Month: January 2008

Cable Provider and Usage Cap

Well it was bound to happen. Some ISP decided to limit it’s users to a cap on how much bandwidth they can have. If I remember correctly when I signed up I was given a 4MegaBit pipe cable modem and payed for it monthly as a service. It did not secifiy how much bandwidth I used. Now I’m not against that …

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Love or hate the Iphone

You either love or hate the iphone. I am of the mind set that I love it with an envy type love. I would own one if it would work with Exchange. I know, pure iphone lovers will tell me that there are work arounds. But, I rely too much on my calendar and contacts to give up my somewhat trusty …

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Broadband providers – just don’t get it

AT&T just said that it may filter internet content. Right on the heals of comcast getting sued for a few billion dollars (that will never go through). But what I am seeing is that providers do not get it. Filtering content (bittorrent or P2P) is not the solution. I do understand that the more bandwidth people use the more it costs …

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Housing crisis or a banking issue

I am on both sides of the fense. 1. a home owner should own the responsibility to look over their finances. 2. a bank should make solid loans. Here is a great article explaining how the banking got off track. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7164898.stm

Blackjack and windows Mobile 6

I have been very happy with my smartphone (cingular blackjack) however there are a lot of people who are not. When I got my phone in August the sales team said an update was coming for windows mobile6 (the os). I was excited for this since I understood that wm6 is much faster and more stable than the existing wm5. I …

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