It sounds like that's exactly what they're going to do (or rather, they're going to cancel the unlimited bit). I wouldn't call it stealing. I would call it violation of contractual terms.
Around here (rural area) 4G is being backhauled more commonly with microwave and even unlicensed links.
I have to concede your point that ultimately fiber can always do better, I was thinking more of the 1Gbps FTTH that people typically talk about. For that there's plenty of stuff out there. When you go to licensed microwave links you can do a lot more, but you're talking $10k minimum and easily quite a bit more. That's what I was trying to say.
Wireless can do as well as fiber, but it's going to cost a LOT more and you'll have trouble scaling it.
I run a small rural wireless ISP, and while wireless is cheap and fast to deploy, it's not fiber, and it's never going to be. That said, with a good high point and backhaul, you can start providing speeds up to 40Mbps for less than $5k.
They state that they don't restrict it for mobile data usage. The thing is, you'd have a hard time hitting that sort of usage with a phone alone. Don't like the ToS, don't sign up for the service.
T-mobile, unlike many providers, is actually allowing real and true unlimited data usage on phones. They've always had restrictions on tethering in their terms of service. You may or may not like it, but those are the terms you sign up with. If you don't read the full ToS, that's your fault, not theirs. If you want to violate those ToS, you're the one breaking the agreed-upon deal. Don't be surprised if they say you're not abiding by the agreement and act accordingly.
I'm a heavy tethering user. I'm also using a T-mobile unlimited 4G plan, and I intend to keep it. Historically I've used CynaogenMod, which automatically disables the tethering flag, though I'm not using it at the moment. I hope people using CM don't have problems because of this and get in trouble. I wonder if they'll only apply it if you go over the 7GB tethering cap?
The numbers they're quoting are really amazing for heavy users. Even when traveling and tethering I rarely break 5GB for ALL data for the whole month.
I run a small rural WISP. Wisps need more spectrum by the hundreds of megahertz of spectrum. Nobody's very excited about these small openings of spectrum, take it from someone who is actively trying to blanket his area in WiFi.
Plenty of HPC folks out there selling rebranded supermicro gear, including Penguin, with a variety of cluster management systems on them, open source and proprietary. That's pretty commodity.
Disclosure: I have worked for Penguin Computing in the past, though I currently have only a customer relationship with them (we use their Penguin on Demand service).
I strongly recommend you talk to a few of the HPC vendors out there about your needs and get a few quotes. Obviously Penguin is one I recommend, I'm not sure who else is still in the business, I think at least one of the major ones I've gotten a quote from in the past went under. Just do a little googling. They are probably familiar with your applications and can get you a turnkey solution that's well-suited for your application.
I won't be going back to Firefox until they have proper threading. I wish I could, I've tried a few times, but it just bogs down so much and so quickly if you open a bunch of tabs. No problem in Chrome.
I used it for something like ten years before I finally tried Chrome and was blown away by the speed difference.
Why are the working on this other stuff when such a fundamental problem, a problem they've acknowledged and worked on some, remains? I know it's hard to fix in such a complex codebase, but at least from my experience and what I've heard from others, it's a crucial issue affecting whether people use Firefox or not.
I'm the submitter. I'm a LastPass user and I'll stay that way. If you actually read the article you'll see that things are under control.
This is the second time LastPass has reported an attack that I can remember, and because of the client-side encryption and so on it's not a huge deal. Bravo to them for their proactive stance and sound methods.
Thanks. This is probably the best option. I haven't ever had to deal with this before recently so I just used what I had handy -- my multitool. I also have a few cans of CorrosionX.
I have one that I've carried and abused daily for years, still working, though I think it's getting close to needing a replacement. My biggest problem, because I wear it on a necklace chain, is that it's been getting sweat on the contacts which eventually have gunked up and corroded. I was able to scrape it off with a knife, but that scraped off the gold plating and exposed the copper underneath, which is of course corroding much worse.
I've got the private key locked away here somewhere so I can flash one of my spares and be up and running quickly, or I can just add the new key to the places I use it before it croaks.
I've had more problems with USB ports getting worn out.
The Sharx brand cameras are expensive (~$280) but have many great capabilities built in, including dumping to a NAS and motion alerts with emailed snapshots. I've run them in some capacity for over five years with no trouble. My only complaint other than price is that the UI is not always very self-explanatory, and they refuse to post PDF manuals on their site, so don't lose the (extensive) paper manual.
There are a lot of people with huge law school debts working as paralegals or baristas. It's not a bad job, but there are way more lawyers than law jobs.
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It sounds like that's exactly what they're going to do (or rather, they're going to cancel the unlimited bit). I wouldn't call it stealing. I would call it violation of contractual terms.
For example, this will do up to 4Gbps with good latency. http://www.dragonwaveinc.com/p...
