Recent content by telstar_1

Welcome to the fiberhood. My front yard got to host one of those below-ground access boxes with a bright orange post next to it.

No. As we know, all communications devices must be able to accept any interference.

States have been seduced by the siren song of "easy revenue" ever since they started lotteries back in the 70s. Now it's video gambling everywhere and sports betting on your phone.

I was going to ask if this was 1980. Seems I remember that "earth stations" (c-band receiving dishes) were actually supposed to be registered back then. Or am I misremembering? Hadn't heard anything about this new registration for interference

I got slowness yesterday into today but wasn't sure whether on my end...good now

It's not "the owners of channel" that assign its packaging, but rather the provider, based on factors of the ch's asking rate and offered volume discounting. Clearly TNT went up enough for charlie to bump it from larger basics packs to an add-on pack. It really doesn't have to have even been by...

Keyword: Nascar.

A little after celebrating 50 years, MS announced July 2 laying off 4%. Reducing "organizational layers" by axing managers and "streamlining products, roles & procedures." Says changes are necessary to "compete in a dynamic marketplace."

Did you see where MS is eliminating the "blue screen of death"? Now it's going to be black.

The vhf/uhf spectrum is now much too valuable to be wasted on serving the puiblic

Cartoons should only be on sd in 4:3. By that I don't mean overcompressed, smeared digital sd.

good here

MI. Wasn't crazy about it, and it proved my instinct prescient. Was hoping to still catch The Phoenician Affair

not even leo?

ABC seems to have been schluffed off in a # of markets to become a subchannel of an NBC or other. Is it a dying net?