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Article #371Re: random update
From: smr
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:35
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:35
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On 11/15/2011 12:12 PM, Eric wrote: > An ex co-worker's mom lived in Boll Shoals Arkansas, and there's some > little family telecom company there that has an exclusive monopoly. She > wanted and got that Microsoft Web TV, connected it with the simple > instructions, and nothing. Turns out you have to pay extra to use the > internet, even via dialup, or they filter out the modem tones. They have > the cable monopoly there too. The internet use charge was more than the > Web TV charge, and more than the most basic DSL here. This was last year. Her fault for living in fucking Arkansas. -- smr
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From: smr <me@shawnritchie.com>
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Subject: Re: random update
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