Is MTS audio a victim of the latest cable company upgrading?

[Deke]

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Deke wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Deke wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Deke wrote:

Universal Cable rule # 1- They don't care about audio, or visual
quality,
and will always be geared to please the lowest common denominator.


File a complaint with the FCC at FCCInfo@fcc.gov


Universal Cable rule # 2- Even if they DO have a high quality
signal
available to them, they will compress/mangle it (1080i to 720i, 5.1
to
distorted L-R mono) to save bandwidth.


File a complaint with the FCC at FCCInfo@fcc.gov


Universal Cable rule #3- Cable companies don't care if you have a
$10,000
home entertainment center. Can you see a picture? Good!, and can
you
hear
it? Good!, will always be good enough for them.


File a complaint with the FCC at FCCInfo@fcc.gov


Universal Cable rule #4- Charge maximum amount of money for the
poorest
choice of channels, with the worst possible signal quality.
Increase
rates
at will.


Rate increases must be approved by the franchising authority.
They
can not increase rates 'At will'.



But they CAN, and do increase rates for equipment fees, rental fees,
service
fees, and anything else that doesn't involve programming.


Sigh. You need to learn what a 'CATV Franchise' means. I was in
that business. The only time a equipment fee wasn't regulated was when
a new piece of hardware was introduced. Any badly damaged or missing
equipment could be billed at full replacement costs, plus all other
incurred expenses. My dad had Dish a couple years ago. The day his
first year contract was up he received a letter from Dish telling him
they were going to sue him if they didn't get their equipment back
within 10 days. No mention of renewing the contract, just threats. I
boxed it up and dropped it off at the Post Office for him, while he was
calling Direct TV for service. He's been with them for more than five
years now.


And this is relevant to me in what way? Are you saying that your Dad's
cable service is inadequate, so he went with satellite TV?
THAT I can relate to.


He wanted a channel he couldn't get on cable. That's reality, and
I'm sure you can't relate to that.


Oh but I can. I have more than a few channels on satellite, in HD, that

local Mediacom doesn't even offer in SD. The Discovery channels, for
example.
History International is another.

--
You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a Band-AidT on it, because it's
Teflon coated.

Indeed. Its also not very observant.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Deke wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Deke wrote:

And this is relevant in what way to my complete satisfaction with Dish,
and the fact that local Mediacom service stinks?


Only that you have your head where the sun doesn't shine. Dish is
far from perfect, and you have a hard-on for cable TV.


BTW, have you installed a three lnb satellite dish lately?


Have you ever converted a five meter dish from Cassegrain to prime
focus and installed four LNAs. The original feed horn had to be removed
and lowered down the side of a hill by rope. It weighed over 125
pounds. Then cut three slots in the dish while hanging from a sling?
That conversion took five full eight hour days with three workers. Your
three LNB feed is child's play.


And yet you say you had a three day outage. Interesting.

Not interesting, unless you consider low visiblity from very heavy
fog interesting.

Who said anything about "collecting TV shows"? I just don't watch muich
live. Its recorded, then viewed, skipping the commercials, then deleted.

Show that I am a horder then.

The spare parts are used to repair computers for the other Disabled
Veterans in my area. I also help low income and other disabled people
get a computer or to keep their working. I don't charge them for labor,
and tell them where to buy any parts they need. I would rather build or
repair something than park my ass in front of a TV and stuff my face
like so many drooling idiots. I prefer to read, than watch TV.


Good for you. Since you have already mentioned your guest house, your large
collection of tools, your 1200 sq ft work shop, your help for veterans and
the disabled, I'm guessing I'm supposed to be awed and impressed.

I don't care if you even noticed. I have what I need to do what I
want to and am still physically able to. I bought the place becasue of
the large shop building when I was still working full time, with the
intent to restore old radios and test equipment when I retired. My
retired dad lived here for a few years, as well and I needed some of
that space for his woodworking tools.

I applaud your altruism, but I downsized years ago (1997 actually) when I
retired. Now I only volunteer for the Red Cross.

Good for you. The Red Cross was supposed to be helping people around
here after a couple hurricanes, but they rarely lived up to their
promises. Like FEMA, they would announce that they would serve hot meals
or do something else at a set time. If you went, their trucks either
weren't there or were locked up and no one was around.


The VA declared that I could no longer work. I still have my
hobbies, and i really don;t care if anyone is impressed. I don't do it
for that reason. I have always gone out of my way to help others, it's
how I was raised.

So? I used to work for the military.


So? I was a US Army broadcast engineer for AFRTS. I tested out of
the three year school while in Basic training at Ft Knox.


