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jhawkkw said:
Yeah, it's amazing how much control telecommunication companies have. It's mostly due to a combination of lack of government regulation with the majority of customers complacent with how things are, and ignorant to how they actually operate.

For example, Time Warner Cable has a 100% monopoly on cable and broadband internet :mad:. There are satellite tv companies, but they don't offer broadband.:(
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It really seems absurd but I guess a lot of things in life do.
 
jhawkkw said:
Yeah, it's amazing how much control telecommunication companies have. It's mostly due to a combination of lack of government regulation with the majority of customers complacent with how things are, and ignorant to how they actually operate.

For example, for my area Time Warner Cable has a 100% monopoly on cable and broadband internet :mad:. There are satellite tv companies, but they don't offer broadband.:(
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Sorry, I somehow left off the part about TWC in my area only. Throughout the country there are other companies, but in most areas they also have a monopoly. Sorry for the misrepresentation. :o
 
Yeah, hehe, I remember back in the late 90s when they were getting blasted because their catalogs were so "scandalous" and had to be plastic wrapped when shipped. :rolleyes:
I don't know, their image peaked around 2003 and I don't think anyone cares about them anymore. Rarely see anyone in their stores anymore.
Guess I'm just someone who only shops at H&M. Do you have those where you live?
 
jhawkkw said:
Yeah, it's amazing how much control telecommunication companies have. It's mostly due to a combination of lack of government regulation with the majority of customers complacent with how things are, and ignorant to how they actually operate.

For example, for my area Time Warner Cable has a 100% monopoly on cable and broadband internet :mad:. There are satellite tv companies, but they don't offer broadband.:(
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How many satellite TV companies operate in the US? Two is it, DirectTV and Dish Network? A duopoly.

Think you can get satellite broadband. But from what I've heard it's very expensive, slow, has a long latency, and a low data usage cap. It's something you have as a last resort, for when there's nothing else available.
 
dreadnatty08 said:
Yeah, hehe, I remember back in the late 90s when they were getting blasted because their catalogs were so "scandalous" and had to be plastic wrapped when shipped. :rolleyes:
I don't know, their image peaked around 2003 and I don't think anyone cares about them anymore. Rarely see anyone in their stores anymore.
Guess I'm just someone who only shops at H&M. Do you have those where you live?
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Abercrombie is expensive. I don't like h&m. We don't have it in the Philippines but there are some in Singapore and here.

Ooh so do you have a boyfriend? I thought you were married lol:p
 
mikedt said:
How many satellite TV companies operate in the US? Two is it, DirectTV and Dish Network? A duopoly.

Think you can get satellite broadband. But from what I've heard it's very expensive, slow, has a long latency, and a low data usage cap. It's something you have as a last resort, for when there's nothing else available.
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Yeah, just the two. I'm not sure it's an option as far as satellite broadband, because the package you can get through DirectTV that includes internet comes from the local telephone company. So all it offers is dial-up or slow DSL. I'm not sure was Dish Network offers around here if they even offer anything at all.
 
Well its time to get up and have a nice English breakfast before getting everything ready for tonight. So who are we up for? I'm going for the 49ers . ;)
 
Well, I guess being so close to Baltimore we SHOULD be rooting for them. :rolleyes:
I'm pretty indifferent. Both teams deserve the win, so I think it'll be a great game. :)
 
Time for bed, I'm tired, been playing pool, singing at KTV most of evening, and white knuckle taxi ride home...phew.

BTW first time I seen a good use for Microsoft Surface/Windows 8, in a karaoke machine. Seems to work really well here for selecting songs.
 
Liamo_210 said:
Windows 8 is soo pointless.
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It's not terrible overall, takes a little getting use to. I personally like it from the perspective that it unifies their phones/tablets/pc's on one os more or less. Would be a lot more useful if I used Windows Phone though. :p

Also, when more devices like the Transformer AIO come out, it will have increased utility.
 
jhawkkw said:
It's not terrible overall, takes a little getting use to. I personally like it from the perspective that it unifies their phones/tablets/pc's on one os more or less. Would be a lot more useful if I used Windows Phone though. :p

Also, when more devices like the Transformer AIO come out, it will have increased utility.
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Its bit useless but the fact desktop mode is still needed makes the metro part kinda redundant. :rolleyes:
 
jhawkkw said:
It's not terrible overall, takes a little getting use to. I personally like it from the perspective that it unifies their phones/tablets/pc's on one os more or less. Would be a lot more useful if I used Windows Phone though. :p

Also, when more devices like the Transformer AIO come out, it will have increased utility.
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I guess there is a benefit to them having one crappy UI.:rolleyes:

That's probably not fair, it probably works well for phones, I just hate it on my laptop.;)
 
Who ever designed the metro ui needs to be replaced. But at least they don't have to worry about Apple litigation over the ui :p
 
My guess is that it's a casualty in order to keep it unified as one OS. It could also been seen as push to get people to upgrade towards these laptop/tablet combos that we've seen advertised instead of just upgrading older devices. But as sales have shown, this has been a complete failure.
 
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