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Operation Chokehold - Crush ATT this Friday!

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What is Operation Chokehold? On Friday, December 18, at noon Pacific time, we will attempt to overwhelm the AT&T data network and bring it to its knees. The goal is to have every iPhone user (or as many as we can) turn on a data intensive app and run that app for one solid hour. Send ...

ATT and Net Neutrality

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From Ars Technica: Now AT&T Vice President James Cicconi says that's fine, just as long as the final Order "eschews a strict nondiscrimination standard and instead focuses on 'unreasonable and anticompetitive' forms of discrimination that adversely affect consumers." This phrasing is somewhat similar, AT&T notes, to the old 1934 Communications Act common carrier language that banned ...

Sure you want that $99 Google Phone?

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Amidst completely unfounded rumors of a $99 Google Phone possibly making rounds next years into people's pockets, I ask myself, is it worth it? How much would you be willing to pay for a smartphone? How much of your life would you be willing to give over to a single company? I'm no zealot in these ...

ATT blocking 4chan and what that means for you

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Browsing through Reddit I found a thread about how AT&T supposedly blocked 4chan, a popular imageboard. Here is a link to Encyclopedia Dramatica which has the Reddit link as well as a lot more links related to this topic. Early claims were that AT&T blocked it due to content, as 4chan has a reputation for being ...