I guess I need to look into DirectTV. But what about Internet? Does DirectTV
offer that? If so, it can't be fast and reliable like Comcast, which for me
currently yields 5 - 6 mbps download speed.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker...@lycos.com>
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2009 5:57:38 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
Keith, I'll say the same. The only reason 'm still stuck with Comcrap
is because the bill's not in my name, and the name in question refuses to pick
up the phone and cancel the service. If my name were on the mortgage (as it was
five years ago, before I hit my own hard times), I'd get my own hook-up with
DirectTV.
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Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
Date : Sat, 6 Jun 2009 20:35:18 +0000 (UTC)
>From : Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Comcast has been horrible, and I say that as I'm using them...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mr. Worf"
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2009 2:23:35 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
I think that it must happen eventually. Where I am they have it on buses and
the other usual places like the library etc. The police have their own network
as well. The cable companies are trying to break the back of the consumer by
charging the maximum amount that we can bare. If we all drop comcast they will
be forced to stand up and pay attention.
One of the things about comcast and other big companies that bugs me is that
they were about to cancel access to several networks during last christmas
break. Can you imagine the chaos being on christmas break and little kids not
being able to watch cartoons? (they were going to pull nickeloden, sprout and
others) Comcast suggested a phone campaign and they got close to a million
calls to keep the shows on the air. Purely manipulation on comcast's part.
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net >
wrote:
The free wireless nationwide is a great idea, one I support fully. over the
last few years, several cities tried to institute such a program--Philadelphia
among them. What happened? The telecom and cable giants cried "foul!" saying
that free metropolitan wifi was unfair competition for them. In Pennsylvania,
the businesses lobbied the state legislature successfully, and helped squash
the deal.
It's extremely unfortunate and frustrating, because Philly's planned was
intended for more than just givig wifi coverage to coffee shops and bookstores
near colleges or upper middle class neighborhoods. The goal was really to
blanket all areas of the city, especially the inner city areas where the poor
and people of color lived who might not be able to afford a monthly broadband
bill for Internet. (Or, who had that at home, but couldn't afford the fees to
pay for Internet access away from home).
I understand making a profit, but it really angered me that this plan was
killed. Major cities all over the country ended up fighting the same battle,
and mostly losing to big business, who felt they'd lose all income as people
would cancel home Internet subscriptions and simply ride the free wifi. That
was wrong for many reasons. One, the signals wouldn't blanket entire
metropolitan areas in that way. Basically, away from downtown areas you'd be
back to the same thing. People living in the suburbs or most outlying areas
would still need to buy internet service for their homes. Second, even if you
coiuld ride a public signal, depending on how far you're living from the WAP
(Wireless Access Point), the signal degradation could lead to major speed
reduction. You might find it's simply too slow to do major surfing and movie
downloading at home.
A pity is that most Americans don't even know that this fierce battle was being
waged in recent years. They tend to think the crazy patchwork system we have
now--finding wifi where you can in coffee shops, bookstores, college campuses,
the odd restaurant, etc.--is normal. It drives me crazy. When I was laid off
last year, I made a concerted effort to get out of the house so I didn't get
overcome by depression. I'd spend some part of each day around people, taking
my laptop with me so I could apply for jobs online, work on my resume, ask
people for references, etc. My first thought was to go to bookstores (which I
love), but guess what? The wifi at Borders and Barnes and Noble aren't free.
You have to pay T-Mobile fees or something. Ditto for Starbucks. Well, aside
from my inborn disgust at having to pay for wifi when I think it should be free
in such areas, I didn't want to start shelling out anywhere from five to ten
bucks every day just to surf ! the Net. And I didn't need another subscription
card to a service. Why, for example, do I already use T-mobile cell phones, but
have to pay another fee to use wifi on my laptop? So I started traveling around
looking for a combination of reliable, fast (using 802.11g, instead of the
slower 802.11b), and comfortable places for free wifi. Some places were too
crowded, others didn't serve food, others closed too early in the day, or gave
you wifi access for only a few hours before you had to buy something. I found a
couple of websites where people have taken to listing good free hotspots
nationwide.
In the end I narrowed it down to two places here: Whole Foods and Caribou
Coffee. The former is okay, but use the slower 802.11b, and isn't as
comfortable feeling for long term work. But they serve a variety of food.
Caribou Coffee has the faster 802.11 and can be more comfortable for locations
with couches, so I ended up spending the bulk of my time there.
