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jdwii :
ground_guru :
8350rocks :
1.) Blu-Ray is not antiquated...it is now what DVD was 10 years ago. I also believe you reference NetFlix, which is having their own problems. Not aware of any "NextFlex", but you can buy Sony stock currently, since they hold the patent to Blu-Ray, you may even make money on that "iffy gamble".
BluRay is dead and replaced with Streaming and Cloud Service. No reason to buy a disc today, Block Buster and Video rental stores are relics like record stores. No reason to buy movies or software today on CD/DVD/Blu-Ray because you can download or stream all of it from home.
8350rocks :
2.) Good thing companies like Barnes & Noble are going the Amazon route...their stock is not what it once was, but far from a penny stock.
Around yes, relevant no.
8350rocks :
3.) Ma Bell = AT&T, they are still around too...
How old are you? Bell and ATT were broke up in 1982 33 years ago. The 7 Baby bells are Land Line twisted copper aka POTS which has been dead for years and replaced by VOIP and Wireless which are carried by CATV and ATT, Verizon and other wireless/internet providers. I work in telecom for 35 years. I was laid off from Southwestern Bell in 1985. Bell switching and head quarter offices are ghost towns. Twisted copper is DEAD. The 7 Baby Bells missed their opportunity in the late 90's and early 2000's when they failed to implement FIOS to the home. All that dark fiber is now being snatched up by GOOGLE and ATT. Fact is ATT and Bell have no ties and are estranged siblings, Judge Green broke up that monopoly 33 years ago. .
8350rocks :
4.) Also, most cable companies offer comparable speeds to Google Fiber for less money now. Unless you live in BFE.
How is 50 mb/s CATV comparable to 1 gb/s Ethernet from Google and ATT?
Although completly irrelevant to this thread i agree with you 100%.
Sorry got side tracked when someone attacked me stating AMD core business model is dead because they were not able to keep up with the technology. I used some analogies of dead businesses like Kodak, Nortel, Xerox, Memorex, etc... Apparently some one did not like me saying if you own AMD stock to liquidate your position before you get caught holding the bag. I can only assume they own and use AMD.