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Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:00:06 -0700
From: SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: SIMM Interchangeability?
Message-ID: <5040c368$0$65481$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>
On 8/28/2012 8:43 PM, Boris wrote:
> I currently use a Samsung SGH-747 cell phone on the ATT network. It has a
> 3G SIM card.
>
> If I get a Samsung Galaxy S3, will the Galaxy's 4G (LTE) SIMM card work in
> the SGH-747, if I need to use the older phone sometime as a backup?
You will need a MicroSIM to full size SIM adapter, but then it should
work. See
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/micro-sim-card-to-standard-sim-card-adapter-black-132296?item=18
.
I suspect that such a thing is also available at many independent cell
phone dealers.
Whether all the contacts you may have saved will be readable by both
phones is the question. You might want to first back-up all your
contacts on Google contacts in case the phone tries to sync up a bunch
of garbage due to a different format for contact storage on one phone
versus another.
With older SIM cards you could clone them so you could have multiple
phones with the same SIM card, but of course only one phone could be
turned on at a time. With newer cards, cloning is not possible.
Cloning a SIM card wasn't illegal, using two phones on the same account
at the same time to get service for two phones is what was against the
EULA. Some carriers in some countries would provide multiple cards
because switching SIM cards all the time when you have two phones was a
pain.
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 02:03:30 -0400
From: tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: SIMM Interchangeability?
Message-ID: <17s691raxwxgw.1mxzzntg8se5v$.dlg@40tude.net>
On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:50:35 +0000 (UTC), Koos van den Hout wrote:
> Boris <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in <XnsA0BDD2DBB167nospamnospaminvalid@88.198.244.100>:
>> I currently use a Samsung SGH-747 cell phone on the ATT network. It has a
>> 3G SIM card.
>>
>> If I get a Samsung Galaxy S3, will the Galaxy's 4G (LTE) SIMM card work in
>> the SGH-747, if I need to use the older phone sometime as a backup?
>
> No: the Galaxy S3 has a micro-SIM (the format Apple made famous), the
> Samsung SGH-747 has a normal mini-SIM card[1]. You will need a micro-SIM from
> ATT and linking the micro-sim to your account will deactivate the mini-SIM.
>
> [1] found via the manual at
>
> http://images.comparecellular.com/phones/717/samsung-e747-user-guide.pdf
>
>
> Koos van den Hout
Well, another solution is to use a micro-SIM cutter to chomp a working
micro-SIM core out of your full-size SIM ... or a SIM-sized micro-SIM
carrier to expand your micro-SIM to standard SIM size. Google the string
[micro SIM cutter] for suggestions -- one such solution (either way) is at:
http://www.amazon.com/Micro-SIM-Cutter-Converter-adapters/dp/B003UEWF8I
.
HTH. Cheers, -- tlvp
--
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:46:27 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Active in Cloud, Amazon Reshapes Computing
Message-ID: <p06240849cc62a62f55d1@[10.0.1.2]>
Active in Cloud, Amazon Reshapes Computing
By QUENTIN HARDY
August 27, 2012
SEATTLE - Within a few years, Amazon.com's creative destruction of
both traditional book publishing and retailing may be footnotes to
the company's larger and more secretive goal: giving anyone on the
planet access to an almost unimaginable amount of computing power.
Every day, a start-up called the Climate Corporation performs over
10,000 simulations of the next two years' weather for more than one
million locations in the United States. It then combines that with
data on root structure and soil porosity to write crop insurance for
thousands of farmers.
Another start-up, called Cue, scans up to 500 million e-mails,
Facebook updates and corporate documents to create a service that can
outline the biography of a given person you meet, warn you to be home
to receive a package or text a lunch guest that you are running late.
Each of these start-ups carries out computing tasks that a decade ago
would have been impossible without a major investment in computers.
Both of these companies, however, own little besides a few desktop
computers. They and thousands of other companies now rent data
storage and computer server time from Amazon, through its Amazon Web
Services division, for what they say is a fraction of the cost of
owning and running their own computers.
"I have 10 engineers, but without A.W.S. I guarantee I'd need 60,"
said Daniel Gross, Cue's 20-year-old co-founder. "It just gets
cheaper, and cheaper, and cheaper." He figures Cue spends something
under $100,000 a month with Amazon but would spend "probably $2
million to do it ourselves, without the speed and flexibility."
He conceded that "I don't even know what the ballpark number for a
server is - for me, it would be like knowing what the price of a
sword is."
Cloud computing has been around for years, but it is now powering all
kinds of new businesses around the globe, quickly and with less
capital.
...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/28/technology/active-in-cloud-amazon-reshapes-computing.html
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:02:15 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: I've Got That Syncing Feeling
Message-ID: <p0624084bcc62a9c82d9c@[10.0.1.2]>
I've Got That Syncing Feeling
Your devices are eager to make all your content line up nicely.
Sometimes the results are not so nice.
By CRAIG FORMAN
August 26, 2012
The trouble started when I innocently downloaded a free IKEA catalog
app to my iPad. The trouble nearly ended with a $1,200 charge from
AT&T.
I was traveling in Europe for a short family trip. Before leaving the
U.S., I downloaded the image-heavy catalog using a standard broadband
connection. Aware of the costs of digital Internet access while
abroad, my wife, son and I thought we had taken all the correct
precautions.
Were location-based services off? Check. Notifications off? Check.
All three iPhones switched to Wi-Fi only? Check, check and check.
So the midnight email from AT&T came as a surprise: "Unusually high
volumes of data. 750 megabytes downloaded. Please check your phone."
I checked my phone-but all potential digital gotchas had been put to
rest. We were jet lagged and exhausted. Surely a couple hours' sleep
couldn't put us in digital harm's way?
But in these modern days of anytime, anywhere, cloud-based
synchronization, those few hours of shut-eye were plenty costly. I
awoke to a buzzing of my phone, an SMS and an email from AT&T: The
data download had nearly doubled while I was sleeping. My account was
in imminent danger of being shut off unless I called them.
...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443324404577594873646163262.html
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:35:29 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon to credit Merrimack Valley customers who lost service
Message-ID: <p0624084fcc67166e72a8@[10.0.1.6]>
Verizon to credit Merrimack Valley customers who lost service
Aug 31, 2012
LAWRENCE, Mass. -
Admitting there were some issues with customer service over the last
four days, Verizon says it will credit 8,000 customers who lost
phone, Internet and cable for the time they went without service
because of Monday's fire under Lawrence's Central Bridge.
Verizon officials said about 1,000 customers remained without service
Thursday. Those affected are connected to Verizon through copper
wires that melted under the intense heat of the fire. Verizon must
get into each of those homes to get service restored. They said they
are going door to door in areas of North Andover and South Lawrence,
the area hardest hit by the outage.
They also said the numbers of those affected could climb for two
reasons: Some have yet to report their service disruption and the
possibility of lines that still may fail because of unseen damage.
...
http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/boston-north/Verizon-to-credit-Merrimack-Valley-customers-who-lost-service/-/11984708/16437676/-/i96rkrz/-/index.html
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