Re: In other news

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> On 12.07.2023 13.22, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: 
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>>> On 08.07.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>> On 05.07.2023 14.14, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>> On 02.07.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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.
>> 
>>> People without a cable subscription didn't get any, I'll bet.
>>>
>> Probably not. No one is that nice.
> Especially not cable companies.
>