This is a known issue with ANY GSM phone. Just have someone you know on AT&T, Tmobile, etc put their phone near any speaker, corded phone, etc and then send them a message or call them. Those things put out tons of power when trying to connect.
250GB per month actually sounds good to me. For a long time Cox in San Diego actually has limits of 60GB on their premium plan and the value plan it is only 4GB (according to an email I received with them complaining about me going over). Since I am cheap, I only have the 4GB plan so I can't even download a DVD iso in a single month!
I see the DNS issue fail about once every 3 months on my linksys wrt54g. Its very odd, rebooting it doesn't help.
I have to restore factory default settings on the damn thing to make it work again. This means I lose all of the wireless settings, encryption keys, mac filters, etc.
The system is designed to let them get away with it. There were laws passed recently so that if you don't notify your bank about possible identity theft within 60 days of the occurrence, you are responsible for paying it (in the US). One of the things thieves like to do is change your address or open a new card with a new address. Most of the time the banks don't confirm this because they know you will get stuck with the bill.
Then of course you have SSN theft. Do you think the social security administration is going to prosecute people who report taxes on someone else's SSN number? Nope, because they can try and collect it from owner is the SSN number which gives them more money than trying to find the purp.
The system isn't going to change soon, so find a way to protect yourself as much as you can.
There are several companies that offer service to protect you, research them and see the differences and find one that will protect you the most (I don't recommend Lifelock, see previously/. articles on that, and Experian is suing them).
So far the one I found I like the best is offered by Prepaid Legal - they monitor credit, medical, criminal and financial. If you find something better let me know.
The problem with this is that it only addresses 1 of the 5 known forms of identity theft. Financial Identity theft is estimated to be less than 26% of all ID theft crimes. For reference the other 4 are:
1) Drivers License - Someone can get using your DL # and you may have moving violations or points on your record that you don't know about it. This can happen in other states and it will take years to get back to you since the DMV's don't communicate all that well. Try fighting that.
2) Medical - Someone has procedures performed or gets checkups in your name. How would you like it if your insurance rates shot up because someone tested positive for HIV on your medical history. How about they change what you are allergic to and next time you go in they give something and you have an allergic reaction. Or maybe change your blood type. This can kill you and no one will know.
3) Character - Do you have outstanding arrest warrants in you name for crimes someone else committed? This can keep you from getting employed or you can lose your security clearance through no fault of your own.
4) Social Security - Has your SSN number been stolen and used by other people and reported to the IRS for tax reasons? You could be liable for a very large tax bill on income you didn't receive. The IRS doesn't care since most of the time they can force people to pay even though it wasn't them.
Unfortunately congress doesn't seem to pay attention to the rest of these. Until they address all of them, we are all in trouble.
--Peter
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This is a known issue with ANY GSM phone. Just have someone you know on AT&T, Tmobile, etc put their phone near any speaker, corded phone, etc and then send them a message or call them. Those things put out tons of power when trying to connect.
250GB per month actually sounds good to me. For a long time Cox in San Diego actually has limits of 60GB on their premium plan and the value plan it is only 4GB (according to an email I received with them complaining about me going over). Since I am cheap, I only have the 4GB plan so I can't even download a DVD iso in a single month!
I see the DNS issue fail about once every 3 months on my linksys wrt54g. Its very odd, rebooting it doesn't help.
I have to restore factory default settings on the damn thing to make it work again. This means I lose all of the wireless settings, encryption keys, mac filters, etc.
The system is designed to let them get away with it. There were laws passed recently so that if you don't notify your bank about possible identity theft within 60 days of the occurrence, you are responsible for paying it (in the US). One of the things thieves like to do is change your address or open a new card with a new address. Most of the time the banks don't confirm this because they know you will get stuck with the bill.
/. articles on that, and Experian is suing them).
Then of course you have SSN theft. Do you think the social security administration is going to prosecute people who report taxes on someone else's SSN number? Nope, because they can try and collect it from owner is the SSN number which gives them more money than trying to find the purp.
The system isn't going to change soon, so find a way to protect yourself as much as you can.
There are several companies that offer service to protect you, research them and see the differences and find one that will protect you the most (I don't recommend Lifelock, see previously
So far the one I found I like the best is offered by Prepaid Legal - they monitor credit, medical, criminal and financial. If you find something better let me know.
Are you sure it doesn't support A2DP? My currently Blackberry Pearle (8130) does.
The problem with this is that it only addresses 1 of the 5 known forms of identity theft. Financial Identity theft is estimated to be less than 26% of all ID theft crimes. For reference the other 4 are: 1) Drivers License - Someone can get using your DL # and you may have moving violations or points on your record that you don't know about it. This can happen in other states and it will take years to get back to you since the DMV's don't communicate all that well. Try fighting that. 2) Medical - Someone has procedures performed or gets checkups in your name. How would you like it if your insurance rates shot up because someone tested positive for HIV on your medical history. How about they change what you are allergic to and next time you go in they give something and you have an allergic reaction. Or maybe change your blood type. This can kill you and no one will know. 3) Character - Do you have outstanding arrest warrants in you name for crimes someone else committed? This can keep you from getting employed or you can lose your security clearance through no fault of your own. 4) Social Security - Has your SSN number been stolen and used by other people and reported to the IRS for tax reasons? You could be liable for a very large tax bill on income you didn't receive. The IRS doesn't care since most of the time they can force people to pay even though it wasn't them. Unfortunately congress doesn't seem to pay attention to the rest of these. Until they address all of them, we are all in trouble. --Peter