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Ken Auletta: Why Oprah Needs Cable [Telecom]

2009-11-22T14:39:02Z

From Ken Auletta's blog on The New Yorker website:
> November 20, 2009
> Why Oprah Needs Cable
> Posted by Ken Auletta
>
> Why is Oprah Winfrey jumping from broadcasting to cable?
> For the same reason that the largest cable company,
> Comcast, is bidding to buy NBC/Universal. Cable networks

Re: Straight Talk by Tracfone [Telecom]

2009-11-21T23:16:36Z

On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:51:04 -0500, "Thomas H Ward"
Last time I played around with TracFone they wre a MVNO for AT&T
Mobility (formerly Cingular Wireless). This may have changed in recent
history, but as of a few months ago, my Motorola C155 was GSM on AT&T.
Dave

Re: Straight Talk by Tracfone [Telecom]

2009-11-21T23:09:17Z

<<I have recently come across Straight Talk by Tracfone in my local Wal-Mart
store. They are advertising an unlimited everything rate plan for around
$45.
Since I live in a rural area of Virginia, and my service options are
extremely limited, this appeals to me. However, I am leery of purchasing
this phone because I can not find a coverage map on their web site nor

Re: Straight Talk by Tracfone [Telecom]

2009-11-21T14:29:58Z

[Tracfone service area]
Tracfone is a reseller; they buy into various networks, depending on
where you are. That is reflected in which flavor phone is sold in your
area.

Re: Straight Talk by Tracfone [Telecom]

2009-11-21T14:34:37Z

The network they use varies from one part of the country to another.
If you can look inside the back of the phone, it's probably AT&T if
there's a SIM chip, and Verizon if not.
Note that GSM phones do not work on CDMA networks and vice versa, so
your phone will use the network it's built for no matter where in

Re: Straight Talk by Tracfone [Telecom]

2009-11-21T20:42:16Z

Mine has worked in just about any place I've tried it so far, rural as well
as in major cities.
I recently heard a radio advertisement from I believe a Dollar General store
that had a TracFone, model unknown by me, that included double minutes for
life of the phone with a starting price of $10. At that price I'm thinking

Re: [telecom] Straight Talk by Tracfone [Telecom]

2009-11-21T19:28:59Z

Since Southern Maryland is Verizon dominated, Tracfone works very well in most of Maryland. Western MD is iffy mostly because of hill blockage.
Mark L. Smith [link]
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Re: Straight Talk by Tracfone [Telecom]

2009-11-20T19:55:37Z

I had one a few years ago and it pretty much worked everywhere. They seem
to have reciprocal agreements with all the big players. Mine worked in and
around Blacksburg, Va. where I live, and when a friend and I rode our
motorcycles out ot Sturgis, SD it worked everywhere there was a signal.
I think they home to Verizon when there is a choice, but as I said, mine

Straight Talk by Tracfone [Telecom]

2009-11-15T18:51:04Z

I have recently come across Straight Talk by Tracfone in my local Wal-Mart
store. They are advertising an unlimited everything rate plan for around
$45.

Since I live in a rural area of Virginia, and my service options are
extremely limited, this appeals to me. However, I am leery of purchasing
this phone because I can not find a coverage map on their web site nor

Re: Pinch-Hitter needed for the digest [Telecom]

2009-11-20T07:24:36Z

On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:03:06 -0500, Telecom digest moderator
Considered and done - Which is why this little batch of messages is
showing up in your mailboxes and Usenet browsers right now.
The Spam Bucket is cleaned out so Bill doesn't have to deal with it
when he gets back, and if the submitted posts are on-topic I'll pass

Re: Comcast seeks NBC-U (continued) [Telecom]

2009-11-20T01:56:13Z

This begs the question: if broadcast TV networks are going to be (soon)
acquired by the cable and fiber monopolies, what was the point of all
the hassle and expense moving to digital broadcast TV?
Or is there something I'm not seeing and, say, Comcast's acquisitions
will still broadcast over-the-air?

Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone" [telecom]

2009-11-17T13:31:00Z

I'm using the Morse code ring tones from [link]
. I use the initials of the caller as the ringtone so I can tell right
away who's calling.
Harold

Compatibility of 3G GSM with HSPA 7.2 and LTE service [Telecom]

2009-11-17T09:10:40Z

The "Tech Blogs" of the San Francisco Chronicle's SFGate web site:
<[link]>
yesterday state:
" [...]
" AT&T said it's making strides in building up its 3G coverage and
" performance by upgrading more than 800 cell cites and deploying

Re: Comcast seeks NBC-U (continued) [Telecom]

2009-11-17T19:42:49Z

==============================
Still on track, and even USA Today has picked up the story:
[link]
Neal McLain

Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone" [telecom]

2009-11-16T19:08:07Z

Believe it or not, it was one of the selectable "standard" tones
builtin to the Motorola RAZR V3.
And there is another very obnoxious tone (also builtin) that I use(d)
for incoming email. The reason for that is the ONLY email I would ever
permit to be sent to my phone would be that generated by a server