The excitement is gone

[Celt]

Originally Posted by OvenMaster

TV Guide in its new, bland, useless, generic state is just one more indication of how lousy U.S. TV has become and another reason why I probably won't bother getting a new TV when it all goes digital in 2009.

Tom

Me either. I already know what my local internet/tee-vee cable provider is going to do. The rates will go up and they are going to charge an additional $15 per conversion box for those with old sets. No thanks. I'll kick their service to the curb and use my set for watching rented DVD's. As far as the internet goes, I'll hook up with DSL, that is, if I even care about the internet at that point.

[Carmine]

Pardon me for asking an off-topic question, but it's sorta related...

I haven't had internet in my house for just over a year now. Sometimes I "mooch" internet at a friend's house, or use my phone for quick replies. I dumped dial-up when I dumped my home phone. (Went out to AZ for a couple months and figured it was stupid to keep paying for a utility that only rang when somebody was trying to sell me some crap, now I'm cell-phone only)

Now winter will be setting in, TV sucks (More than ever! See the related content?) and I'd rather decompress with my world-wide old-TV friends than watch "reality" (Proud to say I've never seen an entire episode of that crap).

What would be the best route for me to get internet? I don't know anything about it, but I know a lot of you do. Cable would be a waste, I don't watch TV. Not getting a phone line just for dial-up/DSL. What kind of wireless options are there?

[fsjonsey]

Originally Posted by Carmine

Pardon me for asking an off-topic question, but it's sorta related...

I haven't had internet in my house for just over a year now. Sometimes I "mooch" internet at a friend's house, or use my phone for quick replies. I dumped dial-up when I dumped my home phone. (Went out to AZ for a couple months and figured it was stupid to keep paying for a utility that only rang when somebody was trying to sell me some crap, now I'm cell-phone only)

Now winter will be setting in, TV sucks (More than ever! See the related content?) and I'd rather decompress with my world-wide old-TV friends than watch "reality" (Proud to say I've never seen an entire episode of that crap).

What would be the best route for me to get internet? I don't know anything about it, but I know a lot of you do. Cable would be a waste, I don't watch TV. Not getting a phone line just for dial-up/DSL. What kind of wireless options are there?

Most cable companies provide an internet only package, IE, putting a filter on your line that blocks everything but the frequency range your modem uses.

[Carmine]

Originally Posted by fsjonsey

Most cable companies provide an internet only package, IE, putting a filter on your line that blocks everything but the frequency range your modem uses.

I've never heard of such a thing... I must investigate.. Around here they (cable) are promoting the idea of $33 internet, $33 phone, $33 TV. Catch is, you have to sign-up for all three. I'll be damned if I'm gonna blow $100+ (taxes) on "entertainment". If I added $100 a month to my house payment, I could have a freakin' McMansion!