I should probably give the obligatory "I work for Comcast, but just as a dispatcher" warning, so I know a bit more about this than most people.:-)
Yes, but until any one cable company has coverage to every home in America, a call from NY to CA will most likly traverse another provider's network
Right, unless both sides have (for example) Comcast's VOIP, there will be a hand off between providers. But all phone companies pay when a call transfers to another provider's systems. The amount per call is next to nothing, but considering the number of phone calls made at any one time, it adds up to enough that I know Comcast has laid cable through areas they don't service just to carry their own VOIP calls. Same for cell phones(ever wonder why your phone always homes in on your provider's towers even if another one is closer?). So if Comcast hands off the last bit of a call to say AT&T's network, Comcast would pay AT&T as they would if the call went to Comcast's network.
As for the lawsuit, isn't that the whole debate about the net neutrality issue? What is different from SBC trying to extort more money from Google for data passing over its lines than AT&T trying to extort more money from Comcast or RoadRunner for the same reason?
Different issue. Over Comcast's packetcable thing, the data of the call only goes over Comcast's backbone(and no other part of the net), then it is handed off as a normal phone call.
This seems to me like the ISP gets an advantage because of this PacketCable thing -- something I'm sure they will not be licensing to their VoIP competitors like Vonage. Not surprisingly, these 'other' VoIP providers fared worse then the ISP-provided VoIP service.
That's the point. When a VOIP call is made from a cable ISP, the call stays on the cable ISP's backbone(but not the regular net. A wicked huge Intranet would be a better analogy) for as long as it can. Some cable providers created additional plant lines just for this. With Vonage and friends, they hop on the normal internet and do the 20 + jumps of fun. Think of PacketCable as an express lane for the Cable ISP's calls.
The idea behind PacketCable is that the call stays on the cable providers backbone for as long as possible, and only then does it go to the normal phone system. If any phone company tried to block or deblieratly degrade the service of phone service, I fully expect them to be on the recieving end of a lawsuit quickly.
So if China passes a law that makes it unlawful to publish information that reflects badly upon them, then by that logic, the NY Times can not publish anything critical of the Chinese government?
I can tell you exactly how they can block channels to non-subscribers. Encrypt everything beyond the mustcarry broadcast stations and force everyone who wants to see beyond that to get a cable box on every single TV. Oh, and the cost to everyone will be fracking high. There really isn't a feasible way to do it that won't screw over a large number of people.
I dispatch for Comcast out of the Metro Boston area. We do 2 hour time frames. 4 if we need to force something in that we don't have quota open for(ie, no dial tones, no pictures, no block syncs).
I hear that. Bootlegging is out of control, especially on anime. I sent eBay a few seller numbers with obvious bootlegs and ebay replied back and basically told me that they don't plan to do a thing. If they don't care enough to reign in the most obvious, why should I care to buy anything from there? Hell, if I was a copyright holder and they gave me those kind of responses, I'd take them to court for aiding and abetting.
I went to E3 in 2003, 2004, and 2005 as a guest of a certain smaller publisher that just got gobbled by EA. E3 is *not* a good venue for companies to talk to each other. The big guys have boothes that dwarf everyone one else, not only that, most of them(and special nods to Blizzard and Capcom here) are insanely loud that no one can hear anything below a shout. For every person asking reps meaningful things, there were 8 looking for free junk.
Pretty much anyone who could pay the admissions reguardless of press or employment status. The fanboys were the worst part(Partly because some people need better showering habits), and likely a main driving force behind these changes.
I also disagree about E3 helping smaller developers. Fanboys headed straight to the big booths, ignoring everyone else while waiting for 4+ hours to see a small tidbit of Zelda footage and getting some stuffed pokemon crap thing. A lot of the small devlopers get overlooked by the vast amount of fanboys at E3. Thankfully, the gaming press actually visits them so because of that sort of professionalism(ya ya, I know, funny), the small devs don't get totally ignored infavor of the big boys.
I am pretty surprised the batteries in the wiimote are standard AA's and apparently not rechargeable. It seems to go against their use if LI in the recent gameboys.:-|
...TPB may be back, but ask yourself this: What US based organizations with a perchant of suing the bejesus out of people would love to see all the BT records for the US ip range?
