[ale] OT: Letter to AT&T Broadband re Channel Removal

[Geoffrey]

"Glenn C. Lasher Jr." wrote:
> 
> On 13 Dec 2001, Chris Woodruff wrote:
> 
> > There are also powered splitters that will take both feeds from a dual
> > LNB dish and output four signals.  But all four will still need to have
> > a unique receiver but you can now watch four TV's.  I think the unit
> > costs around $200 and is about the size of a loaf of bread.
> 
> They've shrunk in size.  They're now closer to the size of two 8mm tapes
> side by side.
> 
> The problem with this is that it does cost around $200, where a second
> disk would coust around $50 and provide identical functionality.

Yeah, but then your house looks like a cell tower.... :(

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> After 163 days, Verizon still couln't deliver Telocity DSL.
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