---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200313154242.GA677@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:42:42 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus To alleviate new work-from-home policies taking effect By Nick Statt AT&T is suspending data caps for broadband internet customers on Thursday, as waves of employees face new work-from-home policies from US companies trying to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, according to Motherboard. https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/12/21177538/att-broadband-internet-data-cap-coronavirus-suspend -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200313153210.GA608@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:32:10 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: We Forgot About the Most Important Job on the Internet Content moderators are essential gatekeepers, but also our greeters, paramedics, law enforcers, teachers and curators. By Annalee Newitz Most of the internet is made of comments. Some are like the old-fashioned ones you can see accompanying this article online, but others take the form of memes, gamer live-streams, or even breaking news from people on the ground at a disaster scene. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/opinion/sunday/online-comment-moderation.html?te=1&nl=david-leonhardt&emc=edit_ty_20200313&campaign_id=39&instance_id=16718&segment_id=22176&user_id=e9c36feb10bf3068c525a5b15bc07611&regi_id=8417658120200313 -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ***** Moderator's Note ***** Well, this is a nice story! Ms. Newitz has recognized the self-effacing, modest, quiet, and unpaid Moderators of the online world for the essential balance and judgement we provide. Ahem! Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200313155841.GA764@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:58:41 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: AT&T waives data cap during coronavirus; Comcast keeps charging overage fees We asked 10 ISPs if they'll waive caps as pandemic forces people to stay home. By Jon Brodkin Comcast, the biggest home-Internet provider in the United States, hasn't told us whether it will suspend data caps, so the caps are apparently still being enforced for now. Comcast announced today that it's raising speeds from 15Mbps download/2Mbps upload to 25Mbps/3Mbps on Internet Essentials, a service for low-income Americans. Comcast said it is also giving 60 days of free Internet Essentials service to new low-income customers. According to Motherboard reporter Karl Bode, a Comcast rep said that "there were 'lots of conversations' currently going on in regards to getting ahead of the outbreak, but wasn't able to confirm whether a usage cap suspension would be part of the company's playbook." https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/at-comcast-keeps-charging-overage-fees/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sat, 14 Mar 2020