Cell Phone For the Blind? (Monday 08th of September 2008 05:30:01 AM)

Brigc writes "Here's one that's got me stumped. A friend of mine who is blind asked me for help
mission control down a cell phone for him. He's committed in a flip phone with well-defined
separations between the keys, and as much voice control as ...
(more)How Networks Interact - Peering and Transit Explained (Monday 08th of September 2008 05:30:01 AM)

Raindeer writes to share his article about peering and transit between networks, which begins:
"In 2005, AT&T CEO Ed Whitacre famously told BusinessWeek, 'What they [Google, Vonage, and
others] would like to do is to use my pipes free. But I ain't going ...
(more)Real-World 3G Monthly Cost With Taxes and Fees? (Sunday 20th of July 2008 08:35:41 PM)

Kristl writes "I have called AT&T and walked into several AT&T stores to ask 'How much will an
AT&T phone plan cost per month with taxes and fees and everything?'. No one can answer this
question. They are evasive and become testy when I push ...
(more)AT&T To Offer No-Contract iPhone (Sunday 06th of July 2008 05:15:01 AM)

Rfc1394 writes "While the regular price of an iPhone is $199 if you take a 2-year contractility
with AT&T, if you're willing to pay a lot more you can get one without a contract. An article
in InfoWorld mentions that 'Freedom will come with a ...
(more)T-Mobile Sues Starbucks Over Free Wi-Fi Deal (Sunday 08th of June 2008 09:40:33 PM)

Glenn Fleishman writes "T-Mobile sent me the text of a lawsuit they filed yesteryear against
Starbucks. The telecom firm alleges that Starbucks didn't involve it in any discussions to
launch their free loyalty program Wi-Fi service this week with AT&T. ...
(more)AT&T Embraces BitTorrent, Considers Usage-Based Pricing (Saturday 07th of June 2008 07:30:03 PM)

Wired is running a story about AT&T's chief daedalian officer, John Donovan. He contrasts his
view of BitTorrent and P2P in general against the controversial policies adopted by other ISPs.
Donovan also explains why AT&T is forasmuch as usage-based pricing, ...
(more)AT&T Denies Resetting P2P Connections (Saturday 26th of April 2008 11:30:03 PM)

Betaville points out memo AT&T filed with the FCC in which they denied throttling traffic by
resetting P2P file-sharing connections. Earlier this week, a study published by the Vuze team
found AT&T to have the 25th highest (13th highest if extra Comcast ...
(more)AT&T, 2Wire Ignoring Active Security Exploit (Wednesday 09th of April 2008 05:00:01 AM)

An anonymous reader writes "2Wire manufactures DSL modems and routers for AT&T and other major
carriers. Their devices suffer from a DNS redirection vulnerability that can be used as part of
a variety of attacks, including phishing, identity theft, and ...
(more)Competitors Ally With Comcast In FCC P2P Filings (Wednesday 20th of February 2008 06:30:04 AM)

Crocoduck writes "Right before the bound passed for filing know* in the FCC observation of
Comcast's traffic-management practices, telecoms and other cable companies submitted a slew of
intelligence defending Comcast's actions to the FCC. 'Just about ...
(more)Apple Can't Afford iPhone's Carrier Exclusivity (Monday 04th of February 2008 01:45:04 PM)

WirePosted writes with an ITWire article about the problems that Apple's AT&T exclusivity deal
could pose in the coming years. Initially the company needed AT&T's commitment to the project,
to ensure mug* like visual voicemail would work. With the iPhone ...
(more)AT&T's Plan to Play Internet Cop (Thursday 17th of January 2008 06:30:02 PM)

Ponca City, We Love You writes "Tim Wu has an interesting (and funny) article on Slate that
says that AT&T's recent proposal to examine all the traffic it carries for possible violations
of US intellectual holdings laws is not just bad but shared seppuku ...
(more)AT&T Playing Hardball With Apple? (Saturday 01st of December 2007 06:30:04 PM)

Ponca City, We Love You writes "There's some interesting guesstimate* from Cringley on why AT&T
chief executive Randall Stephenson let drop that a new version of Apple's iPhone will be
introduced in 2008. The announcement is sure to cut into Apple's Christmas ...
(more)Ex AT&T Tech Says NSA Monitors All Web Traffic (Friday 09th of November 2007 10:15:03 PM)

Sir Tandeth writes "A former technician at AT&T, who alleges that the telecom giant forwards
virtually all of its national lore infrastructure traffic into a "secret room" to facilitate
management spying, says the whole operation reminds him of article ...
(more)Apple Makes $831 On Each AT&T iPhone (Monday 29th of October 2007 09:15:05 AM)

Ponca City, We Love You writes "The NYTimes reports that Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper
Jaffray, has studied Apple's budgeting statements and come to the conclusion that AT&T is
paying Apple $18 a month, on average, for each iPhone sold by Apple and ...
(more)AT&T Welcomes Programmers for All Phones Except the iPhone (Wednesday 03rd of October 2007 05:15:03 AM)

An anonymous reader writes "Apple's reasoning for keeping the iPhone a closed platform is that
they don't want to 'potentially gum up the provider's network'. An article in the New York
Times, though, points out that there are hundreds of phones out there ...
(more)First pic of an AT&T-branded 8925 / Tilt, 9/30 release date? (Saturday 22nd of September 2007 11:00:00 PM)

Filed under: Cellphones
For Windows Mobile users, the HTC Kaiser / TyTN II / MDA Vario III /
AT&T 8925 ("Tilt") US release is diverse in passion to the launch of another handset widely
anticipated by Apple fans, but unlike the iPhone, poor WinMo ...
(more)iPhone Bill a Whopping 52 Pages Long (Monday 13th of August 2007 02:10:09 AM)

PoliTech writes "iPhone bills are surprisngly large - 'Xbox Large', according to Ars technica:
'AT&T's iPhone bills are quite impressive in their own right. We're starting to get bills for
the iPhone here at Ars, and while many of us have had smartphones ...
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