Bully for you, but how is that relevant to the fact that local Mediacom
service sucks?

How is your fixation on Mediacom relevant to anything?

Interesting that Mediacom is now offering their phone and internet service
bundle WITHOUT the cable service, to satellite customers.

And? Phone companies have offered internet & TV for years. You can
get 'naked DSL' from the phone company as well.

Any port in a storm, eh?

What storm?


--
You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a Band-Aid™ on it, because it's
Teflon coated.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Deke wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

He wanted a channel he couldn't get on cable. That's reality, and
I'm sure you can't relate to that.


Oh but I can. I have more than a few channels on satellite, in HD, that
local Mediacom doesn't even offer in SD. The Discovery channels, for
example.
History International is another.

Big deal. They run some of the most boring crap I've ever seen.
You've become very repetitive and boring, as well.


--
You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a Band-Aid™ on it, because it's
Teflon coated.

 

[Deke]

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Deke wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

He wanted a channel he couldn't get on cable. That's reality, and
I'm sure you can't relate to that.


Oh but I can. I have more than a few channels on satellite, in HD, that
local Mediacom doesn't even offer in SD. The Discovery channels, for
example.
History International is another.


Big deal. They run some of the most boring crap I've ever seen.
You've become very repetitive and boring, as well.

If you think the Discovery channels are boring, well, so sorry.

--
You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a Band-AidT on it, because it's
Teflon coated.

Indeed!

 

[Deke]

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Deke wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Deke wrote:

And this is relevant in what way to my complete satisfaction with
Dish,
and the fact that local Mediacom service stinks?


Only that you have your head where the sun doesn't shine. Dish is
far from perfect, and you have a hard-on for cable TV.


BTW, have you installed a three lnb satellite dish lately?


Have you ever converted a five meter dish from Cassegrain to prime
focus and installed four LNAs. The original feed horn had to be
removed
and lowered down the side of a hill by rope. It weighed over 125
pounds. Then cut three slots in the dish while hanging from a sling?
That conversion took five full eight hour days with three workers.
Your
three LNB feed is child's play.


And yet you say you had a three day outage. Interesting.


Not interesting, unless you consider low visiblity from very heavy
fog interesting.

Interesting because I've never lost signal in thick fog...for three days.

Who said anything about "collecting TV shows"? I just don't watch muich
live. Its recorded, then viewed, skipping the commercials, then deleted.


Show that I am a horder then.

No need, you already have. Thats not necessarily a bad thing, my dad was a

"collector" also.

The spare parts are used to repair computers for the other Disabled
Veterans in my area. I also help low income and other disabled people
get a computer or to keep their working. I don't charge them for
labor,
and tell them where to buy any parts they need. I would rather build
or
repair something than park my ass in front of a TV and stuff my face
like so many drooling idiots. I prefer to read, than watch TV.


Good for you. Since you have already mentioned your guest house, your
large
collection of tools, your 1200 sq ft work shop, your help for veterans
and
the disabled, I'm guessing I'm supposed to be awed and impressed.


I don't care if you even noticed. I have what I need to do what I
want to and am still physically able to. I bought the place becasue of
the large shop building when I was still working full time, with the
intent to restore old radios and test equipment when I retired. My
retired dad lived here for a few years, as well and I needed some of
that space for his woodworking tools.


I applaud your altruism, but I downsized years ago (1997 actually) when I
retired. Now I only volunteer for the Red Cross.


Good for you. The Red Cross was supposed to be helping people around
here after a couple hurricanes, but they rarely lived up to their
promises. Like FEMA, they would announce that they would serve hot meals
or do something else at a set time. If you went, their trucks either
weren't there or were locked up and no one was around.


The VA declared that I could no longer work. I still have my
hobbies, and i really don;t care if anyone is impressed. I don't do it
for that reason. I have always gone out of my way to help others, it's
how I was raised.

Then why mention your guest house, your tools, and your 1200 sq ft shop?

So? I used to work for the military.


So? I was a US Army broadcast engineer for AFRTS. I tested out of
the three year school while in Basic training at Ft Knox.


Bully for you, but how is that relevant to the fact that local Mediacom
service sucks?


How is your fixation on Mediacom relevant to anything?

I'm not fixated on Mediacom nearly as much as you are fixated on defending

it.

Interesting that Mediacom is now offering their phone and internet
service
bundle WITHOUT the cable service, to satellite customers.


And? Phone companies have offered internet & TV for years. You can
get 'naked DSL' from the phone company as well.

