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The Telecom Digest for June 27, 2012
Volume 31 : Issue 156 : "text" Format
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Sweeping Effects as Broadband Moves to Meters (Monty Solomon)
Car Survey Shows Fewer Complaints but More With Personal Electronics (Monty Solomon)

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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:50:43 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Sweeping Effects as Broadband Moves to Meters
Message-ID: <p06240843cc0fdf0f86f8@[10.0.1.6]>

Sweeping Effects as Broadband Moves to Meters

By BRIAN STELTER
June 26, 2012

SAN ANTONIO - The broadband era began with the expectation that 
Internet connections were like buffets - all you can eat, 24 hours a 
day. But users are now being prodded to think about how much they're 
consuming.

Here in South Texas, Time Warner Cable customers have been given the 
online equivalent of a scale in the bathroom, a "usage tracker" that 
adds up all the household's Facebooking and YouTubing. Customers who 
sign up for a light plan of 5 gigabytes of broadband - that's the 
equivalent of two high-definition movie downloads - are rewarded with 
a $5 discount each month if they don't go over. If they do, they pay 
$1 for every additional gigabyte.

...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/business/media/internet-providers-testing-metered-plans-for-broadband.html




Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:27:54 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Car Survey Shows Fewer Complaints but More With Personal  Electronics
Message-ID: <p06240824cc0f8e69e41a@[10.0.1.6]>

Car Survey Shows Fewer Complaints but More With Personal Electronics

By BILL VLASIC
June 20, 2012

DETROIT - Carmakers are doing a better job than ever eliminating 
nagging problems like wind noise, paint chips and balky engines.

Now the auto industry has to figure out how to make similar 
improvements in technologies aimed at users, like hands-free audio 
and navigation systems.

The latest automotive quality survey released on Wednesday by the 
research firm J. D. Power & Associates showed that consumers were 
reporting fewer overall problems with new vehicles. The luxury brands 
Lexus, Jaguar and Porsche topped the rankings, while General Motors' 
Cadillac and GMC divisions were the best performers among the Detroit 
brands.

Yet the high quality scores posted by most automakers were tempered 
by a growing number of complaints about in-car technologies intended 
to allow users to issue voice commands, update their Facebook status, 
look up directions or check the weather forecast.

As consumers grow accustomed to ever-more sophisticated cellphones 
and computers, they are demanding the same level of performance from 
similar equipment in their cars and trucks, analysts say.

...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/automobiles/car-survey-shows-fewer-complaints-but-more-with-personal-electronics.html






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