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| tenc | Good morning wrst | 12:53 |
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| wrst | morning tenc! | 12:53 |
| wrst | hwo are you doing? | 12:53 |
| tenc | Sleepy. How about yourself? | 12:55 |
| wrst | likewise :) | 12:57 |
| tenc | Smoothies are amazing, only the kind you make at home though. One mango, two oranges, one banana, fistful of spinach and ice. It gives you super powers. | 18:57 |
| tenc | Have you guys seen this: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/09/nvidia-seeks-peace-with-linux-pledges-help-on-open-source-driver/ | 18:58 |
| wrst | yes tenc | 18:58 |
| wrst | sounds promising | 18:58 |
| tenc | Potentially pretty great news for Linux on the tail of Valve pledging it's investment. | 18:58 |
| wrst | I'm guessing the two things are related dpon't you? | 18:58 |
| tenc | Haha, of course. I forget my audience. | 18:59 |
| wrst | ha ha :) | 18:59 |
| cyberanger | they're related, steam os | 19:30 |
| wrst | cyberanger: I have been doing more research to my phone stuff, it seems that I can just about justify buying out the verizon contract but not hardly | 19:31 |
| cyberanger | yeah, I have an easier time justifing not buying into a contract, those early termination fees hurt | 19:32 |
| cyberanger | wrst: still looking at republic wireless? | 19:33 |
| wrst | republic? no I haven't looked | 19:34 |
| wrst | cyberanger: I'm done with contracts | 19:34 |
| wrst | is that the wireless that uses voip or something? | 19:35 |
| wrst | what network are they on ? | 19:36 |
| wrst | sprint, i recognize the map :) | 19:37 |
| wrst | cyberanger: and it appears they roam on verizon also... hmm | 19:41 |
| cyberanger | wrst: sorry, sorta fading in and out | 19:47 |
| wrst | oh I'm just rambling cyberanger :) | 19:47 |
| * cyberanger has worn himself out one too many times | 19:47 | |
| cyberanger | wrst: think you did, it favors wifi to keep costs low | 19:48 |
| cyberanger | but if your on wifi at work and home, and sprint on your route home, it's perfect | 19:48 |
| twayneprice | wrst: You can be the guinea pig. Get the Republic Wireless Moto x in November. I'm wanting to change the family to it. :) | 19:48 |
| cyberanger | I've been speaking to them about lack of wifi, would it affect service or change my rate | 19:49 |
| wrst | twayneprice: I have been testing ting this week | 19:57 |
| wrst | and the motox looks Luke a good phone | 19:58 |
| wrst | *like | 19:59 |
| twayneprice | How do you like ting? The Republic looks too good to be true if it roams on Verizon. | 19:59 |
| wrst | twayneprice: roaming on Verizon was a huge thing for me and ting actually | 20:00 |
| wrst | I have an old junk sprint phone but it worked good enough that I would switch | 20:00 |
| wrst | data is not as good | 20:00 |
| wrst | but better than expected | 20:00 |
| wrst | right now we are out 85 bucks per phone including taxes fees etc I'm guessing I would be in the 55-65 range with ting if I didn't change any use habits | 20:02 |
| wrst | but their pricing inspires you to do just that | 20:02 |
| twayneprice | I'm thinking the $10 Republic Wireless plan. | 20:07 |
| wrst | I have heard conflicting reports on them and so far I have really heard few negatives on ting | 20:09 |
| twayneprice | I've heard good things about ting. | 20:09 |
| wrst | the service, data actually not being up to verizon standards everything else really works well | 20:17 |
| twayneprice | I really don't use a lot of data. | 20:19 |
| wrst | I listen to streaming audio on way and from work | 20:25 |
| wrst | but I never use a GB in a months time | 20:25 |
| wrst | I do however downloa various large files to get close to the 2GB when I think about it ... you know since I have it and verizon is uch a nice bunch of people :) | 20:25 |
| twayneprice | :) Most everything I download is over wifi. | 20:27 |
| wrst | but I could easily adapt my habits to fit well with ting :) | 20:34 |
| cyberanger | question is, is ting big enough to hear much of anything about them | 20:40 |
| cyberanger | republic kinda splashed due to the wifi first thing, but otherwise same deal for them too | 20:41 |
| cyberanger | but everybody hates the big three | 20:41 |
| wrst | I like ting's approach it probably isn't the cheapest but I feel its the most honest and man getting a phone setup took me 5 minutes which was cool, now when I port my number if I do I know that will take a lot longer but still | 20:42 |
| cyberanger | I've never taken more than 5 minutes to setup a phone | 20:47 |
| wrst | well cyberanger I was thinking on a new provider, try going to verizon and getting out in under 30 minutes | 20:48 |
| wrst | I signed up for the service got the phone on and everything in under 5 minutes | 20:48 |
| cyberanger | wrst: I tried that last week, easy peasy | 20:49 |
| wrst | at verizon? | 20:49 |
| * wrst is obviously not a fan of verizon | 20:49 | |
| cyberanger | of course it helps when they realize you want a phone to try for 14 days and know more about their systems then they do | 20:50 |
| cyberanger | and prepaid sped it up too | 20:50 |
| wrst | ahh ok prepaid yes | 20:50 |
| twayneprice | ting advertises on twit.tv | 21:49 |
| cyberanger | twayneprice: I wasn't talking advertising so much as user reviews | 22:15 |
| cyberanger | but yeah, small advertising budget in theroy == smaller bills | 22:15 |
| wrst | yep twayneprice they seem to gravitate to the peole that might watch techy podcast | 22:38 |
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