Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 16:23:51 -0400 From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl, michaelh@cet.co.jp, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cable modems Message-ID: <19970611162351.18847@crh.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <199706111825.LAA06360@phaeton.artisoft.com>; from Terry Lambert on Wed, Jun 11, 1997 at 11:25:14AM -0700 References: <19970610225010.32367@crh.cl.msu.edu> <199706111825.LAA06360@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On the subject of Re: Cable modems, Terry Lambert stated:
> > > The rest of us live in the armpit of the telecommunications
> > > industry (like US West and TCI cablevision) and we don't have
> >
> > Hey careful! I *am* in TCI land, and this TCI is the best cable system I've
> > ever seen.
>
> That's because they took what *we* paid them, and built *you* new
> infrastructure, preferring establishing a new market to marginally
> increasing an existing one.
Terry, please, you need to understand what your speaking about before spewing
forth. We are in one of the oldest rebuilds in TCI territory. This isnt
anything special or new, its just run and maintained well by the local folks.
Deal with it.
[lotsa useless jabber off on a tagent].
> Oh, and the reason we have VHS is because the people who came
> up with it lied to the consumers about its technical merits
> relative to Beta; you can only make a decision as good as the
> information you are given to make it.
Oh puhlease, I can purchase a unit and see its shit from the start, I dont
need anyone to tell me the specs. Everyone also speweth forth DVD is the
answer, when in fact it is lousy. If consumers trust the sellers on blind
faith, they deservith what they get. (Well gee, Look, Prsident Clinton, who
knew he wouldnt do anything he said?)
-Crh
Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu
http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich
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