10-17-2019, 09:32 PM
Well, I've got my squirrel rifle all greased up and zeroed in, just waiting on them to start putting in the repeaters for the 5G around here, but so far nary a peep - and I've been watching! It'll probably go the way of the "high speed internet in underserved rural areas is imperative " plan. We're still waiting on that, years after the promise. Matter of fact, we're still waiting on Lyndon Johnson's "War on Poverty" to start - we've not heard the first shot in that war yet, 50 years on - and it was less than 50 miles from here where the asshole announced it!
My mobile provider has sent me several texts telling me "the network is changing and you'll need a new phone", but without any details on HOW the network is changing, so I have no idea what kind of new phone I'll need. All of their "helpful" suggestions are a) way too goddamned expensive to actually purchase - I pay less for my cars!, b) all seem to max out at 4G, with nary a mention of 5G capability, and c) seem to have no removable media support, which is a must in any phone I own, and especially at the prices they are charging!
So, from the looks of things, I will not have any phone service past next summer. I may have to rig out some VOIP and get a tethered phone, linked to my internet, but no longer mobile. I'm ok with that - at least I won't have to disable a bunch of useless crap and tracking stuff on a "device" masquerading as a telephone!
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My mobile provider has sent me several texts telling me "the network is changing and you'll need a new phone", but without any details on HOW the network is changing, so I have no idea what kind of new phone I'll need. All of their "helpful" suggestions are a) way too goddamned expensive to actually purchase - I pay less for my cars!, b) all seem to max out at 4G, with nary a mention of 5G capability, and c) seem to have no removable media support, which is a must in any phone I own, and especially at the prices they are charging!
So, from the looks of things, I will not have any phone service past next summer. I may have to rig out some VOIP and get a tethered phone, linked to my internet, but no longer mobile. I'm ok with that - at least I won't have to disable a bunch of useless crap and tracking stuff on a "device" masquerading as a telephone!
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’