I detail that long story just to point out the ridiculous situation of not
having metro wide wifi here in Atlanta. It was like some kind of scavenger hunt
just for me to find a decent play to go online each day without having to shell
out more of my dough.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mr. Worf" < hellomahog...@gmail.com >
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2009 2:09:45 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
There are people that share bandwidth. I read something that they were talking
about making a national free wireless program, but I just don't see that
happening right now.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net >
wrote:
Anyone in the area with a standard broadband (1.5 mbps) connection and a
wireless access point? You could try to ride their signal, although frankly too
much distance could degrade the speed until it's not much faster than your
current setup. If you're in an apartment, someone next door, upstairs, or
downstairs could possibly work. You could test it out, see if if works, then
pay them a small amount each month. It's done all the time in big cities...
----- Original Message -----
From: "C.W. Badie" < astromancer2...@yahoo.com >
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2009 1:00:04 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
Oh god no! With upload and download speeds around 330kbps, I suffer enough!
--- On Fri, 6/5/09, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote:
From: Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net >
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, June 5, 2009, 11:45 PM
So are you on dialup now?
----- Original Message -----
From: "C.W. Badie"
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2009 12:17:08 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
I got sick of them...Now I have no cable TV and DSL internet...I just wish it
was faster, but I'm not being robbed....Well, that is after I threatened to
cancel when they jacked it up to where it was more than I was paying with
Comcrap...Yes. ..They all want to play games...
--- On Fri, 6/5/09, Mr. Worf wrote:
From: Mr. Worf
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Friday, June 5, 2009, 10:42 PM
If I had kept HBO and Showtime on my tvs it would have cost $170 a month! That
is without internet! This is totally crazy. They should change their logo to a
skull and crossbones! Such a waste of money. Hell, for $50 a month I can get 8
movies at a time from Netflix. Or get internet from someone else and download
everything.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Tracey de Morsella < tdli...@multicultur
aladvantage. com > wrote:
I have a ritual with Comcast. We had phone, internet and cable for $100. They
jacked it up to $250, so I threatened to leave. They tried to lets see what we
can get rid of pitch. I told them I did not have to, because I could have the
same elsewhere and I thought they have deceptive practices, so they put me at
$108, Six months later pretty much the same thing happened, but this time they
split my special rates up so that one changes in 6 months and the other changes
in 9. They figure when I come back, they will be able to better manage me, but
I’m going to just dump them and try direct Tv and separate my internet and
phone with Quest or somebody
I HATE Them
I’m sorry http://comcastmustd ie.com/ thinks they have accomplished their
mission. They are just sneakier
From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com ] On
Behalf Of Mr. Worf
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 8:07 PM
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
I would love to cut off my cable. They are really seriously trying to rip us
off here in California. Its about $100+ a month just for digital extended
basic.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 7:52 PM, C.W. Badie < astromancer2002@ yahoo.com >
wrote:
It is a cable company here in Chicago...the only competition against Comcrap on
the southside... I'd have their service now if I didn't owe them money...long
story so don't ask...
--- On Wed, 3/25/09, Keith Johnson < KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net > wrote:
From: Keith Johnson < KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net >
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 8:11 AM
What is WoW?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne badie"
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9:59:27 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
Hey, thanks to Martin and Keith, sites like Hulu and Fancast were places I
turned to catch up with episodes of shows from the Sci-Fi Channel after Comcrap
dumped it into their digital money pit.....Hey guys, as of Mid-March, I have
been Comcrap-free! Granted, I'm on DSL and steaming videos sucks on this P4,
but I hope Advanced TV comes to my part of town this winter or I can switch to
WoW, Comcrap's competitor.. .
--- On Tue, 3/24/09, Augustus Augustus wrote:
From: Augustus Augustus
Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 5:17 PM
continue.... ......... ......... ..
the should have gotten the rights 2: firefly and continued it. that was a great
show!
here is a question, whatever happened 2: surface & invasion? they did one
season, and then done. i especially like invasion.... .now that i am ranting,
what about threshold? and daylight? still a little miffed about the early
cancellation of SG:A too. hell, SG:1 also! heck, they could have continued
Enterprise and did a couple of DS9 made 4 tv movies too! sorry about the rant,
but it slipped out.
Fate.
--- On Tue, 3/24/09, Tracey de Morsella wrote:
From: Tracey de Morsella
Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 4:42 PM
In addition to Dresden add Farscape, Eureka, and Battlestar.
