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| From | BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup |
| Subject | Re: In other news |
| Date | 2023-07-25 13:34 +0200 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <u9oc0a$13rsf$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (8 earlier) <XnsB03F4B14CE67FKamilot@135.181.20.170> <u8rdr1$sro$2@dont-email.me> <XnsB0454B5B0D597Kamilot@135.181.20.170> <u9bfp4$2o7m6$2@dont-email.me> <XnsB04973AA88EE9Kamilot@135.181.20.170> |
On 22.07.2023 17.21, Merlyne wrote: > BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in > news:u9bfp4$2o7m6$2@dont-email.me: > >> On 18.07.2023 13.24, Merlyne wrote: >>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>> news:u8rdr1$sro$2@dont-email.me: >>> >>>> On 12.07.2023 13.22, Merlyne wrote: >>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>> news:u8hi9m$2jid9$2@dont-email.me: >>>>> >>>>>> On 08.07.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>> news:u8a1rk$1etv2$2@dont-email.me: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 05.07.2023 14.14, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>>>> news:u813bf$3m74$1@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 02.07.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>>>>>> news:u7mb17$2h0fa$2@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 28.06.2023 13.31, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> I got a new phone and a better plan. >>>>>>>>>>>>> Why are cell plans so much more expensive in my country vs >>>>>>>>>>>>> the US? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> CAPITALISM! It's always capitalism. We've been over this. >>>>>>>>>>> Sure. Are you sure that it's not related to population base? >>>>>>>>>> If you pay the same country-wide and you the same coverage in >>>>>>>>>> sparsely populated areas (I know you have some of those), then >>>>>>>>>> maybe. But most likely capitalism. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Ugh! >>>>>>>>>>>>> I got a new S21 and 20GB of data for $47/month taxes in. >>>>>>>>>>>> I pay a base fee of ~$4/month (deducted from consumption) >>>>>>>>>>>> with slightly higher per-minute charge and no free data. But >>>>>>>>>>>> then I only use data in emergency (which haven't happened >>>>>>>>>>>> yet) and make maybe two calls and two texts/month. >>>>>>>>>>> I used to have a prepaid cell for like $10 a month back in >>>>>>>>>>> 2003 when it was my emergency phone. >>>>>>>>>>> Once I started using it all the time, it was more >>>>>>>>>>> cost-efficient to have a plan with unlimited talk and text. I >>>>>>>>>>> would say that I am most frequently contacted by text than by >>>>>>>>>>> other modes i.e. voice call or email. >>>>>>>>>>>> On the other hand I still pay for a landline (IP) even >>>>>>>>>>>> though it hasn't made a sound (or call) in several years. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I also have a landline. My Dad calls it and a few places >>>>>>>>>>> where I keep forgetting to change my contact info to my cell. >>>>>>>>>>> I think the landline isn't VOIP it's whatever came before >>>>>>>>>>> that but after rotary dial phones. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Analog... (rotary dials relied on counting the impulses - one >>>>>>>>>> for each digit passed on return; pushbutton 'dialing' relied >>>>>>>>>> on the frequency of the tone correspondig to each >>>>>>>>>> digit/button) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> They will probably phase it out eventually. >>>>>>>>>> Like they did with teevee signals, thus making everyone get >>>>>>>>>> new teevees... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I thought I got a new tv because the old one stopped working. >>>>>>>> That may be, but lots of people got new tvs because their old >>>>>>>> one couldn't receive/decode the digital signal. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The cable company gave out digital conversion boxes to people. >>>>>> Can you still get one of those. To use on an old teevee that you >>>>>> buy at an antique shop? >>>>>> >>>>> I doubt anything would work on a tv that old. >>>> In theory it would. It would require a digital to analog conversion >>>> and probably a granularity reduction from HD to PAL or [whatever the >>>> American format is called]. An old cable converter might just work >>>> if one could bypass the subscription bit. >>> >>> It could work from an antenna. Some channels are in the air. In HD >>> even. >> That's what I meant, using the antenna as input for the box. A really >> old TV will probably make a mess of an unaltered HD signal. > I can imagine. > It would probably make a mess of SD signals too. And if by some miracle it could be made to work, there probably wouldn't be anything good on anyway. >> >>>>>> People without a cable subscription didn't get any, I'll bet. >>>>>> >>>>> Probably not. No one is that nice. >>>> Especially not cable companies. >>>> >>> >> > -- BeH " We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-28 11:31 +0000
Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-30 12:33 +0200
Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-02 14:29 +0000
Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-04 14:29 +0200
Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-05 12:14 +0000
Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-07 23:59 +0200
Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-08 15:01 +0000
Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-10 20:22 +0200
Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-12 11:22 +0000
Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-14 14:08 +0200
Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-18 11:24 +0000
Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-20 16:19 +0200
Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-22 15:21 +0000
Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 13:34 +0200
Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-27 13:32 +0000
Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-29 17:39 +0200
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Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-11 00:26 +0200
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Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-16 15:55 +0200
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Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-03 00:25 +0200
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Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-12 16:47 +0200
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Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-21 23:27 +0200
Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-25 14:26 +0000
Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-06 21:45 +0100
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Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-20 00:59 +0100
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