Re: [CGUYS] Miro
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simple solution don't deal with Comcast. All you poor folks in Comcast land should pick a day and cancel all your accounts on the same day. Tell them you hate the limit and won't tolerate using such an inferior service. At 09:15 PM 9/2/2008, you wrote: I think the next great revolution will be appliances such as this and apple TV. Until Comcast claims you are over limit and suspends your Web access for a year. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- John Duncan Yoyo ---o) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Miro
Comcast is currently the nation's largest cable supplier, and for many that means it's their _only_ broadband solution. So comments like 'dump Comcast' may seem humorous to you, but aren't particularly helpful. This is the case with myself. Satellite has too much latency (and we have no line-of-sight), the local phone company has no intention of ever laying fiber (and is considering a 5GB cap on DSL), and there are no competing cable companies. Simple solution don't deal with Comcast. All you poor folks in Comcast land should pick a day and cancel all your accounts on the same day. Tell them you hate the limit and won't tolerate using such an inferior service. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Miro
I am in similar circumstances. We have Charter for cable (and it sucks) and our DSL already enforces a 5 GB limit. Only on it's UUNET downloads Charter has wiped out it's UUNET support. It used to cripple it by throttling back the download speed, now it is gone. So Comcast could similar stuff. What they are doing is enforcing an arbitrary limit on total data download, which is nuts. I feel for you but someone somewhere has to point out that the emperor has no clothes. Stewart At 09:44 AM 9/3/2008, you wrote: Comcast is currently the nation's largest cable supplier, and for many that means it's their _only_ broadband solution. So comments like 'dump Comcast' may seem humorous to you, but aren't particularly helpful. This is the case with myself. Satellite has too much latency (and we have no line-of-sight), the local phone company has no intention of ever laying fiber (and is considering a 5GB cap on DSL), and there are no competing cable companies. Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Miro
This is the case with myself. Satellite has too much latency (and we have no line-of-sight), the local phone company has no intention of ever laying fiber (and is considering a 5GB cap on DSL), and there are no competing cable companies. This is the time to contact your local pols to let them know you deserve real competition in broadband services. Comcast's actions amply demonstrate that they think they have no competition. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Miro
I am a netflix subscriber, and recently a new box was introduced. Netflix allows you to watch movies on your puter, but then again I don't want to watch a movie sitting there either. This box allows you to download the movie and watch it on your TV. Netflix also has movies that you can watch on you peecee without using a box. They have their own movie viewer software. We load the movie in the viewer, connect to the big LCD TV and watch movies, usually with subtitles that are hard to read. Feature is Windows-only. Still, it's better than watching movies on a notebook display. I like getting those red envelopes in the mail better. Our driveway is long. Getting mail is good exercise. I don't want another box, expecially if it has a remote. Betty * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Miro
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Tony B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Comcast is currently the nation's largest cable supplier, and for many that means it's their _only_ broadband solution. So comments like 'dump Comcast' may seem humorous to you, but aren't particularly helpful. This is the case with myself. Satellite has too much latency (and we have no line-of-sight), the local phone company has no intention of ever laying fiber (and is considering a 5GB cap on DSL), and there are no competing cable companies. I think Tom has the right idea. The pols can take back the franchise or break the monopoly franchise deal that Comcast relies on. Fairfax county has COX and Verizon fighing it out right now. I get two or three offers a week from them to switch. You can at minium call to complain. I had to add the Verizon FIOS TV service to cut my bill back $30 or so a month. I still have DirecTV because I have three of their TiVO based machines. If the Verizon DVR isn't entirely gawd awful I might dump DirecTV. I am spoiled with TiVO and Verizon has a pretty high bar to jump to get to acceptably bad. Simple solution don't deal with Comcast. All you poor folks in Comcast land should pick a day and cancel all your accounts on the same day. Tell them you hate the limit and won't tolerate using such an inferior service. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- John Duncan Yoyo ---o) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Miro
