basic cellular bill + added taxes ?

Larry wrote:
> Amazing. I knew some people were still watching that Livingroom
> Billboard. I think it's insane to be brainwashed like that.

well of thirty years ago, my dad would turn the TV at 5:30 for the
national news, then 6:00 local news...he like Wheel of fortune at 6:30.
Then the Tonight Show would be over by midnight.

I called it Video Wallpaper.

Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in news:labolide-
DA2740.15124805122007@news.giganews.com:

> I Have DirecTivo. I don't watch live TV or commercials. 30 second
skip.
>
>

That cuts the 1 hour show down to what, 20 minutes, now? It'll cut
a Nascar race down to 30!

Larry
--
Isn't it ironic that the same ISPs that are telling you
you're downloads threaten their networks......
.....are testing 100Gbps TV to sell on the SAME systems?
http://tinyurl.com/27qx3v

DTC <me@nothingtoseehere.zzx> wrote in news:LiH5j.51777$eY.15280
@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net:

> Larry wrote:
>> Amazing. I knew some people were still watching that
Livingroom
>> Billboard. I think it's insane to be brainwashed like that.
>
> well of thirty years ago, my dad would turn the TV at 5:30 for
the
> national news, then 6:00 local news...he like Wheel of fortune
at 6:30.
> Then the Tonight Show would be over by midnight.
>
> I called it Video Wallpaper.
>

In my father's house, and including the TV in the nursing home
before he died at 83....from his first TV in 1947, the first one
in our small town that had a tiny oscilloscope screen from
Raytheon...TV ran 18 hours a day, between him and my mother...and
her soaps.

I escaped into the Navy in 1964 from the stench of their
cigarette addictions and TV addictions. It warped me for
life....

Larry
--
Isn't it ironic that the same ISPs that are telling you
you're downloads threaten their networks......
.....are testing 100Gbps TV to sell on the SAME systems?
http://tinyurl.com/27qx3v

We've had the gross generalizations discussion before.
This is another of those situations.

Painting an entire medium with such a broad brush is
really VERY stupid!

You really are one negative SOB...

OK, let me just address just a few reasons.

#1. Quality - as in HD - the combo of HD and (2 actually) Tivo series 3
simply
means I have the ability to watch 1080i almost exclusively now - and I
don't watch any of those pesky commercials. Boop, boop, boop...
Try to watch a shit quality, compressed as hell MP3 on a 50" plasma.

#2. Legality - I can watch DRM stuff - no, I'm not going to argue RIAA
here...
But, HBO, Showtime, etc's HD content is all protected...

#3. Real time - I don't have to wait (and be a Larry bandwidth hog)
I can watch it NOW, vs hours or even days later. Sure, I'm going to download
the local news to get the latest on the flooding - get real.

There are MANY more....


"Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote in message
news:Xns99FDB5D2E6FB9noonehomecom@208.49.80.253...

>
> You guys have TV? Why? There's nothing on it to watch except a
> constant barrage of commercials. Buy Winrar and get a
> Usenetserver.com account. There's no way to ever watch 10% of
> the movies, documentaries, music videos or listen to the MP3
> files posted every day. How silly it is to listen to that
> spamcrapped BILLBOARD in your living room!
>

On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:51:56 -0800, SMS ???• ?
<scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

>Paul Miner wrote:
>> On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:20:28 -0800, SMS ???• ?
>> <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Virgin is one of the worst prepaid plans in terms of cost.
>> <snip>
>>
>> If I can find a less expensive service, I'll switch to it. My wife
>> uses less than 10 minutes of wireless service per month, so Virgin
>> costs me $15 every 3 months, plus taxes and fees. I haven't found
>> anything cheaper.
>
>7-11 Speak-Out <snip>
>
>PagePlus <snip>
>
>With T-Mobile <snip>

Thanks, everyone. Looks like I have a few options I wasn't aware of.

--
Paul Miner

"Ness-Net" <richard.no@more.damn.spam.nessnet.com> wrote in
news:oomdnSkyyJfSGcranZ2dnUVZ_quhnZ2d@giganews.com :

> and be a Larry bandwidth hog

Oh, horseshit......If only this were true! You'd think from Nessy
I could bring the internet to its knees with my little PC.



Larry
--
Isn't it ironic that the same ISPs that are telling you
you're downloads threaten their networks......
.....are testing 100Gbps TV to sell on the SAME systems?
http://tinyurl.com/27qx3v

"P.Schuman" <pschuman_no_spam_me@interserv.com> wrote in message
news:Vz45j.2844$Vq.1321@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...
> My son is out looking at different cell plans so he can get a smartphone..
> However, I've warned him - for budgeting purposes - that the real monthly
> cost
> is not just the detailed voice and/or data plan,
> but it also includes the local TAXES.
>
> Looking at some of my old Sprint bills,
> it looks like a $39 plan had about $7.50 added in taxes = 20%
>
> So - what do you see on your bill as far as actual plan cost vs added
> taxes ?
>
Sprint SERO plan 500 anyminutes 7pm nite weekends, unlimited data, unlimited
text; $37/month with taxes in FL.

GolfGod wrote:

> Sprint SERO plan 500 anyminutes 7pm nite weekends, unlimited data, unlimited
> text; $37/month with taxes in FL.

Those are great deals. If Sprint had coverage where I live I'd be there
in a minute. Lots of Sprint Employee e-mail addresses are available on
the web to use in getting SERO pricing.

"Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote in message
news:Xns99FC5332FD91noonehomecom@208.49.80.253...
> "P.Schuman" <pschuman_no_spam_me@interserv.com> wrote in
> news:Vz45j.2844$Vq.1321@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com:
>
> > Looking at some of my old Sprint bills,
> > it looks like a $39 plan had about $7.50 added in taxes = 20%
> >
> > So - what do you see on your bill as far as actual plan cost vs
> added
> > taxes ?
> >
> >
> Alltel in South Carolina, here. The $39 plan is over $47 after
> the bureaucrats get their cuts. Every fiefdom wants some. It's
> obscene. There'll be more taxes, now with the additional $25/mo
> EVDO data added to that. $64/mo will total over $75.
>
> I justify it by not having an AT&T landline at home, which I
> consider obsolete. I'll never figure why someone with a
> SELLphone they're paying so much for has another drain on their
> funds with a useless landline with even MORE stupid addon
> charges, like "long distance", a throwback into the 1930's.
>
> People are stupid.
>
> Larry
> --

tnx again for immediately dragging a thread off-topic...

a simple basic research question on billing facts
became a personal discussion on landline vs cellphone....

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:15:49 GMT, "P.Schuman"
<pschuman_NO_SPAM_ME@interserv.com> scribbled:

>a simple basic research question on billing facts
>became a personal discussion on landline vs cellphone....

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