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Sap Cap Packs a Blackjack Into a Black Hat
8:00AM Dan Nosowitz | The Sap Cap isn’t just a logo-less baseball cap. It’s also a blackjack, one of those weighted leather weapons private eyes used to get socked with all the time back in the 1940s. More »
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Time Warner Monthly Data Caps Spread Beyond Texas
1:50AM Matt Buchanan | Texas may be great, but it could not contain Time Warner’s HD video-killing monthly broadband data caps, which have now spread beyond its borders. More »
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T-Mobile Monthly Soft Data Caps Will Return
4:45AM Matt Buchanan | When the G1 launched, there was an uproar over T-Mobile’s 1GB-a-month soft data cap that would slow your connection down to a 50kbps trickle, and they backpedaled. Guess what? The cap’s coming back. More »
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T-Mobile Removes 1GB 3G Data Cap for G1 Android Phone
9:01AM Jason Chen | T-Mobile’s just rolled back on their 1GB usage cap on their 3G plans for upcoming G1 Android customers, instead going to a hold-up-while-we-figure-this-out route. The statement they give now states that they can reduce throughput for “a small fraction” of users who are using too much data, but exact terms and limits are still being reviewed before they’re finalised. Statement after the jump. More »
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AT&T Changes Terms of Service, Will Start Slowing Rebel Downloaders Next Month
5:42AM Matt Buchanan | AT&T’s just updated its terms of service for broadband customers, and starting next month, if you’re a heavy downloader, get ready to have your connection squeezed to a trickle. While they haven’t implemented usage caps a la Comcast (yet) they are using a similar traffic management technique starting on Oct. 18 that will slow down your whole connection if you’re “using other U-verse services in a manner that requires high bandwidth.” More »
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Comcast Sues FCC to Get P2P Slowdown Ban Reversed
1:00AM Matt Buchanan | Comcast has sued the FCC to overturn its order to stop slowing down P2P traffic, as was widely predicted. Even though they’re fighting to have the FCC’s ruling reversed, it’s actually not so they can go back to mucking your P2P funtime—no, they’re already way down the road of slowing down heavy users’ entire connection to DSL speed for up to 20 minutes, with data caps beginning in October. More »
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Comcast’s 250GB Data Caps Now Official, Starting in October
7:46AM John Mahoney | Bad news for Comcast folks–the 250GB caps that were once rumoured are now officially official and will start October 1 for residential customers. But, instead of charging you for every GB you go beyond that in a month, Comcast is getting a bit more byzantine–if you blow the cap twice in six months, they may terminate your service altogether.
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Sprint Finally Makes Good On 3G Data Capping
4:04AM Jason Chen | Sprint’s finally pulled the trigger on their data capping policy, limiting users to 5GB a month or 300MB while on off-network roaming. Our tipster says the note after the jump appeared on his most recent bill, and will start the cappage in 30 days. They now join the Verizon and AT&T networks at 5GB, but Sprint is still our favourite for field work on the go. More »
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