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in similar circumstances. We have Charter for cable (and it sucks) and our DSL already enforces a 5 GB limit. Only on it's UUNET downloads Charter has wiped out it's UUNET support. It used to cripple it by throttling back the download speed, now it is gone. So Comcast could similar stuff. What they are doing is enforcing an arbitrary limit on total data download, which is nuts. I feel for you but someone somewhere has to point out that the emperor has no clothes. Verizon only cut it back to the Big 8, Comcast Charter and a few others dropped it all together when Cuomo threatened them. He argues that the alt groups are a child pornography spreading portal. Lots of people suspect that the RIAA has more to do with it than child porn. I get my Usenet feeds for $2.95 a month from Forte's APN service. The speeds are good. Way better than what COX offered and comparable to what Verizon still offers. That makes sense because Verizon owns UUNET according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUNET. Stewart At 09:44 AM 9/3/2008, you wrote: Comcast is currently the nation's largest cable supplier, and for many that means it's their _only_ broadband solution. So comments like 'dump Comcast' may seem humorous to you, but aren't particularly helpful. This is the case with myself. Satellite has too much latency (and we have no line-of-sight), the local phone company has no intention of ever laying fiber (and is considering a 5GB cap on DSL), and there are no competing cable companies. Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- John Duncan Yoyo ---o) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Miro
On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, Tony B wrote: Comcast is currently the nation's largest cable supplier, and for many that means it's their _only_ broadband solution. So comments like 'dump Comcast' may seem humorous to you, but aren't particularly helpful. This is the case with myself. Satellite has too much latency (and we have no line-of-sight), the local phone company has no intention of ever laying fiber (and is considering a 5GB cap on DSL), and there are no competing cable companies. That's the case for me. Comcast or nuttin'. Maybe if I slip Eric a few bucks under the table, he can convince his bosses that the suburbs between Manassas and Dale City are a lucrative market just dying for FiOS. ;-) Simple solution don't deal with Comcast. All you poor folks in Comcast land should pick a day and cancel all your accounts on the same day. Tell them you hate the limit and won't tolerate using such an inferior service. -- Vicky Staubly http://www.steeds.com/vicky/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Miro
Competition is in a poor, sad state in the area of net access. On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simple solution don't deal with Comcast. Stewart At 09:15 PM 9/2/2008, you wrote: I think the next great revolution will be appliances such as this and apple TV. Until Comcast claims you are over limit and suspends your Web access for a year. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Miro
On Sep 1, 2008, at 10:44 PM, Tony B wrote: Miro is an internet TV thing. http://www.getmiro.com/ I tried it a while back but I'm not a big TV fan, and I especially hate to watch TV in front of my computer. I download the videos and view them using my component DVD player. Like you, I also do not enjoy viewing videos on the computer as much as viewing them on my TV screen. It is just a lot more comfortable and enjoyable to be able to sit on the couch as opposed to in a chair in front of my computer monitor, Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Miro
I am a netflix subscriber, and recently a new box was introduced. Netflix allows you to watch movies on your puter, but then again I don't want to watch a movie sitting there either. This box allows you to download the movie and watch it on your TV. I think the next great revolution will be appliances such as this and apple TV. Stewart At 08:17 AM 9/2/2008, you wrote: I download the videos and view them using my component DVD player. Like you, I also do not enjoy viewing videos on the computer as much as viewing them on my TV screen. It is just a lot more comfortable and enjoyable to be able to sit on the couch as opposed to in a chair in front of my computer monitor, Steve Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Miro
On Sep 2, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: I think the next great revolution will be appliances such as this and apple TV. Perhaps not really revolutionary, but evolutionary at a minimum. My current DVD player is equipped with a USB port. I can write my video downloads to a USB flash drive and use the flash drive as my video source. No need to write the video file to a disk. Many video formats are supported by the DVD player, and if the source video is not supported, I can convert it to a format that is supported, although that process extends the time element involved. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Miro
I think the next great revolution will be appliances such as this and apple TV. Until Comcast claims you are over limit and suspends your Web access for a year. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Miro
Has anyone used Miro? If you have any experience with it, what are your thoughts? Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Miro
Are you talking about a Mirro server? Automatic back up system for networks? Stewart At 08:54 PM 9/1/2008, you wrote: Has anyone used Miro? If you have any experience with it, what are your thoughts? Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Miro
Correction Mirra personal Server, manufactured by Segate. Stewart At 09:01 PM 9/1/2008, you wrote: Are you talking about a Mirro server? Automatic back up system for networks? Stewart Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Miro
Miro is an internet TV thing. http://www.getmiro.com/ I tried it a while back but I'm not a big TV fan, and I especially hate to watch TV in front of my computer. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Miro
On Sep 1, 2008, at 9:54 PM, Stephen Brownfield wrote: Has anyone used Miro? If you have any experience with it, what are your thoughts? I use it. It works. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
