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As Comcast or (Comtrash as I call them) continues becoming a monopolizing gorilla, we should all worry. First off the 1998 decision to allow Comcast not to have satellite systems broadcast their signal is out dated. In reading this decision you can see Comcast had the politicians in their back pocket as they approved FCC's terrestrial loophole.
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1998/da982151.txt
Comcast started to buid a cell phone giant but got out of the business when the saw there would be open competition. All their efforts were then put into cable, then highspeed internet and last phone.
Comcast has come to an agreement to allow Verizon FIOS to carry its Philadelphia Sportsnet but FIOS is not available in Philadelphia, go figure that deal out as FIOS has no intentions to move into the City of Philadelphia.
Comcast charges their highest rates nationally to customers in the Philadelphia area. Ask your local Philly sports bar what they pay you will gag! They have been increasing their their rates to upgrade their systems to compete with the improving and increasing satellite HD programming and to buy up cable companies and regional sports networks. How about High Speed internet for $57.95 a month.
Much as people say Vegas was not built with winners. The tallest building now being constructed in center city Philadelphia was not built with reasonable cable and internet rates and fair trade laws. The new Comcast Center will tower above all other buildings in Philadelphia. Comcast Center, Philadelphia
Comcast should not be allowed to show MLB extra innings, NBA league pass or NHL center ice packages. The fact that they can black out their programming and still collect from these packages is getting their cake and eating it too!
Comcast tried in 2004 to Buy ABC and ESPN to create regional sports programming to compete againt FOX Sportsnet and make it only available on cable, thank goodness that did not happen.
Comcast now owns Versus, The Golf Channel and E! which are still available on Satellite. Now there are whispers about comcast inquiring into the pruchase of a satellite provider.
Comcast has been buying up local cable systems and regional sports networks at an alarming rate. For many metropolitan areas the politicians let these deals go through as long as the programming stayed available via satellite. The satellite subscribers in those areas were lucky.
I live in Philadelphia and can not see Philadelphia SportsNet yet I can see Comcast Sportsnet Mid-Atlanic and Chicago Sportsnet in HD!
Comcast spends millions of dollars a year on lobbyists and is full of political nepotism where they hire many of the politicians relatives to work for them in cushy positions.
People in the Philadelphia area have been offered the Kool Aid and drank it all. But they did not have any other choice if they wanted to see their home teams.
John Kerry (Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness - Chairman) and got MLB extra innnings onto cable this season. John Kerry For Senate :: Home and Arlen Spector (Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights - Ranking Member) .: United States Senator Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania :: Home :. are two of the best people to complain about this to. Send them email if you are disgusted with Cable or Satellite.
I do not care where you are, how can you be blacked out if you are paying extra for a sports package and all the teams are collecting money from it including the one that is blacked out.
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1998/da982151.txt
Comcast started to buid a cell phone giant but got out of the business when the saw there would be open competition. All their efforts were then put into cable, then highspeed internet and last phone.
Comcast has come to an agreement to allow Verizon FIOS to carry its Philadelphia Sportsnet but FIOS is not available in Philadelphia, go figure that deal out as FIOS has no intentions to move into the City of Philadelphia.
Comcast charges their highest rates nationally to customers in the Philadelphia area. Ask your local Philly sports bar what they pay you will gag! They have been increasing their their rates to upgrade their systems to compete with the improving and increasing satellite HD programming and to buy up cable companies and regional sports networks. How about High Speed internet for $57.95 a month.
Much as people say Vegas was not built with winners. The tallest building now being constructed in center city Philadelphia was not built with reasonable cable and internet rates and fair trade laws. The new Comcast Center will tower above all other buildings in Philadelphia. Comcast Center, Philadelphia
Comcast should not be allowed to show MLB extra innings, NBA league pass or NHL center ice packages. The fact that they can black out their programming and still collect from these packages is getting their cake and eating it too!
Comcast tried in 2004 to Buy ABC and ESPN to create regional sports programming to compete againt FOX Sportsnet and make it only available on cable, thank goodness that did not happen.
Comcast now owns Versus, The Golf Channel and E! which are still available on Satellite. Now there are whispers about comcast inquiring into the pruchase of a satellite provider.
Comcast has been buying up local cable systems and regional sports networks at an alarming rate. For many metropolitan areas the politicians let these deals go through as long as the programming stayed available via satellite. The satellite subscribers in those areas were lucky.
I live in Philadelphia and can not see Philadelphia SportsNet yet I can see Comcast Sportsnet Mid-Atlanic and Chicago Sportsnet in HD!
Comcast spends millions of dollars a year on lobbyists and is full of political nepotism where they hire many of the politicians relatives to work for them in cushy positions.
People in the Philadelphia area have been offered the Kool Aid and drank it all. But they did not have any other choice if they wanted to see their home teams.
John Kerry (Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness - Chairman) and got MLB extra innnings onto cable this season. John Kerry For Senate :: Home and Arlen Spector (Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights - Ranking Member) .: United States Senator Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania :: Home :. are two of the best people to complain about this to. Send them email if you are disgusted with Cable or Satellite.
I do not care where you are, how can you be blacked out if you are paying extra for a sports package and all the teams are collecting money from it including the one that is blacked out.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Why are ViP922s So rare? like its crazy how ebay has none, i checked everywhere, also, i got a ViP222k now, which is actually activated!
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I remember this in the news too...
www.nbcnews.com
$14,000 spent on rented rotary phone
A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now- outdated phone.
www.nbcnews.com
That is a misnomer. In the old days you subscribed to telephone service. That included the telephone line and one telephone. An extension cost $1 a month extra. So that $14,000 over 42 years was for the service not the leased telephone. There is no way they paid $28 a month for 42 years for a leased telephone.I remember this in the news too...
$14,000 spent on rented rotary phone
A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now- outdated phone.
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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I haven't posted in almost 17 years. Over the air, sat, offline, anything-but-the-internet is still one of my avid pursuits. Been playing with offline tv viewing and offline web browsing. I have great appreciations for this site still being here. It's so hard to find public communities that haven't sold out to social media company.
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Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank 
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Take the cover off, show me pics of the board of the bad one and also the bottom of the board. I'm an old hardware electronics tech plus a satellite dealer; I fixed a lot of FTA and regular receivers. I may be able to fix it for you. And yes, they got hit by lightning; it's best to email me the pics at diamondsatellite@snet.net or call me at 203-232-8888. I give you a 50-50 chance of fixing it; I do have spare parts. my phone is a fliptop phoneHello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank
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More room for the return of the Plague & Pestilence?
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a good surge protector will help to.Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank
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Now that I'm retired, obviously I have different health care insurance. I take 2 prescriptions. With my old insurance I didn't have to pay for either of them, now I do. It's not a huge amount but it led me to dig a little into the cost of prescription medications. I have been using Walgreens for the longest time. But what I found was that Walgreens price is 4.8 times more for one of my prescriptions and the other is 2.3 percent more compared to the lowest price pharmacy. If you pay for prescription medications you might want to have a look at trumprx and see if you can get a lower price.
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Actually I take just 2 prescriptions, Atorvastatin and Lisinopril. They cost me $6 each for 100 pills. Next year that will be nothing.That's ok. I probably take enough for the two of us.
God knows what Bobby takes. Maybe so much they count as a meal?
