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Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:05:40 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: AT&T to slow speeds for top 5% of unlimited data plan users
Message-ID: <p06240805ca590011fa8e@[10.0.1.4]>
AT&T to slow speeds for top 5% of unlimited data plan users
July 29, 201
In yet another sign that true unlimited data plans for cellphones are
heading toward extinction, AT&T said Friday that it will begin
throttling data speeds for its top 5% of data consumers as of Oct. 1.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/07/att-unlimited-data.html
AT&T: 'Eat too much data and we'll strangle you'
Top 5% of heavy downloaders will be throttled
By Rik Myslewski in San Francisco
29 July 2011
If you're a heavy downloader with an unlimited AT&T wireless data
plan, you have two more months of full-speed all-you-can-eat before
your service may be throttled.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/29/att_throttling_plan/
AT&T to Throttle Big Users of Unlimited Data
By Stephen Lawson, IDG News
July 29, 2011
AT&T announced service throttling for the heaviest users of its
unlimited mobile data plans on Friday, saying the only way to truly
solve its bandwidth crunch is for regulators to approve its merger
with T-Mobile USA.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/236979/atandt_to_throttle_big_users_of_unlimited_data.html
An Update for Our Smartphone Customers With Unlimited Data Plans
AT&T
July 29, 2011
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=20535&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=32318&mapcode=corporate
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:28:42 -0700
From: AES <siegman@stanford.edu>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Wider-range cordless phones?
Message-ID: <siegman-36CFF5.11284230072011@sciid-srv02.med.tufts.edu>
My spouse and I are just realizing that rather than attempting to
clean up the incredible rat's nest of ancient telephone wiring that
runs all through our elderly and sprawling house, we might just
install (or leave in place) a single solid line to a convenient
central point; put a heavy duty cordless phone base station there; and
stick a lot of cordless phones in charger bases all around the house.
Can anyone suggest any particularly good extended-coverage cordless
phone models for this purpose? Single line models are all we really
need, though a dual or even quad-line model could be of some use.
Models where you can exert a fair amount of control over the base
station from the cordless handset keyboards would be handy.
[I can and will do my own Googling on this; but any helpful pointers
are still appreciated.]
***** Moderator's Note *****
1. If you have WiFi Internet, do NOT buy a phone that shares the same
band. If you have 802.11B, G, or N, you'll need a cordless phone
that uses either 900 MHz or 5.8 GHz. If your WiFi is 802.11A, which
is very rare, then you must use 900 MHz or 2.6 GHz.
2. Remeber that cordless phone are radio transceivers first and
telephones second. You'll have dead spots, fading, "picket
fencing", and other problems that come with talking on a
radio. They're also insecure, so remeber that anyone who wants to
can listen in.
3. I recommend Panasonic: I've never been disappointed with them, and
they're durable and reliable. Avoid Emerson: they're cheap and
fragile.
Bill Horne
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