The obvious solution is to do what Amazon resellers do and just use a bunch of random letters as your brand name. Last week, I bought JHEKJ branded scissors and a KTOJOY bottle opener.
I’m sure the good citizens of Utah would be more than happy to cheer the BZOFBTLs onto the ice. Well not the BZOFBTLs. That random string of letters has already been trademarked.
This is the sort of thing rap artists deal with all the time. Prosecutors argue their creative works should be entered as evidence against them in criminal cases, even though no prosecutor would, say, try to enter Martin Scorsese’s body of work on the record if they were prosecuting him.
5G was finally fast enough to do wireless for home use. You might not get 5 Gazillion Bits per Second speeds and download the entire contents of the Library of Congress in mere seconds, but getting 100 Mbps to 200 Mbps does allow it to compete against our cable monopolies.
Instead of a single home Internet provider, we now have three: Verizon, T-Mobile, and our cable provider. My cable internet bill dropped by 60% and I allegedly get twice the speed. Even stranger, a second cable monopoly is coming to our area.
5G may not have changed cell service. Download speeds of 200 Mbps rather than 40 Mbps haven’t made using a cellphone all that different. But, I do appreciate the major effects it had on my cable bill.
That HP disappeared long ago. They tossed out their electric engineers when they split off Agilent Technologies back in the 1999. Those were the people who built those cool calculators and designed those first HP workstations. They’re the ones who also designed the first HP laser printers.
Then, they bought Compaq over Bill Hewett’s objection. That set up a decade of decline. Leading to failed leadership and constant mergers and splits.
Basically, the company that is now HP Inc is pretty much the old Compaq that became a PC commodity maker that outsources its manufacturing to the same people their competitors use and then can’t figure out a way to distinguish themselves from their competitors.
HP Enterprise is the old EDS along with a few other companies tossed in for good measure. They are chasing after the corporate dollars.
There are two independent companies whose reputation can be ruined with this.
Back in 2015, HP split itself into two separate companies. One is HP Enterprises doing the highly profitable server and corporate networking. The other is HP Inc. that got stuck with the lower profit consumer desktop and printer business.
This is HP Inc.acting as the scumbags here, but I can imagine this poisoning the reputation of HPE. I’d imagine a CEO getting burned by a bricked HP printer and deciding maybe to cancel their contract with that other HP that has the contest for their new data center.
A lot of people are tired of the free, but we bombard you with ads and get to sell your information Internet model.
I have multiple Patreon sponsorships. I support particular people even though much of their content is free. I’ve joined Nebula which is a collection of channels. They split up my monthly payment based upon who I view. Then, there are the sites I actually subscribe to.
Heck, I’m thinking of subscribing to Kagi, a web search engine with no ads, but requires a monthly payment.
We keep saying that the payment model doesn’t work, and every time we say it, we convince people that paying is abnormal and you shouldn’t do it.
Frenchko literally stopped the meeting. It wasn’t her speech that was disruptive. It was her childish behavior. It was her bullying. If she was a mere member of the public, removal and arrest would have been acceptable.
I just don’t see the tools the judge recommended working. censure? I doubt she’d care? Adjourn the meeting? She’ll just act up at the next meeting and pick up right where they left off.
Could they remove her from the meeting without arresting her, or would the judge object to that too. I don’t see how the board can hold the legally minimum 50 meetings per year with this behavior.
A few years ago, my cable provider started to charge us a monthly cable modem rental fee.
The letter stated they would normally charge $30 per month for the cable modem fee, but because we’re such great suckers… I mean customers… they’re only going to charge us a mere $10 per month, a savings of $20!
That’s right, my bill would go up by $10 per month, and my cable company touted it as me saving $20 per month.
Yes. I did buy my own cable modem.
I use to pay $120 per month, but Optimum lowered me to $48 per month after I called them to cancel in order to use T-Mobile’s home 5G internet service. Verizon is now also offering home 5G Internet service in my area too, and Optimum is quickly upgrading everyone to fiber for no extra charge. I officially have 400Mbps service which means I will get internet speeds as fast as 90Mbps.
So, most people in my town now have an option for three different home Internet services (Optimum, T-Mobile, and Verizon), and suddenly our incumbent cable carrier has gotten a lot nicer.
Isn't competition grand? I wonder why we didn’t try that before?
Do cable companies still make a lot of money on cable TV? With all the carriage fees and must carry channels, I thought cable tv wasn’t the big money maker it once was. It was the content providers who have the power. Want to offer customers ESPN? It’s $7.00 per month per subscribers, and must be offered on the base tier. CBS and Fox have long admitted that they make more money with must carry fees paid by cable providers than from broadcast advertisers.
The biggest money maker for cable tv providers was plain Internet service — especially upgrading customers to faster speeds.
Not that I like cable companies. I’ve been waiting two decades to be able to get rid of my carrier. I dropped TV and phone service 20 years ago, but to stream, I need an internet connection and my cable company has a monopoly. DSL? 3Mbps. 5G? Both Verizon and T-Mobile offer it in my town, but I’m in a 5G dead zone.
The big loser in cord cutting is currently Disney (ESPN) which is watching its revenue drop as people cut cable. They’re literally losing $7 per month for each person who cuts the cord. (1800 new cord cutters each month? That’s $12,500 in lower revenue each and every month. No wonder Disney wants to fob it off.
