Thanks for the info, ND. Bookmarked.
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Glamcookie - Jan 13, 2009 11:45:30 am PST #8830 of 25501
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javachik - Jan 13, 2009 1:13:14 pm PST #8831 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
I'm moving to Oakland, CA next month and am looking at Cable (Comcast) versus going with Direct TV. I have no idea of the pros/cons with switching to DirectTV.
Anyone here have wonder/horror stories of either?
Dana - Jan 13, 2009 1:14:14 pm PST #8832 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Comcast is Satan in disguise, but that's pretty much my experience with all cable companies.
javachik - Jan 13, 2009 1:16:36 pm PST #8833 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah, that's what I am afraid of. I'm leaving the last independent hold out in the Bay Area (San Bruno Cable) - little cable company so wonderful that the one time I accidentally missed a payment, I got a hand-written note on the next bill asking me if "everything was okay?". I am really going to miss them.
megan walker - Jan 13, 2009 1:22:16 pm PST #8834 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm moving to Oakland, CA next month and am looking at Cable (Comcast) versus going with Direct TV. I have no idea of the pros/cons with switching to DirectTV.
I know my housemate didn't go with Direct TV in our current place because whatever they had to do for installation was prohibitively expensive. There is also the question of which direction the satellite needs to face.
megan walker - Jan 13, 2009 1:25:24 pm PST #8835 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Stupid tech question.
I've somehow expanded my Word open-file dialogue box to full screen. I can't get to the edges to resize it. Any ideas on how I can get this back to the smaller size?
javachik - Jan 13, 2009 1:25:28 pm PST #8836 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
I am confirming with the landlady, but I think she mentioned that she had the dish already installed. For some reason she went back to Comcast, so I am waiting for her input.
ETA: Turns out it wasn't DirectTV, it was something called "Dish Network".
flea - Jan 13, 2009 1:39:40 pm PST #8837 of 25501
information libertarian
We have Dish Network (in Athens GA) and have been satisfied. Their install guy came out and was efficient and prompt, no trouble since. We picked them after the local Cable Satan people told us it would be $100 two weeks from then to do a drop line from the street. I think we got some coupon for free install from the Dish people.
Gudanov - Jan 13, 2009 1:48:08 pm PST #8838 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
I've somehow expanded my Word open-file dialogue box to full screen. I can't get to the edges to resize it. Any ideas on how I can get this back to the smaller size?
Will double clicking the title bar return it to normal size?
NoiseDesign - Jan 13, 2009 1:53:56 pm PST #8839 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I have ended up staying with Cable (I'm on Charter) mainly because I've had much much better service out of cable internet than with DSL, I also get better speeds, currently 10 Mbps and soon upgrading to 16 Mbps. I've not seen DSL that comes close to those speeds. Once I bundled it all together with the Cable HD TV it was a better deal than Direct TV or Dish.