Posts Tagged ‘ Fcc ’

Finally :: Free High-Speed Wifi Across the United States

Finally :: Free High-Speed Wifi Across the United States

Finally, after al that time with the cell phone providers painting the United State landscape with towers the United State Department of Natural Resources and the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has finally reaches a bartering agreement with AT&T, Alltel, Sprint, and Verizon.  According to Associated Press Coop the internet is finally open. It seems that the cell phone towers, although on private property or commercial property owned by companies the companies did not pay for the airwaves.  These airwaves are only used by their subscriber but the airwaves are going through personal property, homes and other business without compensation.  This is a violation...

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Surf Sunday :: Automobile Radio Options

Surf Sunday :: Automobile Radio Options

2006 VW Jetta TDI came with a 3 month subscription to Sirius (Sirius/XM) and enjoyed everything from the commercial music channels to the ever strong individuals of talk radio (Note: the talk channels have commercials, annoying).  Since the system came with the car we kept Sirius and now have a subscription. When we first bought the car we were traveling 1200 miles a week, which basically means the automobile radio was the most important entertainment in our lives. Now that we no longer travel for a job, the car radio is no longer the priority.  Paying for a service...

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Don’t Be Fooled :: Net Channel not About Technology

NET, a brand new cable channel will launch in prime time on December 8, 2008 at 8:00 pm. NET, a fresh, exciting new service replaces The Prayer Channel, the former center for religious, educational and cultural programming in the New York area. NET will continue in its place with the same values and goals but with a “bold new look and entertaining”. NET will broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and can be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 97 and Cablevision channel 30. NET is owned and operated by Trans Video Communications. The launch of...

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Android Games Are Coming

Android Games Are Coming

Gameloft, a leading developer and publisher of video games on mobile phones and consoles, today announced plans to develop 10 plus games for Android, an open source mobile platform. Bubble Bash will be the first title scheduled for launch in Q1 2009. Android is an open mobile platform that incorporates extensive multimedia features and supports handsets that allow an enhanced gaming experience thanks to optimized graphics, touch screen and accelerometer. Gameloft’s development team has created a strong line-up for the platform, with several of its flagship titles available at the launch of Android’s paid application offerings. “The momentum and...

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Sirius XM Merger Cost Subscribers More Not Less

Sirius XM Merger Cost Subscribers More Not Less

Sirius XM announced the content line-up for SIRIUS XM’s new “Best of Both” programming options. As part of “Best of Both” programming, most current XM customers will continue to receive their existing XM service, and be able to obtain select SIRIUS programming. Likewise, most current SIRIUS customers will continue to receive their existing SIRIUS service and be able to obtain select XM programming. In addition to their existing service, SIRIUS and XM subscribers will be able to purchase the following channels: SIRIUS on XM XM on SIRIUS Howard 100 NBA * Howard 101 NHL Home Ice * Martha Stewart...

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