Around here (rural area) 4G is being backhauled more commonly with microwave and even unlicensed links. I have to concede your point that ultimately fiber can always do better, I was thinking more of the 1Gbps FTTH that people typically talk about. For that there's plenty of stuff out there. When you go to licensed microwave links you can do a lot more, but you're talking $10k minimum and easily quite a bit more. That's what I was trying to say.
I said for under 5k. If you want to spend $$$$ it can do as well as fiber.
I know a small company in SF using MonkeyBrains, they've been happy with it since they switched.
I should have specified, over a range of up to ten miles.
Wireless can do as well as fiber, but it's going to cost a LOT more and you'll have trouble scaling it. I run a small rural wireless ISP, and while wireless is cheap and fast to deploy, it's not fiber, and it's never going to be. That said, with a good high point and backhaul, you can start providing speeds up to 40Mbps for less than $5k.
Yes I'm getting that sense from these comments. I'm a buddhist so I generally shy away from taking that which is not freely given.
Why does it presume so? If it's not available, you can't get it. Does that mean you should just take what you want?
Sure, or download a few movies for offline viewing. 2TB in a month, though?
They state that they don't restrict it for mobile data usage. The thing is, you'd have a hard time hitting that sort of usage with a phone alone. Don't like the ToS, don't sign up for the service.
T-mobile, unlike many providers, is actually allowing real and true unlimited data usage on phones. They've always had restrictions on tethering in their terms of service. You may or may not like it, but those are the terms you sign up with. If you don't read the full ToS, that's your fault, not theirs. If you want to violate those ToS, you're the one breaking the agreed-upon deal. Don't be surprised if they say you're not abiding by the agreement and act accordingly. I'm a heavy tethering user. I'm also using a T-mobile unlimited 4G plan, and I intend to keep it. Historically I've used CynaogenMod, which automatically disables the tethering flag, though I'm not using it at the moment. I hope people using CM don't have problems because of this and get in trouble. I wonder if they'll only apply it if you go over the 7GB tethering cap? The numbers they're quoting are really amazing for heavy users. Even when traveling and tethering I rarely break 5GB for ALL data for the whole month.
I run a small rural WISP. Wisps need more spectrum by the hundreds of megahertz of spectrum. Nobody's very excited about these small openings of spectrum, take it from someone who is actively trying to blanket his area in WiFi.
Plenty of HPC folks out there selling rebranded supermicro gear, including Penguin, with a variety of cluster management systems on them, open source and proprietary. That's pretty commodity.
Disclosure: I have worked for Penguin Computing in the past, though I currently have only a customer relationship with them (we use their Penguin on Demand service). I strongly recommend you talk to a few of the HPC vendors out there about your needs and get a few quotes. Obviously Penguin is one I recommend, I'm not sure who else is still in the business, I think at least one of the major ones I've gotten a quote from in the past went under. Just do a little googling. They are probably familiar with your applications and can get you a turnkey solution that's well-suited for your application.
I won't be going back to Firefox until they have proper threading. I wish I could, I've tried a few times, but it just bogs down so much and so quickly if you open a bunch of tabs. No problem in Chrome. I used it for something like ten years before I finally tried Chrome and was blown away by the speed difference. Why are the working on this other stuff when such a fundamental problem, a problem they've acknowledged and worked on some, remains? I know it's hard to fix in such a complex codebase, but at least from my experience and what I've heard from others, it's a crucial issue affecting whether people use Firefox or not.
I'm the submitter. I'm a LastPass user and I'll stay that way. If you actually read the article you'll see that things are under control. This is the second time LastPass has reported an attack that I can remember, and because of the client-side encryption and so on it's not a huge deal. Bravo to them for their proactive stance and sound methods.
Thanks. This is probably the best option. I haven't ever had to deal with this before recently so I just used what I had handy -- my multitool. I also have a few cans of CorrosionX.
I have one that I've carried and abused daily for years, still working, though I think it's getting close to needing a replacement. My biggest problem, because I wear it on a necklace chain, is that it's been getting sweat on the contacts which eventually have gunked up and corroded. I was able to scrape it off with a knife, but that scraped off the gold plating and exposed the copper underneath, which is of course corroding much worse. I've got the private key locked away here somewhere so I can flash one of my spares and be up and running quickly, or I can just add the new key to the places I use it before it croaks. I've had more problems with USB ports getting worn out.
The Sharx brand cameras are expensive (~$280) but have many great capabilities built in, including dumping to a NAS and motion alerts with emailed snapshots. I've run them in some capacity for over five years with no trouble. My only complaint other than price is that the UI is not always very self-explanatory, and they refuse to post PDF manuals on their site, so don't lose the (extensive) paper manual.
There are a lot of people with huge law school debts working as paralegals or baristas. It's not a bad job, but there are way more lawyers than law jobs.
A second major should be at least somewhat easier than the first, it's not necessary to do _everything_ over, right?
At least the OP is learning from past mistakes. It could be worse, he/she could be doubling down on liberal arts and going to law school.
Mod parent up.
i3wm ftw. Somehow I suspect i3 users aren't her intended audience, though.