I never saw all of Dresden. I will have to check it out
From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto: scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On
Behalf Of Augustus Augustus
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 6:23 AM
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
Martin,
i really missed the Dresden Files. that was one that was kool that scify messed
up on.
Fate.
--- On Tue, 3/24/09, Martin Baxter wrote:
From: Martin Baxter
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 8:16 AM
Keith, there was a web site that had those last three in their entirety. The
place was shut down the day after I found it, the old story about rights and so
on. :-(
Myself, I've only used Hulu a few times, my last visitt not for myself, but for
a dear friend who missed an ep of NCIS she really had her mind set on viewing.
I went there to obtain and send her the link to it. Before that, it was to
catch up on 'The Dresden Files".
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Subject : [scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
Date : Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:26:29 +0000 (UTC)
>From : Keith Johnson
To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Wow, this is pretty cool! Frustrated at having missed back-to-back eps of
"Legend of the Seeker" yesterday, I went to the series' website to watch it
online. As I clicked on one of the eps, I noticed that it was a Hulu feed.
Hulu, perhaps you've heard of it? :)
I haven't done much with it past glancing at a few things. Not currently owning
a nice widescreen computer monitor or flatscreen TV, I never much saw the need
to watch programs on my 14" laptop screen. But I have to admit, the speed with
which "Seeker" streamed surprised me. And the clarity--wow! Even on my old IBM
T42 laptop running pokey WinXP, the picture looked great. Intrigued, i then
navigated to the Hulu website. Wow.
One reason I haven't been as much of a You Tube nut as some people--such as my
brother, who's always on me for not watching movies there--is that a lot of the
stuff on You Tube is not all that great quality. I especially hate going full
screen with an animated clip, only to get a pixelated, blurry image. Other
sites like Apple have great looking trailers, but sometimes the download speed
is a bit slow. Hulu impressed me by offering the best of both aspects. I found
myself going to the Animation section (of course), and was greeted with a
wealth of choices. Too many to mention them all, but not everything I could
want (no old Looney Tunes or Popeye, Felix the Cat seems to be the inferiour
version from the late 20th Century). But still, enough things to keep me very,
very happy. Let me mention just a few things that caught my eye:
Exosquad!
http://www.hulu . com/exosquad? c=Animation- and-Cartoons
The late great cartoon that showed Americans could actually make a good,
serious 'toon. Fifty-one eps (a handful are missing). Makes me very, very
happy! I will note the quality isn't the greatest--not that it's bad, but the
series itself never had the sharpness and beauty of something like Robotech or
any other Japanese 'toon. But still, it looks the same on Hulu as I remember it
on broadcast TV. If you've never watched this show do yourself a favor and
check it out.
Rocky and Bullwinkle
http://www.hulu . com/rocky- and-bullwinkle- and-friends? c=Animation-
and-Cartoons
The classic, satirical 'toon from the '60s, which even includes great stuff
like Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman! Haven't seen yet if my fave, Fractured
Fairy Tales, is included as well. But with thirteen twenty-two minute eps, I
think it must be there. Talk about a blast from the past!
Speed Racer
http://www.hulu . com/speed- racer?c=Animatio n-and-Cartoons
The Monster Car! The Great Race! The Supersonic Car! All the great,
horribly/amusingly dubbed episodes you remember loving as a child. I don't care
how many times I see 'em (and I own several), hearing that theme, watching that
cool car jump across a chasm or roll along the bottom of a lake, and listening
to the characters' hyper speech--it's still great fun!
Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids
http://www.hulu . com/fat-albert? c=Animation- and-Cartoons
This 'toon is like a snowy day in January: too cool for school!
And even....
Bravestarr
http://www.hulu . com/bravestarr? c=Animation- and-Cartoons
the adventures of Marshall Bravestarr, the Native with animal-based powers who
protects the people of the planet New Texas. Like Exosquad and many
American-made 'toons of that time, it's not exactly the sharpest, finely
detailed cartoon around, but it has nice pastels. And I still get a kick of of
"Equestroid" Thirty-thirty speaking fondly of his beloved gun Sarah Jane!
Now, if only they could pick up eps of the awesome 'toon "The Real
Ghostbusters" , "Battle of the Planets", and "Starblazers" , I'd be ecstatic!
http://www.youtube . com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds
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