Weather n Tunes

Yes, internet service has been inconsistent. No, the beach house is content and knows that VistaIIIMedia is working on the problem. We have had some heavy rains and high winds of late. These two things can create nightmares for cable technicians. They are struggling to provide good service and I appreciate the good effort. Their solid delivery and quality of signal over the past years makes them worthy of some patience. Bear with your provider. I still recommend Dixie-Net and VistaIIIMedia for folks in our area. Even though Comcast has extreme speed, no recommendation here due to their murder of TechTV.

Received an email wanting an opinion about Apple's efforts to hold their download prices at $0.99 a tune. That's too high and I think this is a ploy to attract attention. Get the cost down to $0.50 and I'll be impressed. My advice is to find the website of your favorite artist and download the songs from that site. Don't grease the the pockets of the RIAA, AKA Music Mafia. This group of evil, smarmy apes is a LOT of the reason music cost is high. Beagle uses Rhapsody and likes it. Looking into it. Will keep you posted.

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