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The Utah BZOFBTL
The obvious solution is to do what Amazon resellers do and just use a bunch of random letters as your brand name. Last week, I bought JHEKJ branded scissors and a KTOJOY bottle opener. I’m sure the good citizens of Utah would be more than happy to cheer the BZOFBTLs onto the ice. Well not the BZOFBTLs. That random string of letters has already been trademarked.
There was one benefit of 5G
5G was finally fast enough to do wireless for home use. You might not get 5 Gazillion Bits per Second speeds and download the entire contents of the Library of Congress in mere seconds, but getting 100 Mbps to 200 Mbps does allow it to compete against our cable monopolies. Instead of a single home Internet provider, we now have three: Verizon, T-Mobile, and our cable provider. My cable internet bill dropped by 60% and I allegedly get twice the speed. Even stranger, a second cable monopoly is coming to our area. 5G may not have changed cell service. Download speeds of 200 Mbps rather than 40 Mbps haven’t made using a cellphone all that different. But, I do appreciate the major effects it had on my cable bill.
May raise questions about OAN
The question raised “Is OAN is an actual news organization?” The answer is “No”. See. No rhetoric needed.
That HP disappeared long ago. They tossed out their electric engineers when they split off Agilent Technologies back in the 1999. Those were the people who built those cool calculators and designed those first HP workstations. They’re the ones who also designed the first HP laser printers. Then, they bought Compaq over Bill Hewett’s objection. That set up a decade of decline. Leading to failed leadership and constant mergers and splits. Basically, the company that is now HP Inc is pretty much the old Compaq that became a PC commodity maker that outsources its manufacturing to the same people their competitors use and then can’t figure out a way to distinguish themselves from their competitors. HP Enterprise is the old EDS along with a few other companies tossed in for good measure. They are chasing after the corporate dollars.
There are two independent companies whose reputation can be ruined with this. Back in 2015, HP split itself into two separate companies. One is HP Enterprises doing the highly profitable server and corporate networking. The other is HP Inc. that got stuck with the lower profit consumer desktop and printer business. This is HP Inc.acting as the scumbags here, but I can imagine this poisoning the reputation of HPE. I’d imagine a CEO getting burned by a bricked HP printer and deciding maybe to cancel their contract with that other HP that has the contest for their new data center.
A lot of people are tired of the free, but we bombard you with ads and get to sell your information Internet model. I have multiple Patreon sponsorships. I support particular people even though much of their content is free. I’ve joined Nebula which is a collection of channels. They split up my monthly payment based upon who I view. Then, there are the sites I actually subscribe to. Heck, I’m thinking of subscribing to Kagi, a web search engine with no ads, but requires a monthly payment. We keep saying that the payment model doesn’t work, and every time we say it, we convince people that paying is abnormal and you shouldn’t do it.
Was he arrest too far or her removal?
Frenchko literally stopped the meeting. It wasn’t her speech that was disruptive. It was her childish behavior. It was her bullying. If she was a mere member of the public, removal and arrest would have been acceptable. I just don’t see the tools the judge recommended working. censure? I doubt she’d care? Adjourn the meeting? She’ll just act up at the next meeting and pick up right where they left off. Could they remove her from the meeting without arresting her, or would the judge object to that too. I don’t see how the board can hold the legally minimum 50 meetings per year with this behavior.
Great savings!
A few years ago, my cable provider started to charge us a monthly cable modem rental fee. The letter stated they would normally charge $30 per month for the cable modem fee, but because we’re such great suckers… I mean customers… they’re only going to charge us a mere $10 per month, a savings of $20! That’s right, my bill would go up by $10 per month, and my cable company touted it as me saving $20 per month. Yes. I did buy my own cable modem.
Actually, my costs did drop
I use to pay $120 per month, but Optimum lowered me to $48 per month after I called them to cancel in order to use T-Mobile’s home 5G internet service. Verizon is now also offering home 5G Internet service in my area too, and Optimum is quickly upgrading everyone to fiber for no extra charge. I officially have 400Mbps service which means I will get internet speeds as fast as 90Mbps. So, most people in my town now have an option for three different home Internet services (Optimum, T-Mobile, and Verizon), and suddenly our incumbent cable carrier has gotten a lot nicer. Isn't competition grand? I wonder why we didn’t try that before?
Do Cable Companies Make Money on Cable TV
Do cable companies still make a lot of money on cable TV? With all the carriage fees and must carry channels, I thought cable tv wasn’t the big money maker it once was. It was the content providers who have the power. Want to offer customers ESPN? It’s $7.00 per month per subscribers, and must be offered on the base tier. CBS and Fox have long admitted that they make more money with must carry fees paid by cable providers than from broadcast advertisers. The biggest money maker for cable tv providers was plain Internet service — especially upgrading customers to faster speeds. Not that I like cable companies. I’ve been waiting two decades to be able to get rid of my carrier. I dropped TV and phone service 20 years ago, but to stream, I need an internet connection and my cable company has a monopoly. DSL? 3Mbps. 5G? Both Verizon and T-Mobile offer it in my town, but I’m in a 5G dead zone. The big loser in cord cutting is currently Disney (ESPN) which is watching its revenue drop as people cut cable. They’re literally losing $7 per month for each person who cuts the cord. (1800 new cord cutters each month? That’s $12,500 in lower revenue each and every month. No wonder Disney wants to fob it off.