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Comment Brings Back Memories (Score 0) 316

I remember what I was doing during that broadcast. I had a brand new VCR set to record. The show had started while I was driving home from work. I had my analog car radio tunes to the show's audio but couldn't make any sense of the Wookie talk. Guess I didn't miss much on that segment. Some of the other segments are worth watching. I still have that VHS tape. I've captured it, even made a DVD out of it. I may make another sometime, this time leave the commercials and newscast in place (with chapter stops). I would buy a broadcast quality DVD if it were available.

Comment Re:t-mobile is the avis of the industry. good unlo (Score 0) 210

I visited a local T-Mobile store the other day to look at the Android. I was just about to jump from Sprint when the salesman told me the data cost for international roaming is $15 per megabyte. I checked the T-Mobile website and this is indeed true. It is such an incredibly high rate that Google Maps could ring up hundreds of dollars a day. That data charge is 3 orders of magnitude greater than Vodaphone's advertised data rate. I am currently using Sprint for my Blackberry 8830 World Edition. They lie about what they provide, they lie about services they unilaterally remove or unbundle, and they rarely respond to customer complaints. But they still sell unlimited international data roaming for about $70 per month. And they only charge for the time international roaming is enabled, so a two week trip doesn't incur the full cost if you remember to turn it off when you get back. I can understand a surcharge for roaming, but THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE is way over the top.

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