Jonathan, Apple TV looks awesome but why in the world would they not offer it 
in 4k?  New iPhone records in 4k, iMac is 5k, FinalCut edits several streams of 
4k & then they dumb down their newest TV box!   Makes no sense.  

John. 

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> On Sep 11, 2015, at 4:41 PM, Jonathan Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Harry,
> 
> Uverse telephone is no more “landline” than a phone number through TWC would 
> be. If you had DSL, maybe, but for the most part, long gone are the heady 
> days of mundane analog POTS [1] lines. 
> 
> It’s all digital IP phone communication these days. Even if you have a 
> regular analog phone, it is converted to digital at the modem no matter which 
> technology you have.
> 
> It’s almost exactly the same. The only real difference is that AT&T delivers 
> their combined signal over a couple of copper wires and TWC delivers it over 
> a coaxial cable. Now if you actually had a POTS phone, that would be 
> different.
> 
> And yes you can get whatever you want from either of them. I have my internet 
> with TWC and a second internet along with TV and phones on Uverse. I just go 
> with whoever has the best packages at the moment. I even play them off 
> against each other from time to time.
> 
> Oh, and once you get your TV through one of those whiz-bang DVR boxes offered 
> by either one you’ll never go back. It’s way too convenient.
> 
> That said, I hear you. I can’t wait for the new Apple TV as I intend to cut 
> my “cable” TV back even further. 
> 
> The future of TV is apps, baby! 
> 
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> [1] “P.O.T.S.” Plain Old Telephone Service
> 
> 
>> On Sep 11, 2015, at 4:11 PM, [email protected] 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> From: Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Google Fiber considering Irvine, Louisville, and San 
>> Diego for expansion [feedly]
>> Date: September 11, 2015 at 4:11:40 PM EDT
>> To: Topics Macintosh computers related to Apple and 
>> <[email protected]>
>> Reply-To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers 
>> <[email protected]>
>> 
>> 
>> So how would this work. I have uverse internet and phone. I don’t have and 
>> don’t want cable tv. I have an antenna on my roof for local stations and a 
>> subscription to netflix.
>> 
>> if I were to use google fiber for internet, can I just have uverse phone 
>> service? I am not ready to get rid of my land line. How is all that going to 
>> work????
> 
> --
> Jonathan Fletcher
> [email protected]
> 
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> Next Meeting: 9/22/15
> 
> 
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