And more and more people are dropping Mediacom, in my area. They are also

going back to the Bell companies for phone service. Costs more, but it
works when the power goes out.

Any port in a storm, eh?


What storm?

The one that gives you signal disrupting heavy fog for three straight days?

--
You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a Band-AidT on it, because it's
Teflon coated.

Indeed. Nor can it spell....

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Deke wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

What storm?

The one that gives you signal disrupting heavy fog for three straight days?

You've never lived in Florida, or you would know that you don't need
a storm to have heavy fog.


--
You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a Band-Aid™ on it, because it's
Teflon coated.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Deke wrote:

If you think the Discovery channels are boring, well, so sorry.

I'm sorry that you don't. Goodbye. I have work to do.


--
You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a Band-Aid™ on it, because it's
Teflon coated.

 

[Deke]

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Deke wrote:

If you think the Discovery channels are boring, well, so sorry.


I'm sorry that you don't. Goodbye. I have work to do.


--
You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a Band-AidT on it, because it's
Teflon coated.

I thought you couldn't work..oh well. And by the way, there's no T in
band-aid.
Enjoy your cable service.

 

[Deke]

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Deke wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

What storm?

The one that gives you signal disrupting heavy fog for three straight
days?


You've never lived in Florida, or you would know that you don't need
a storm to have heavy fog.


--
You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a Band-AidT on it, because it's
Teflon coated.

OK. But three days of fog heavy enough to disrupt satellite service?
Can't find anything on Google to support that. Must have been a bad
installation.
BTW, there's no T in band-aid.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Deke wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Deke wrote:

If you think the Discovery channels are boring, well, so sorry.


I'm sorry that you don't. Goodbye. I have work to do.

I thought you couldn't work..oh well.

I repair computers and give them away to other Disabled Veterans. I
do repairs around my home, and do all the other work needed to continue
to live by myself, rather than go to some extended care facility.

And by the way, there's no T in band-aid.

That's not a T, it's the trademark image.

Enjoy your cable service.

Enjoy your small minded bigotry. And that great internet service you
don't get with Dish.


--
It's easy to think outside the box, when you have a cutting torch.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Deke wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Deke wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

What storm?

The one that gives you signal disrupting heavy fog for three straight
days?


You've never lived in Florida, or you would know that you don't need
a storm to have heavy fog.


--
You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a Band-AidT on it, because it's
Teflon coated.

OK. But three days of fog heavy enough to disrupt satellite service?
Can't find anything on Google to support that. Must have been a bad
installation.

Prove it, and why would that instance be on Google? Can you find
anything about the heavy smoke & fog that blanketed this area for months
after one hurricane?

BTW, there's no T in band-aid.

BTW, get a real news client instead of that crappy Microsoft Windows
Mail 6.0.6002.18197, so you can see things other than the most basic
ASCII characters. That piece of crap is only good for old ladies to
exchange pickle recipies.
--
It's easy to think outside the box, when you have a cutting torch.

 

[Deke]

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Deke wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:3MWdnWgnBvoUFUzQnZ2dnUVZ_oidnZ2d@earthlink.com...

Deke wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

What storm?

The one that gives you signal disrupting heavy fog for three straight
days?


You've never lived in Florida, or you would know that you don't need
a storm to have heavy fog.


--
You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a Band-AidT on it, because
it's
Teflon coated.

OK. But three days of fog heavy enough to disrupt satellite service?
Can't find anything on Google to support that. Must have been a bad
installation.


Prove it, and why would that instance be on Google? Can you find
anything about the heavy smoke & fog that blanketed this area for months
after one hurricane?


Me, prove it? I believe you were the one who said you had fog so thick it

blocked satellite service for three days. Prove it, use what ever search
engine you want, or are capable of using.

BTW, there's no T in band-aid.


BTW, get a real news client instead of that crappy Microsoft Windows
Mail 6.0.6002.18197, so you can see things other than the most basic
ASCII characters. That piece of crap is only good for old ladies to
exchange pickle recipies.
--
And yet it works well enough to respond to your posts. Imagine that.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Deke wrote:

Me, prove it? I believe you were the one who said you had fog so thick it
blocked satellite service for three days. Prove it, use what ever search
engine you want, or are capable of using.

Yawn. Go hump someone else's leg.


--
It's easy to think outside the box, when you have a cutting torch.

 

[Deke]

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Deke wrote:

Me, prove it? I believe you were the one who said you had fog so thick
it
blocked satellite service for three days. Prove it, use what ever search
engine you want, or are capable of using.


Yawn. Go hump someone else's leg.

Yes, please do.