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Message-ID: <20191111210939.GA2635@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 21:09:39 +0000
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
Subject: AT&T just forced customers to pay more for 'bonus' data
By Philip Michaels
Older Mobile Share Value plans are going up
Editors' Note: Updated at 2:13 a.m. ET on Nov. 11 with a comment from AT&T.
Some AT&T customers with older cell phone plans have learned in the
last week that they'll be paying more each month.
AT&T couches this $10 monthly price hike as a way to enjoy "bonus
data" in a support document detailing the changes to older Mobile
Share plans. In each case, AT&T has added 15GB of data to the plans
while also increasing the monthly rate.
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/atandt-just-forced-customers-to-pay-more-for-bonus-data
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Bill Horne
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Message-ID: <20191111211250.GA2728@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 21:12:50 +0000
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
Subject: Almost 170,000 'Ghost Texts' Arrived Over 8 Months Late Due
to a Glitch
By Marie C. Baca
Cupid was late this year. More than eight months late.
Hundreds of people reported on social media that overnight on November
8 they had received texts from partners, employers and even dead
family members that were originally meant to arrive in February. Many
were sent on Valentine's Day.
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-glitch-sent-168-149-ghost-texts-over-eight-months-late
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Bill Horne
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Message-ID: <f0049bb2-d9a1-4075-8dd0-ca7c14b1ee28@googlegroups.com>
Date: 9 Nov 2019 12:48:29 -0800
From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Re: Firefox at 15: its rise, fall, and privacy-first
renaissance
On Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 11:34:52 AM UTC-5, Monty Solomon wrote:
> Firefox at 15: its rise, fall, and privacy-first renaissance
>
> Mozilla's browser debuted on November 9, 2004, and became a phenom
> before losing ground to Chrome. Now it's doubling down on user privacy
> and autonomy.
>
>
https://www.fastcompany.com/90428050/firefox-at-15-its-rise-fall-and-privacy-first-renaissance
I tried it for a while, but I found it was resource-intensive
on my old PC and put a strain on the machine. It had an option
to disable certain unwanted features, but I could not make
this option permanent--I had to reenter it every time and it
was cumbersome. Eventually I disconnected it from my machine.
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