On 08/06/2013 03:22 PM, RoryGoff wrote: > Many thanks to both of you Barrys! And I have yet to sample either "The > Killing" or "Continuum" -- something to look forward to, when I catch up on > all the rest! Sorry to hear about your troubles with "Orange is the New > Black" -- I marathoned that one in a couple of days; luckily we have very > good fiberoptic service out here in the boonies :-)
In the SF Bay Area the choice is pretty much Comcast or AT&T. Any third party ISP often rides on the back of AT&T anyway. If I lived in the "boonies" of Petaluma then Sonic.net offers 1 gigabit fiber much like Fairfield has. However it is not always the ISP but the politics and corporate wars of the infrastructure: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/why-youtube-buffers-the-secret-deals-that-make-and-break-online-video/ It pisses me off enough to wish that the large telecoms would either be broken up or nationalized. They aren't serving us just themselves (which is the problem with a lot of corporate America). > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: >> >> On 08/06/2013 12:24 PM, RoryGoff wrote: >>> Sorry to hear that about Mad Men; I have been enjoying it hugely thus >>> far... I LOVE how beautifully it illuminates the dysfunctional 60's -- all >>> this time I thought it was only my Dad who pulled that kind of stuff! :-) A >>> very healing show for me. >> My brother was from that era and I've been amused with the show and how >> true to the period it is. This last season started showing how some >> corporations that were actually family owned and run businesses started >> becoming publicly held ones. And of course this last season the agency >> was considering going public which is a game changer and was actually >> discussed on one of the ad agency blogs. >> >> FYI, the 3rd season of "The Killing" finished Sunday and it will be >> available on Netflix streaming shortly because Netflix partially >> financed the third season. >> >> The second season of "Continuum" has been very good and this last >> episode very revealing. It too may show up after completion on Netflix >> as did the first season. >> >> >>> As to Copper, yeah, I confess to being a total sucker for >>> relatively-well-done historical pieces. The Borgia shows (both versions) >>> were a lot of fun, too. My all-time favorite TV show is still probably >>> Deadwood. >> The first season of Copper seemed to be more relevant historically but I >> lost interest in the second season. Ripper Street had more fun with >> it's historical perspective mainly because it takes in a period a great >> change. Broadchurch is another BBC drama which debuts tomorrow night on >> BBC American though the first episode is free without commercials from >> their website: >> http://www.bbcamerica.com/broadchurch/videos/s1-premiere-episode/ >> >> Turq is a fan of Stephen King and this years Kingfest is "The Dome" on >> CBS. It's been a good show so far. Folks in Los Angeles and other >> cities with Time Warner Cable are a little miffed with the spat between >> CBS and TWC as CBS and Showtime are now missing from the lineup. No >> "Dexter" or "The Dome" for them. And I have been enjoying Showtime's >> "Ray Donovan" too which got better after the pilot episode. Paula >> Malcomson, who played Trixie in Deadwood, plays the wife of Ray Donovan >> who is played by Liev Schreiber. The cast also include Jon Voigt, >> Elliot Gould and James Woods. >> >> Netflix streaming is a bit iffy around here lately. I have 12 mbps >> broadband but last night trying to finish an episode of "Orange is the >> New Black" I got about 10 minutes in and then it would start rebuffering >> and give me an SD version for about 30 seconds then back to HD. It did >> that several times more but towards the end I had to give up because it >> would rebuffer every 30 seconds only give a low quality SD stream. >> >> Apparently the problem is that many of the telecoms are dragging their >> feet with upgrades to a kinda service link so more customers can have >> high bandwidth service. But we paid for our Netflix and we paid for our >> broadband and we want it. If this doesn't get resolved we want Congress >> to look into it. Some of this problem will go away come September when >> kids are back in school and going to Friday night football etc instead >> of staying home and watching Netflix. >> >> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: >>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@> wrote: >>>>> Hey, Barry! Rena and I watch only Netflix now, no TV, >>>>> so we are a year or more behind on all shows. True >>>>> Blood and Dexter are among our favorites; I am also >>>>> quite fond of Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and Copper. >>>> I skipped "Mad Men" this season, because I just >>>> couldn't work up any honest *caring* about any >>>> of the characters. But I'm glad you mentioned >>>> "Copper," because I forgot that one. I watched >>>> the first three episodes of the second season, >>>> but then forgot to download the rest. I'll >>>> rectify that situation. >>>> >>>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: >>>>>> One of the things that has suffered because of this Paris >>>>>> gig has been my ability to keep up with TV series I once >>>>>> watched near-religiously. I purposefully haven't even >>>>>> bothered to start watching "Continuum" or the US versions >>>>>> of "The Killing" (season 3) or "The Bridge," because I >>>>>> knew I wouldn't have time for them. >>>>>> >>>>>> I did watch season three of the excellent UK series "Luther," >>>>>> and found it as good as the previous two. In my household, >>>>>> a mighty cheer went up when one favorite character from the >>>>>> previous two seasons reappeared. :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> I've been watching "True Blood," first curious what it would >>>>>> be like without Alan Ball at the helm, and think it's been >>>>>> pretty good, on the whole. More interesting in many ways >>>>>> that last season. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm watching "Dexter," of course, and enjoying it, and wonder- >>>>>> ing how they're going to fit The End Of Dexter into the few >>>>>> remaining episodes. >>>>>> >>>>>> I just saw the first episode so far of the new season of "The >>>>>> Newsroom," and liked it. I'm a sucker for fast dialogue. >>>>>> >>>>>> Like everyone else, I am waiting with 'bated breath for the >>>>>> last 8 episodes of "Breaking Bad." >>>>>> >>>>>> And that's about it. Anyone seen anything worth reporting on? >>>>>> >>> > >
