drifter at oppositelock.org>
> >> Within the past month or so AT&T has installed a large fiber cabinet
> >> at the condo's front entrance right next to the existing POTS cabinet.
> >> Has anyone heard when (if ever) MaBell actually plans to start offering
> >> television service.  The condo would _love_ to ditch Comcast.
> >>
> >> Sean
> >>
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