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The Telecom Digest for September 11, 2012
Volume 31 : Issue 214 : "text" Format
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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 10:16:23 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Are Unlimited Data Plans Dead? T-Mobile USA Says No
Message-ID: <p06240836cc6fb217517b@[10.0.1.6]>
Are Unlimited Data Plans Dead? T-Mobile USA Says No
By BRIAN X. CHEN
AUGUST 22, 2012
Just when cellphone customers were beginning to think "all you can
eat" data plans were a relic of the past, T-Mobile USA on Wednesday
said that next month it will begin offering a plan that does not put
any limits on the use of data for things like browsing the Web,
watching videos or streaming music.
The company says that the new plan will be "truly unlimited," meaning
there will be no curbs on data transfer speeds, or surprise fees
added to a bill. The plan will be a new option on top of T-Mobile's
existing data packages. Its older "unlimited" data plans, which are
still being offered, allow customers to consume only a certain amount
of bytes before the connection speed is slowed.
Beginning Sept. 5, the new plan will be available for $30 a month for
customers who bought phones subsidized by T-Mobile, or $20 a month
for customers who bought phones unsubsidized or from elsewhere.
...
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/t-mobile-usa-unlimited-data/
Date: 08 Sep 2012 17:39:08 -0300
From: Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Problem using modem with phone on T junction
Message-ID: <87zk50ntar.fsf@nudel.nodomain.nowhere>
Angus <anguscomber@gmail.com> writes:
> I have a normal analog phone and a modem going into a telephone T
> junction and then into master socket to exchange. The reason for
> this is I have problem collecting the Caller ID from the serial port
> of the modem. The modem is not used for anything else. to answer
> the call I use the ordinary phone.
>
> Now the problem I have is that if I drop the call on my local phone
> the other end doesn't seem to get a disconnection indication? Their
> end just stays 'line' indefinitely. If they have eg digital
> handsfree telephones and don't drop their end they seem to stay
> 'live'.
>
> I tried a few things. I used ATH on the modem to drop the call -
> but this makes no difference.
Possibly defective modem?
I have a USR external modem (retired to the "emergency backup" drawer)
that works fine, shuts down a PPP connection on ATH but fails to
actually go on-hook. Picking up the phone after a modem session has
apparently terminated finds the connection to the remote site still up.
Only manually powering down the modem or unplugging the cable drops the
connection. Clever or arcane Hayes commands were no help.
I assumed lightening damage at the time I discovered and retired
it. But who knows?
--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 23:53:38 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Frankston: The Signal Has Left The Network
Message-ID: <p06240815cc706ff01972@[10.0.1.6]>
"The Signal Has Left The Network"
Bob Frankston
September 6, 2012
As I explain in this talk, the Internet is about radical simplicity.
If we set our minds to it we can do amazing things. Yet everyday
tasks are difficult because we have to negotiate with a service
provider.
http://frankston.com/public/?n=SignalHasLeft
http://www.youtube.com/embed/0X0cy68weQs
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 09:25:46 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Smartphone? Presto! 2-Way Radio
Message-ID: <p0624081fcc6f53001385@[10.0.1.6]>
Smartphone? Presto! 2-Way Radio
By DAVID POGUE
September 5, 2012
Cave drawings, smoke signals, letters, Pony Express, telegrams, phone
calls, text messages. From the dawn of civilization, man has
experimented with different modes of communication, each with pros
and cons. Smoke signals, for example, contribute to far fewer car
accidents than text messages. Text messages, on the other hand, leave
much less soot.
You might think that we've exhausted every variation on electronic
communication - text, audio, video - but you'd be wrong. A new one is
quietly winning over millions of gadget fans. They're free apps with
names like Voxer, HeyTell and Zello, and they really do mess with the
rules of the game.
Nobody's settled on a good name for this communications category. But
if we call them voice-texting apps, or walkie-talkie apps, you'll get
the idea.
They work on iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches, Android phones and Windows
phones. You open the app, tap someone's name, hold down the big Talk
button and speak. A second after you start talking - yes, even before
you're finished - your voice bursts to life, extremely clearly, on
your friend's phone, wherever it may be in the world.
Your buddy can respond to you by pressing his own Talk button, and
the conversation is under way.
Now, before you roll your eyes - "These youngsters today! Why do they
need so many different ways to talk!?" - consider all the ways these
apps improve on existing modes of chat.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/technology/personaltech/zello-heytell-and-voxer-make-your-smartphone-a-walkie-talkie-david-pogue.html
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2012 01:14:15 -0600
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Any Non-free SMS Gateways for e-mail to SMS on Wireless Carriers
Message-ID: <k2er88$7ms$1@dont-email.me>
On 9/4/2012 12:39 AM, Javier wrote:
> You can use bulksms.com Their email gateway is easy to use. When you
> forward the message you need to add a password wiht the subject.
What does it cost?
--
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
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