Re: In other news

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 18.07.2023 13.24, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>> On 12.07.2023 13.22, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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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
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>>>>>>>>>>> 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. 
> That's what I meant, using the antenna as input for the box. A really
> old TV will probably make a mess of an unaltered HD signal.
I can imagine.
It would probably make a mess of SD signals too.
> 
>>>>> People without a cable subscription didn't get any, I'll bet.
>>>>>
>>>> Probably not. No one is that nice.
>>> Especially not cable companies.
>>>
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