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The Telecom Digest for June 27, 2013
Volume 32 : Issue 140 : "text" Format
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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:19:04 -0400
From: Telecom Digest Moderator <redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: It's vacation time again
Message-ID: <20130626201904.GA1821@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
It's that time of year again, when Telecom Digest readers book flights
to far-away places, pack their clothes, and head out on vacation.
But ...
Many of the auto-response "vacation macro" features of various email
servers are not able to give "bulk" email any special attention, and
so I get "I'm on vacation" replies every time a post goes out. Of
course, I can intercept them, but if you're subscribed to any public
mailing lists or Usenet groups that are not moderated, then your
automatic reply will be sent out for all to see, including, of course,
your company email address.
So, please do yourself a favor, and ask your IT staff how to set the
options so that vacation programs will not reply to any emails
marked "Bulk" (they know what that means), and I suggest you set up
the rules so that only addresses in your addressbook, or those inside
your company, will get any auto-reply at all.
Bon voyage!
Bill
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Bill Horne
Moderator
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:57:31 -0500
From: Doug McIntyre <merlyn@dork.geeks.org>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: End of Cable Bundle Inevitable, With or Without Aereo: CEO
Message-ID: <reOdnfSOev5W_lbMnZ2dnUVZ_hudnZ2d@giganews.com>
wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) writes:
The subscriber could always use an antenna
>(and with DTV, they would get just as good a signal as they get from
>cable and probably better than satellite);
In my experience with Comcast and DirecTV, the quality chain is more
like {best} DBS -> DirecTV -> CATV {worst}
CATV re-encodes the broadcast signal to compress it more to fit on
their system, same as DirecTV, although Comcast in this area (multiple
franchises) is consisitantly worse.
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:27:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: End of Cable Bundle Inevitable, With or Without Aereo: CEO
Message-ID: <733cb9bd-7f8d-4230-a19a-c13600ad72d0@googlegroups.com>
On Wednesday, June 26, 2013 4:57:31 PM UTC-5, Doug McIntyre wrote:
> wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) writes:
> The subscriber could always use an antenna
>> (and with DTV, they would get just as good a signal as they get from
>> cable and probably better than satellite);
>
> In my experience with Comcast and DirecTV, the quality chain is more
> like {best} DBS -> DirecTV -> CATV {worst}
>
> CATV re-encodes the broadcast signal to compress it more to fit on
> their system, same as DirecTV, although Comcast in this area (multiple
> franchises) is consisitantly worse.
By "DBS" are you referring to over-the-air broadcast reception? If so, I think you mean:
> like {best} OTA -> DirecTV -> CATV {worst}
In North America, DBS commonly means "direct-broadcast service", a generic term that includes DirecTV and Dish Network.
http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/40955/dbs
Neal McLain
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