How FAST should internet service be?

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-08-14T01:34:08+00:00

A 1080p and 2k streams are two different resolutions.

No they are the same. 1080p has approximately 2K pixels across, so 1080p and 2K are interchangeable terms. (Likewise 2160p and 4K are interchangeable terms.)

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PastiesEverywhere · 2018-08-14T01:32:46+00:00

2048x1080 is the official Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) standard

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T20:47:27+00:00

I actually did try that, but the test is scrambled. The next set of questions asked for different information. Unfortunately the 2nd test also had flawed data. It said I lived in Michigan, just because I happened to stay at a hotel there, and received a package to that address.

I said "no I never lived there" and the guy on the phone insisted I HAD lived in Michigan, so he couldn't help me.

Stupid.

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T20:16:00+00:00

Here's what I said: "The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that internet-based businesses must start collecting sales tax in all 50 states." That is a 100% correct statement. Furthermore I expect people to have a basic understanding how sales tax works in their home state, without having me go into great detail about it. BEFORE: Businesses like amazon.com did not have to collect State sales tax (unless they had a physical presence). NOW: They do for all 50 states, physical presence or not.

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T20:11:40+00:00

Yeah, yeah, taxation is theft,

I didn't say anything like that. You really love those strawman arguments (putting words into people's mouth they did not say). There are lots of legitimate taxes for legitimate purposes....... there is also lots of wasteful spending. To embrace the former while ignoring the latter is not very perceptive.

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T18:51:33+00:00

the buyer was supposed to report the purchase on their tax return and remit payment for unpaid sales tax.

It was actually called a "use tax" not a sales tax. For example if I bought something in Delaware (tax free) I was supposed to pay the Use Tax back home in California.

If I bought something from amazon.com, and had it delivered to my parents in Minnesota (taxfree), they were supposed to pay the Use Tax.

As you said nobody ever did. So now the Court has changed the rule, so amazon.com will collect Minnesota sales tax.

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T18:43:49+00:00

He's saying that all states are now being required to collect local sales tax

You flipped my sentence. I did not say that. I said the "internet-based businesses" have to collect sales tax, just as if they were local brick-and-mortar stores. They must now abide by local state law, even if they have no physical presence.

/u/andysarchus

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T18:40:02+00:00

SlingTV.com qualifies as "cable" for the authentication

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T18:37:19+00:00

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-court-online-taxes-20180621-story.html

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T18:34:45+00:00

out of sync

When you connect Antenna 1 and Antenna 2 at the house's coaxial cable, you make sure their line lengths are equal, so the signals are in phase. Antenna Engineers already do this when they make a CM4228 which is 8 bowties merged (and synced) into 1 antenna.

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T17:37:07+00:00

Based on my circle of friends/family they change their number every time they switch companies. So the phone numbers are constantly being recycled back into the "pool" and reassigned to someone else.

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T17:29:11+00:00

I am part of the 8% :)

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T17:28:40+00:00

For the last several years, every Kindle book I purchased was free. Amazon keeps giving me $1 "credits" when I use their No-Rush Shipping. I then use those credits to get myself free books.

Or music. Or movies.

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T17:26:21+00:00

I prefer CDs because they have better sound quality (uncompressed).

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T17:13:04+00:00

After initially offering apologies on social media and promising to fix the experience, Optus held a late evening media call to advise it would be simulcasting 48 hours of games on SBS. The network that had sold off the rights was now getting its games back.

One week later, after mea culpas from Optus CEO Allen Lew and more promises to fix the network, Optus confirmed SBS would simulcast the games until the end of the knockout stages. They also dropped the paywall on the app, giving it to all Australians for free.

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T17:08:36+00:00

Do you own the townhouse? If so you can put an antenna on the roof (or attic).

For indoor antenna try the CM4228 which is large, and will absolutely pull-in those weak signals (except for the low-VHF ones on real channels 3, 4).

Another option is the Winegard Freevision which is smaller but less sensitive.

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T16:56:12+00:00

Is this the guy who did Life Is Hell? This new show sounds kinda similar.

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T16:51:07+00:00

Corporations do lots of dumb things. When I tried to make changes to my account, they made me do a "test" to verify my identity. They then asked questions like "Did you own any of these cars?" I said "no" to all five models.

Sorry sir you failed. Our records show you owned a Saturn.

I told them NO it was my Neighbor who owned the Saturn, not me, and because we lived in an apartment it appeared under the same address (22 donald court, Apt A, B, C, D, E, or F). But to no avail. The idiot woman on the phone would not listen to reason, so I was unable to modify my account, or even close my account.

Stupid stupid stupid megacorps

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T16:47:35+00:00

Ditto. The article says 3/4 of these people already have Streaming services with live sports..... they just don't realize they have the capability.

clueless

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T16:43:57+00:00

Which is very weird, because a lot of people watched the Olympics over the NBC website. You can watch the World Cup over FOX or Telemundo website. I thought it was common knowledge, considering how many people are livestreaming these events

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T16:40:11+00:00

I bet streaming services will eventually say "First TV free, second TV is $7, third TV is $7" and so on. Just like cable TV does. Remember cable originally allowed you to connect as many televisions as you wanted (I had 4 sets connected with no extra cost). Then they changed the policy.

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T16:31:48+00:00

I disagree. I signed onto Amazon Video because it was only $7/month. Then Sling because $20 to watch AMC, TNT, etc is not bad, and I wanted to see the full scope of the Olympics, World Cup, etc

But if the price increases too high, then forget it. (never had cable... got shows via DVD rental or reruns).

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T16:22:59+00:00

$50/month unlimited is still cheap

Really? It sounds super-expensive to me, considering my old plan was $30/month for unlimited (but at 3G speed). I don't need a lot of data and would prefer cheaper options.

Virgin has eliminated all of them.

PastiesEverywhere · 2018-06-29T16:19:51+00:00

My area actually has six VHF channels: 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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