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yup, providers spend millions of dollars building redundancy into their networks

but, it's tough to justify a redundant route for every cable

so, one idiot on a backhoe can bring down services for thousands w/o even trying

HOAs are unamerican.

I like our HOA.  Keeps the neighborhood looking nice and tidy.  Pays for two neighborhood pools and three neighborhood parks.

hope the new car came with a spare tire

Yeah, that was a rather substantial motivation to make the change, along with having a smaller car in the city (it's a Golf GTI "Autobahn").  It is a pretty efficient package that handles well and has decent acceleration, and a clutch.
My HOA is $874, but if I deduct the cost I was paying for cable, water, insurance, and maintenance, it's about half that.  We have very good security, packages delivered to the front desk, a pool, a nice common area, and a workout place, plus very good maintenance of the common areas.  They also are starting to charge an initiation fee of 2x the HOA next month so we got in under the bell on that one.  Condo insurance is $45 a month vs home insurance that was over $100.
Were I back in our house, I'd be spending all day, or most of it, in the yard and going to buy stuff to plant.

HOAs can be un-American, but I'm with Utee with respect to our own HOA.   They can be a little finicky when it comes to certain convenants, and not fully understand how to remove snow (not a concern for Utee from what I know , but they are quite accountable around here.

Same here.  They get nit picky with the placement of basketball hoops, but that's my only gripe.  We also have a pretty nice pool, and the HOA fee (covering anything) is cheaper than joining a swim club or putting one in, so I'm on board for that alone.

When you're watching live TV on Hulu, do you find a lot of buffering? I'm getting a lot of that, and never really had that problem with Sling.

Occasionally, but not often.  I do sometimes get a low resolution picture for a minute or two.  Its annoying when its during a Penn State game, but I can live with it.  Seems like it happens more often with sports, but it might be just that I notice it more.

I got the bill for "cable" (it's DirecTV) and indeed it was $7.62 including tax.

So, I'm happy.  One issue is they have a zillion channels but only perhaps 10 percent are remotely useful for anything.  I'm surprised how many are just full time product advertisements.

I guess people watch that stuff?

I get ESPN and whatnot and SEC Network.  I did not get the latter in Cincy with my basic cable package.