The comcast guy came out today to install the triple play promo I signed up for a few weeks ago. So far, so good.

The digital phone service works great, as to be expected… it’s a phone, but does come with some cool features like online voicemail and contact/caller ID management.

Digital Cable is definately worth it, although there’s one problem which hopefully someday the FCC will get their fingers out of industry and allow the cable companies to do what they should be doing in the first place. The problem is that during the day, when viewership is low; some of the networks like to broadcast in 420 resolution which SUCKS when you have a widescreen TV and digital cable. Due to FCC regs, the cable companies aren’t allowed to upconvert to 1080 or even 720 so on some channels we’re stuck with 6″ bars on the right and left of the picture. ARRRRGH!!! Can we please get the government out of our lives! Other than that which will take some getting used to, digital picture is nothing short of awesome and even in 1080i, HDTV is simply amazing!

Internet is definately an improvement. Coming from DSL and being a long-time DSL advocate as DSL speeds are typically more stable than cable speeds since they’re not looped like cable is; I have to say, so far I’m impressed. I get 6mb service and managed to pull almost 9 down and 2 up right off the bat.

Not too bad.

So how ironic is this? I don’t have a real router yet so in the interim I re-purposed my verizon-provided westell router to service my cable connection, yeah baby.

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Good afternoon,

You are receiving this email because you signed up at WhiteHouse.gov. My staff and I plan to use these messages as a way to directly communicate about important issues and opportunities, and today I have some encouraging updates about health care reform.

The Vice President and I just met with leaders from the House of Representatives and received their commitment to pass a comprehensive health care reform bill by July 31.

We also have an unprecedented commitment from health care industry leaders, many of whom opposed health reform in the past. Monday, I met with some of these health care stakeholders, and they pledged to do their part to reduce the health care spending growth rate, saving more than two trillion dollars over the next ten years — around $2,500 for each American family. Then on Tuesday, leaders from some of America’s top companies came to the White House to showcase innovative ways to reduce health care costs by improving the health of their workers.

Now the House and Senate are beginning a critical debate that will determine the health of our nation’s economy and its families. This process should be transparent and inclusive and its product must drive down costs, assure quality and affordable health care for everyone, and guarantee all of us a choice of doctors and plans.

Reforming health care should also involve you. Think of other people who may want to stay up to date on health care reform and other national issues and tell them to join us here:

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Health care reform can’t come soon enough. We spend more on health care than any country, but families continue to struggle with skyrocketing premiums and nearly 46 million are without insurance entirely. It is a priority for the American people and a pillar of the new foundation we are seeking to build for our economy.

We’ll continue to keep you posted about this and other important issues.

Thank you,
Barack Obama

SHAM WOW! That sounds great!

There’s only one problem though. How in the world do you plan to reform healthcare in the span of only 2.5 months?

You better have some crack businessmen on your team because if I were to come out today and say I wanted to start a multi-billion dollar healthcare/insurance company 2.5 months might be enough time to write up an executive summary and maybe get the start on some market research; and you plan to be done in 2.5 months?

I don’t buy it dude, come 2012 you’ll find out the American people don’t either.

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A few weeks ago, I got hooked on DX’ing with my shortwave receiver and thought I’d send out a few QSL reports. I got my first cards back in the mail this past week. WBCQ – ‘The Planet’ and NIST time station WWV out of Ft. Collins, CO

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