Search results for query: *

  1. M

    Has Anyone used Grande Communications (Local TX fiber provider)

    We have used their Internet service in Central Austin for several years and find them an excellent alternative to Spectrum. Their service is reliable, the customer reps can be easily contacted, and the prices are fair. Don't have any info for you about TV, but I'd take the Internet in a minute!
  2. M

    Current TV finds a Buyer?

    Current is a pale imitation of MSNBC at this point. AP has a good story for background.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CURRENT_TV_AL_JAZEERA?SITE=NYROM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
  3. M

    Rupert Murdoch was the original DBS hacker...or at least hired them.

    The most damning evidence regarding U.S. operations comes from the Australian Financial Review, which claims that Murdoch deliberately sat on a fix for DirecTV piracy issues in order to depress the company's value...just so he could pick it up on the cheap. How NDS made the price right The...
  4. M

    Rupert Murdoch was the original DBS hacker...or at least hired them.

    The BBC, Daily Beast and numerous news sources are this morning claiming that the originator of DBS satellite piracy in the early days of the DBS industry was none other than Rupert Murdoch. Last night, the BBC's Panorama program had interviews with the hackers and the administrators who...
  5. M

    Do you use Broadband or Dial-up?

    We just switched from Time/Warner cablemodem to SBC DSL. The issue was that while TWC was faster than our current DSL (about 2.3 mb versus 1.9 or so), TWC tended to drop to ZERO about once every couple of hours. While surfing, that's no big deal. But I'm streaming audio over the net and my...
  6. M

    G4TechTv Changes Name, Logo, Lineup

    Well, I hope the gamers like it. There's no interest there for anyone over the age of 13 as far as I can tell.