AT&T Capping Household DSL Bandwidth Starting May 2nd.

AT&T Capping Household DSL Bandwidth Starting May 2nd.

Bad news for “unlimited” data users, AT&T is killing off “unlimited”…again. This time, it’s hitting your household instead of your cellphone. According to reports from DSLReports and confirmation with AT&T PR guy, Seth Bloom, “unlimited” is a thing of the past. Starting May 2nd, your typical non-U-Verse package will have a 150GB data cap. U-Verse customers will have a bit loftier ceiling at 250GB. Overages will...

Xbox 360 U-Verse-ification coming this November.

Xbox 360 U-Verse-ification coming this November.

Remember a time way back in 2007 when AT&T announced a little gem for the Xbox 360 relating to U-Verse? For many people, that initiative to bring U-Verse programming to the Xbox 360 and have it function as a set top box have all but died. Three years and still no product/service generally means “death” in the consumer electronic world. But the powers that be have managed come through. The U-Verse-enabled Xbox 360 is nearing an official release. But...

“Visual voicemail for home” launched by AT&T

“Visual voicemail for home” launched by AT&T

If you’re one of millions of AT&T U-verse users, you’ve got a new handy dandy feature headed your way. Coming soon to a smartphone (still undetermined) near you, AT&T Voicemail Viewer will allow users to remotely listen to and manage home voicemails left on traditional land line systems from the comfort of the open road. Currently, there’s no mention of what actual smartphones will be supported. Complicating those seeking more, pointing your...

Shocker: Broadband speeds nowhere close to advertised broadband speeds…

Shocker: Broadband speeds nowhere close to advertised broadband speeds…

If you came up to me and said that real-world broadband speeds are nowhere near the big, beautiful number we see advertised on TV, I’d smack you up side the head and question your earthly origins. As more tech savvy individuals know, said problem is hardly a new secret. The ISP’s of maintain that distance, amount of users, and amount of content per user all ratchet our broadband speeds lower and lower, citing the advertised speeds we see on TV as theoretical...

FCC: “We hereby decree, 100Mbps internet for all…”

FCC: “We hereby decree, 100Mbps internet for all…”

Google may be the talk of the town with their proposed 1Gbps super-network, grabbing headlines for it’s crazy fast speeds and reported “competitive cost”, but the FCC would like to remind you that they aren’t just sitting idle while Google steps forward and does their job, making them look like the fat lazy kid in gym class. No sir. In an effort to better the overall lives of US citizens, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski announced (Warning: PDF)...

Page 1 of 3123