AT&T will cap DSL and U-Verse internet, impose overage fees (update)

AT&T will cap DSL and U-Verse internet, impose overage fees (update)

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• AT&T will cap DSL and U-Verse internet, impose overage fees (update)
• Determine a Fair Rental Price with Zillow's Rent Zestimates [Real Estate]
• Red Faction Armageddon's Ruin Mode Is A Laboratory Of Destruction [Video]
• Facebook Photo of Stolen Ring Puts Couple In Jail
• AT&T to Impose Data Caps on DSL, U-Verse Customers Starting May 2 [Tiered Net]
• Apple's Phil Schiller confirms: white iPhone to be available 'this spring'
• A Longtime Holdout Joins Madden This Year [Madden]
• Interactive Migration Map Shows Where People Are Going—and What They're Abandoning [Migration]
• Sweet Home! Auto-Uploads Photos and Videos from Android to Your Network [Mobile Apps]
• Researchers Find Possible Atlantis Location

AT&T will cap DSL and U-Verse internet, impose overage fees (update) Posted: 13 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PDT Ladies and gentlemen, the days of unlimited broadband may be numbered in the United States, and we're not talking wireless this time -- AT&T will implement a 150GB monthly cap on landline DSL customers and a 250GB cap on subscribers to U-Verse high speed internet starting on May 2nd. AT&T will also charge overage fees of $10 for every additional 50GB of data, with two grace periods to start out -- in other words, the third month you go over the cap is when you'll get charged. DSLReports says it has confirmation from AT&T that these rates are legitimate, and that letters will go out to customers starting March 18th. How does AT&T defend the move? The company explains it will only impact two percent of consumers who use "a disproportionate amount of bandwidth," and poses the caps as an alternative to throttling transfer speeds or disconnecting excessive users from the service completely. Customers will be able to check their usage with an online tool, and get notifications when they reach 65 percent, 90 percent and 100 percent of their monthly rates. We just spoke with AT&T representative Seth Bloom and confirmed the whole thing -- rates are exactly as described above, and the company will actually begin notifying customers this week. He also told us that those customers who don't yet have access to the bandwidth usage tool won't get charged until they do, and that AT&T U-Verse TV service won't count towards the GB cap. Update: What prompted this change to begin with? That's what we just asked AT&T. Read the company's statement after the break. Continue reading AT&T will cap DSL and U-Verse internet, impose overage fees (update) AT&T will cap DSL and U-Verse internet, impose overage fees (update) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  DSLReports  | Email this | Comments

Determine a Fair Rental Price with Zillow's Rent Zestimates [Real Estate] Posted: 13 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PDT Whether you're a landlord (or an "accidental landlord" thanks to the economy) or a renter, knowing whether a rental price is fair for a particular property can be empowering. Now you can use Zillow's new rental estimate feature to get that information. More »

Red Faction Armageddon's Ruin Mode Is A Laboratory Of Destruction [Video] Posted: 13 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PDT How many buildings on Mars can you destroy in a minute? What if you were armed with a gun that shoots black holes and another that causes the first thing you shoot to fly into the second thing you shoot? More »

Facebook Photo of Stolen Ring Puts Couple In Jail Posted: 13 Mar 2011 03:45 PM PDT An anonymous reader writes "A Facebook photo of a stolen 3 carat diamond ring recently helped police solve a jewelry theft. After rings and other items valued at more than $16,000 were taken from a home on Saturday, a friend of the victim's roommate saw one of the items on the social network. 20-year-old Crystal Yamnitzky captioned the photo with the following message: 'Look what Robby gave me I love him so much,' in reference to her 21-year-old boyfriend Robert Driscoll. Yamnitzky's cousin saw the post and told some friends, who alerted police. Both Yamnitzky and Driscoll have been charged in the case." Read more of this story at Slashdot.

AT&T to Impose Data Caps on DSL, U-Verse Customers Starting May 2 [Tiered Net] Posted: 13 Mar 2011 03:35 PM PDT Citing an official confirmation from AT&T rep Seth Bloom, DSLReports is, well, reporting that AT&T will pull the trigger on data caps on heavy users of its U-Verse and DSL offerings, starting May 2. More »

Apple's Phil Schiller confirms: white iPhone to be available 'this spring' Posted: 13 Mar 2011 03:24 PM PDT Whoa, Nelly. Ready for another round? The elusive white iPhone -- spotted only in the hands of Woz and occasionally in those of our own Richard Lai -- may ship after all. After hearing from Apple that it was being delayed twice in 2010, we've heard an extended radio silence ever since. Sure, we've seen hints here and there from third parties that this here unicorn was still making its way through the production line, but there's nothing quite like a direct tweet from Cupertino's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing to really rekindle some interest. In response to a question on how to obtain a white iPhone, Philip Schiller fired back: "The white iPhone will be available this spring (and it is a beauty!)." That's about as clear-cut as it gets for now, but we've still got a few inquiries we'd love answered. Is he talking about the iPhone 4, or the next one in the pipeline? And does he have any intention of building us up, only to let us down (let us down) once more? We shall see, won't we? [Thanks, Stefan] Apple's Phil Schiller confirms: white iPhone to be available 'this spring' originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Twitter (Philip Schiller)  | Email this | Comments

A Longtime Holdout Joins Madden This Year [Madden] Posted: 13 Mar 2011 03:00 PM PDT Soldier Field, one of the more storied venues of the National Football League, has never appeared in the Madden NFL series, or any other NFL series. It's always been a generic venue under the name "Chicago Stadium," or "Chicago Field." More »

Interactive Migration Map Shows Where People Are Going—and What They're Abandoning [Migration] Posted: 13 Mar 2011 03:00 PM PDT No, a massive earthquake did not also strike the East Coast today and cause thousands of refugees to flee inland. That said, while the lines do not represent refugees, this is still a massive migration of people. More »

Sweet Home! Auto-Uploads Photos and Videos from Android to Your Network [Mobile Apps] Posted: 13 Mar 2011 03:00 PM PDT Looking for an easy way to transfer your photos and videos from your Android device to your computer or network drive? Sweet Home! can do it automatically and wirelessly. More »

Researchers Find Possible Atlantis Location Posted: 13 Mar 2011 02:46 PM PDT An AC writes"It seems that Plato's Atlantis has a new spot candidate. Some archaeologist used satellite imagery to identify a structure in an once tsunami-ed Spanish plain. From the article: '"This is the power of tsunamis," head researcher Richard Freund told Reuters. "It is just so hard to understand that it can wipe out 60 miles inland, and that's pretty much what we're talking about," said Freund, a University of Hartford, Connecticut, professor who lead an international team searching for the true site of Atlantis.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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