---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180706033033.GA1812@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 23:30:33 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Comcast's Wireless Service Will Charge You More To Stream HD Video A few years back, wireless carriers began flirting with a new idea: throttling all video by default, then charging you additional money if you wanted to view video as actually intended. You'll probably recall that T-Mobile spearheaded this effort, and wasn't particularly honest about what it was doing. You might also recall that Sprint began throttling all video to 1.5 Mbps, all games to speeds "up to 2 Mbps" and all music streams to speeds "up to 500 Kbps." Fortunately for you, you could avoid dealing with this arbitrary restrictions if you were willing to pay Sprint an additional $25 per month: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180702/07140740150/comcasts-wireless-service-will-charge-you-more-to-stream-hd-video.shtml -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180706025228.GA1518@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 22:52:28 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: After Backlash To AT&T Chicanery, California Salvages Tough Net Neutrality Law After Backlash To AT&T Chicanery, California Salvages Tough Net Neutrality Law As we recently noted, California was on the cusp of passing the toughest net neutrality law in the nation, a bill the EFF declared to be the "gold standard" for state-level rules. But late last month AT&T and Comcast lobbyists descended on California to scuttle the effort, convincing California Assemblyman Miguel Santiago to neuter the most important portions of the proposal. Santiago, no stranger to AT&T campaign cash, rushed through a series of last-minute amendments behind closed doors without providing the bill's backer or the public a chance to chime in. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180705/11235340180/after-backlash-to-att-chicanery-california-salvages-tough-net-neutrality-law.shtml -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <ktasjd5lg3j0gfc0rnv2pk9b9f18306u0m@4ax.com> Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 10:32:49 -0400 From: Pete Cresswell <PeteCress@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: H20, Philadelphia PA Area: Any happy users? In an effort to get data when I need it in an emergency, I am considering ditching my tMob legacy prepaid account in favor of one of the H20 monthly accounts. I am near Philadelphia PA. Is anybody in that area happy with their H20 service? -- Pete Cresswell ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180706024700.GA1489@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 22:47:00 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: GILLESPIE: Suffering from a disruption in service Opinion by Jay Gillespie My wife told me that she had made an appointment with Comcast to update our cable service. Apparently, we are paying more than we should with our current agreement. Our neighbors, she said, are paying $197 per month for their cable but have premium movie channels and three DVRs. I quickly declared myself ready and willing, especially after she told me that in comparison we pay $219 per month and have only two boxes. Furthermore, according to my wife, Comcast had promised to double our internet speed, provide us with two DVRs, and give us Showtime as a throw-in for the breast cancer she has been suffering from for the past seven months, a concession that literally seems like the least they could do. I come from a simple time when you purchased a television, brought it home, plugged it in, and watched one of the three available channels. In my current neighborhood, we do not have the option of Verizon Fios which stops providing service roughly 500 feet down the road because, according to a retired Verizon operative who lives across the street, "It wasn't going to make any money based on the cost to install it." http://abington.wickedlocal.com/news/20180705/gillespie-suffering-from-disruption-in-service -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 06 Jul 2018