1) Cable box leases for EVERYONE. Currently, most areas do not scramble the standard, analog lineup. Because of this, you don't need a cable box(a physical trap is placed on the line). If the industry had to tier the pricing, every single person would need a box to recieve anything past the local broadcast channels. And don't think the cable companies are giving away boxs, either. Oh, and with all the technicians who will need to go out to install them AND remove previous traps, I wonder where that money is going to come from...
2) "What do you mean I can't just get Comedy Central?!" Comedy Central is owned by Viacom. They own a lot of cable stations.Cable companies negoiate packages with the parent companies that include also the lesser channels.Remember when DISH(or was it DirecTV..) got into that fight with Viacom that had a bunch of channels blocked for a few days? In all likelyhood, you won't be able to get just the one channel you watch, but a group of them.
3) Less populat channels crumble, or have high rates. In your cable bill, each channel gets a small amount of $/subscriber. Without as many watchers, they have to either raise rates, or cut budgets/shows/etc.
Honestly, while the system isnt perfect one way or the other, I don't think Tiering is a good idea either.
Disclosure: I do work for a large cable operator out of the North East. My opinions do not reflect said employer, yadda, yadda yadda.
...is the in person wireless play. Yesterday at work was rather quiet so me and 2 other people in the office spent a few hours just playing Mario Kart. The trashtalking with your opponents is what makes this game the pure gold it is. I highly recommend this game for people with friends with gbaDS's. Best thing is you only need 1 copy of the game thanks to Download Play, but you dont get all the tracks this way(including some of the really nice looking ones!).
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The EMTAs(Cable modem+VOIP in one device) that Comcast use in New England have roughly 8 hours of built in battery life. ;)
I should probably give the obligatory "I work for Comcast, but just as a dispatcher" warning, so I know a bit more about this than most people. :-)
Yes, but until any one cable company has coverage to every home in America, a call from NY to CA will most likly traverse another provider's network
Right, unless both sides have (for example) Comcast's VOIP, there will be a hand off between providers. But all phone companies pay when a call transfers to another provider's systems. The amount per call is next to nothing, but considering the number of phone calls made at any one time, it adds up to enough that I know Comcast has laid cable through areas they don't service just to carry their own VOIP calls. Same for cell phones(ever wonder why your phone always homes in on your provider's towers even if another one is closer?). So if Comcast hands off the last bit of a call to say AT&T's network, Comcast would pay AT&T as they would if the call went to Comcast's network.
As for the lawsuit, isn't that the whole debate about the net neutrality issue? What is different from SBC trying to extort more money from Google for data passing over its lines than AT&T trying to extort more money from Comcast or RoadRunner for the same reason?
Different issue. Over Comcast's packetcable thing, the data of the call only goes over Comcast's backbone(and no other part of the net), then it is handed off as a normal phone call.
This seems to me like the ISP gets an advantage because of this PacketCable thing -- something I'm sure they will not be licensing to their VoIP competitors like Vonage. Not surprisingly, these 'other' VoIP providers fared worse then the ISP-provided VoIP service.
That's the point. When a VOIP call is made from a cable ISP, the call stays on the cable ISP's backbone(but not the regular net. A wicked huge Intranet would be a better analogy) for as long as it can. Some cable providers created additional plant lines just for this. With Vonage and friends, they hop on the normal internet and do the 20 + jumps of fun. Think of PacketCable as an express lane for the Cable ISP's calls.
The idea behind PacketCable is that the call stays on the cable providers backbone for as long as possible, and only then does it go to the normal phone system. If any phone company tried to block or deblieratly degrade the service of phone service, I fully expect them to be on the recieving end of a lawsuit quickly.
Please do.
We put ourselves in the greatest national debt in the history of the nation for fear of terrorism.
We shred our own basic Constitutional rights for fear of terrorism.
We blugeon our critics for being weak on terrorism.
We start a war with a country out of fear of terrorism and place our troops on a sacrificial altar.
Our administration runs on campaigns reminding us to be scared of terrorism.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we lost the War of Terror already.
So if China passes a law that makes it unlawful to publish information that reflects badly upon them, then by that logic, the NY Times can not publish anything critical of the Chinese government?
I can tell you exactly how they can block channels to non-subscribers. Encrypt everything beyond the mustcarry broadcast stations and force everyone who wants to see beyond that to get a cable box on every single TV. Oh, and the cost to everyone will be fracking high. There really isn't a feasible way to do it that won't screw over a large number of people.
