[geeks] Cable vs DSL; Current state of the TV industry

[Frank Van Damme]

On Friday 24 January 2003 14:51, David L Kindred (Dave) wrote:
> I've finally gotten off of my over-sized posterior and should be moving
> into a new (for me) apartment next week.  Now for the hard decisions!
>
>    Should I go with Cable or DSL for 'net access?

All provider suck... maybe yours sucks just a bit less.

> Since I assume a few of you have been through this already, what are
> your favorite resources for researching this?

Just go for the cheapest, they all suck :-)

except some has a bigger monthly max. volume.

>   Should I start borrowing old machines from Work?

No. 

> Do I really want to start down the path so many of you have followed and
> start building a massive home network from antiquated computers?  Or
> just stick to my windows laptop and spend my evenings researching the
> diversity of the female form?

You JUST DON'T ask that to a mailing list full of computer nerds do you? 

>   What is the right balance between cost/features for today's Television
>   Sets?
>
> I remember a discussion here a little bit back on some of this, but I
> wasn't in the market then.  The real question in my mind is "how much
> better is a $2000 TV than a $1000 TV than a $500 TV".



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Frank Van Damme
http://www.openstandaarden.be