Re: [CGUYS] Cable Fights FIOS with Lies

2008-06-26 Thread David K Watson
We have finally decided to move to Verizon FIOS. Verizon has been pushing it hard in my area, even going so far as to send door-to-door salespeople, which ordinarily ups my sales resistance, but inthis case I have finally been persuaded. Verizon is offering to replace our landline, cable and

Re: [CGUYS] Cable Fights FIOS with Lies

2008-06-26 Thread gerald
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/03/31/comcast-degrades-hd.html http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1008271 i have comcast in dc. my sister has fios in dallas, which was very much better. the differences i saw in the tv images was considerable. almost the same as the spread

Re: [CGUYS] Cable Fights FIOS with Lies

2008-06-26 Thread Tom Piwowar
Let the product do the talking and let the marketplace decide is my philosophy. Looks to me like engineer logic, but the market works with marketing logic. That is why this story caught my attention. The marketeers list features that are irrelevant to how their product performs and swift boat

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Vista?

2008-06-26 Thread Tom Piwowar
Deadline passed and I see we've been hoodwinked by Dell. While XP Home is now no longer available thay are selling PCs with XP Pro on the hard drive and a Vista DVD in the box. So this is actually an even better buy than the deal they terminated last week. Two versions of the OS for the price

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Vista?

2008-06-26 Thread mike
I guess I wasn't following this as closely as you, hoodwinked how? Mike On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deadline passed and I see we've been hoodwinked by Dell. While XP Home is now no longer available thay are selling PCs with XP Pro on the hard drive

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Vista?

2008-06-26 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
As I read it retail sales of XP ended this month. It is still allowed to be sold with system till sometime this fall. Also it will be allowed to be included on economy systems. (Under a certain dollar value) It is closer to MS caving into demand that Dell misleading. I believe that MS

[CGUYS] Just another cell phone service question

2008-06-26 Thread Paula Minor
Have any of you used the Credo (formerly Working Assets) cellular network? What are your impressions of it's reliability? Thanks Paula IN/USA Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in