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The Telecom Digest for August 18, 2013
Volume 32 : Issue 175 : "text" Format
Messages in this Issue:
My Year Using Aereo: How A Dime-Sized Antenna Met My TV Needs (Neal McLain)
Re: MetroPCS 4G Service Issues (T)
Re: MetroPCS 4G Service Issues (unknown)

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 05:12:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: My Year Using Aereo: How A Dime-Sized Antenna Met My TV Needs 
Message-ID: <896c77fb-2638-468c-84b3-ed02b71c5148@googlegroups.com>

By Gerry Smith, Huffington Post Blog, 08/12/2013

| Inside a data center in downtown Brooklyn, there's a floor 
| filled with thousands of dime-sized copper antennas. One of 
| them is mine.
|
| About a year ago, I started using Aereo, a service that lets me 
| watch and record network television on my laptop using that tiny 
| antenna.
|
| I'm essentially renting the antenna from Aereo, a model the 
| company says complies with copyright law. (Major broadcasters 
| still have sued for alleged copyright infringement, but the 
| courts so far have sided with the startup.)
|
| After launching in New York City last year, Aereo has plans to 
| expand to 22 more cities in the coming months. It will be 
| available in Houston, Dallas and Miami for the first time next 
| month.
|
| For me, Aereo has been a welcome addition to the patchwork of 
| services my wife and I use to watch our favorite shows and live 
| sports.

Continued:
http://huff.to/16jl47t

Neal McLain
aka texascableguy




Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 01:45:08 -0400
From: T <kd1s.nospam@cox.nospam.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: MetroPCS 4G Service Issues 
Message-ID: <MPG.2c77866c4f300874989e8b@news.eternal-september.org>

In article <15pmnph8e6gk4.1i440xygdmjjd.dlg@40tude.net>, 
mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net says...

[Moderator snip]
> What drove you to MetroPCS, if I may be so bold as to ask? 

The pricing. I was paying $50 a month for basic service on T-Mobil - for 
the same money I got unlimited 4G service for voice, text and net 
through MetroPCS. 

I've got two phones with them now - any my bill for the month right now? 
$90. I'm loving that. 




Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:05:50 -0400
From: unknown <arnie.goetchius.remove-this@and-this-too.att.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: MetroPCS 4G Service Issues 
Message-ID: <kuooj5$tuh$15dr201308171953@telecomdigest.net>

T wrote:
> In article <15pmnph8e6gk4.1i440xygdmjjd.dlg@40tude.net>, 
> mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net says...
> 
> [Moderator snip]
>> What drove you to MetroPCS, if I may be so bold as to ask? 
> 
> The pricing. I was paying $50 a month for basic service on T-Mobil - for 
> the same money I got unlimited 4G service for voice, text and net 
> through MetroPCS. 
> 
> I've got two phones with them now - any my bill for the month right now? 
> $90. I'm loving that. 

I have a pre-paid T-Mobile that does not work in my basement office near
exit 114 of the Garden State Parkway. However, I do get AT&T in the
basement so I'm probably going to switch my unlocked T-Mobile over to
AT&T. My cost with either one is about $100 per year so price is not an
issue but dependable service is.






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