I dispatch for Comcast out of the Metro Boston area. We do 2 hour time frames. 4 if we need to force something in that we don't have quota open for(ie, no dial tones, no pictures, no block syncs).
Cable companies must carry local stations. If the specific shopping network is over the air, the cable provider(in the US at least) must carry it.
I hear that. Bootlegging is out of control, especially on anime. I sent eBay a few seller numbers with obvious bootlegs and ebay replied back and basically told me that they don't plan to do a thing. If they don't care enough to reign in the most obvious, why should I care to buy anything from there? Hell, if I was a copyright holder and they gave me those kind of responses, I'd take them to court for aiding and abetting.
...then I imagine a lack of sensitivity from the RIAA resembling a prison in Uzbekistan.
I went to E3 in 2003, 2004, and 2005 as a guest of a certain smaller publisher that just got gobbled by EA. E3 is *not* a good venue for companies to talk to each other. The big guys have boothes that dwarf everyone one else, not only that, most of them(and special nods to Blizzard and Capcom here) are insanely loud that no one can hear anything below a shout. For every person asking reps meaningful things, there were 8 looking for free junk.
Pretty much anyone who could pay the admissions reguardless of press or employment status. The fanboys were the worst part(Partly because some people need better showering habits), and likely a main driving force behind these changes.
I also disagree about E3 helping smaller developers. Fanboys headed straight to the big booths, ignoring everyone else while waiting for 4+ hours to see a small tidbit of Zelda footage and getting some stuffed pokemon crap thing. A lot of the small devlopers get overlooked by the vast amount of fanboys at E3. Thankfully, the gaming press actually visits them so because of that sort of professionalism(ya ya, I know, funny), the small devs don't get totally ignored infavor of the big boys.
This won't survive a court challenge.
I am pretty surprised the batteries in the wiimote are standard AA's and apparently not rechargeable. It seems to go against their use if LI in the recent gameboys. :-|
...what a total slap on the wrist. Not that I am saying Rockstar should be fined or anything, but they did make out like a bandit there.
...TPB may be back, but ask yourself this: What US based organizations with a perchant of suing the bejesus out of people would love to see all the BT records for the US ip range?
Well, he did kill Aeris...
Maybe they were offended that they were represented in such a horrid game?
In the future, there is only farming.
no it doesn't, copying is not stealing. logic says that theft is defined by ones loss, not by anothers gain.
Someone isn't getting paid for a game they made(loss), and someone is getting it for free(gain).
How can you lose?
:-|
By the FF12 demo being TOTALLY underwhelming and disappointing.
1) Cable box leases for EVERYONE. Currently, most areas do not scramble the standard, analog lineup. Because of this, you don't need a cable box(a physical trap is placed on the line). If the industry had to tier the pricing, every single person would need a box to recieve anything past the local broadcast channels. And don't think the cable companies are giving away boxs, either. Oh, and with all the technicians who will need to go out to install them AND remove previous traps, I wonder where that money is going to come from...
2) "What do you mean I can't just get Comedy Central?!" Comedy Central is owned by Viacom. They own a lot of cable stations.Cable companies negoiate packages with the parent companies that include also the lesser channels.Remember when DISH(or was it DirecTV..) got into that fight with Viacom that had a bunch of channels blocked for a few days? In all likelyhood, you won't be able to get just the one channel you watch, but a group of them.
3) Less populat channels crumble, or have high rates. In your cable bill, each channel gets a small amount of $/subscriber. Without as many watchers, they have to either raise rates, or cut budgets/shows/etc.
Honestly, while the system isnt perfect one way or the other, I don't think Tiering is a good idea either.
Disclosure: I do work for a large cable operator out of the North East. My opinions do not reflect said employer, yadda, yadda yadda.
Not very old. The controls are quite easy to get a hold of.
...is the in person wireless play. Yesterday at work was rather quiet so me and 2 other people in the office spent a few hours just playing Mario Kart. The trashtalking with your opponents is what makes this game the pure gold it is. I highly recommend this game for people with friends with gbaDS's. Best thing is you only need 1 copy of the game thanks to Download Play, but you dont get all the tracks this way(including some of the really nice looking ones!).