[DeTomaso] NPC: Internet based TV

[Curt Hall]

2000 channels for $12.00 a month...how many are in English?

--- On Mon, 5/6/13, dave londry <davel at emspace.com> wrote:


From: dave londry <davel at emspace.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: Internet based TV
To: michael at michaelshortt.com, "List DeTomaso" <Detomaso at poca.com>
Date: Monday, May 6, 2013, 3:38 PM


What time will we arrive Michael?

On 06/05/2013 2:05 PM, michael at michaelshortt.com wrote:
> We have decided to use Direct TV for the next 24 months, by then, we hope
> that systems now being tested in other countries may be available here,
> the most promising one is in Sweden and delivers HD quality TV on over
> 2,000 channels for 12.00 a month via the internet.
>
> The roadblock in the US is that we do not have fiber optic internet
> delivery to most homes (yet) and this system uses about 12GB per second of
> bandwidth.
>
> On a positive note, Direct TV will be installed on Wednesday and by 2 p.m.
> I hope to walk into Comcast ffices with a stack of their equipment
> and share my immense pleasure with them as I turn it all back in. This will
> be followed by celebratory margaritas at my house as I surf the newly
> available
> motor head channels.
>
> Michael
>
> BTW, Direct TV is already 1/3 cheaper and I will have 3 additional rooms
> covered plus a DVR that can hold 800 hours of programming, so now I can
> keep all of my F1 races, Spirit Cup, NHRA
> and other programs until I have time to actually view them.  It actually
> can record 5 channels at once, sweet.
>
>
> On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Garth Rodericks
> <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> FWIW, we don't use cable.  We stream through Netflix and Hulu (for a
>> while, but just cancelled it).  We don't watch a lot of TV, but I love not
>> having commercials.  Streaming picture quality is pretty good for the most
>> part.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Garth
>>
>>
>> --- Original Message ---
>>
>> Anybody out there using internet based tv instead of cable, I'm about feed
>> up with our provider and not keen on satellite services.
>>
>>
>

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