Chase was trying to take his turnips because they though they had blood in them. So he threatened to sue them, but lost interest in the turnips already well before Chase gave them back.
So Verizon's explanation for how the data got so high is apparently because she accessed Amazon 400 times during that period. So they actually think visiting a website 400 times would account for 560 gigabytes of data? Over a gigabyte per visit. How stupid can they be?
More proof that signing up with a company that can just randomly bill you whatever they want is not a good idea. Verizon is stuck in the stone age.
The biggest part of this news for me is the new T-Mobile One Plus plan which gives you unlimited tethering for $95. I have the original unlimited plan which has 7 gigs of tethering for $80. This may be enough for me to switch plans. The only thing I'm not sure about is the it says the tethering is "non-prioritized" LTE. Was tethering always non-prioritized or should I be expecting slower speeds?
Right.... Until it's YOUR wire that suddenly becomes unreliable. And the numbers game says that YOU aren't very important because you are just ONE out of millions of people who they are "servicing". But of course you aren't the only one having problems. There are many. But the cost of losing ALL of you as a customer was already accounted for in their quarterly profit margin.
I think Google finally realized (or knew all along, like many other companies have) that wireless technology is the future of consumer broadband. Supporting a wire going out to every single customer just doesn't make sense if you can do the same thing cheaper and more reliably over thin air.
I know it's a popular joke, but it's absolutely real. If you are mildly concerned, wire beats crypto wireless, because you can implement crypto wrong a million ways, and implementing a wire wrong is not that common.
So how are you going to go about wiring your cellphone?
You're surprised because it's absurd. There is no way 10% of all developers are in Silicon Valley. It doesn't even say that anywhere in the article. I don't even know where the number comes from.
I think if people could use the same data plans on tablets that they use with their phones the demand would be greater. But as of now, mobile companies are afraid of tablets because they think tablet users would suck away all their precious data. I think some people settle for the smaller phone screen for that reason.
I'm with you on this. I can only get AT&T Uverse and they pretty much suck. I dropped them for a prepaid T-Mobile hotspot and HD antenna tv. They asked me why I was canceling and I told them because I have no confidence you can even provide your own service. They didn't have much to say after that.
It's more expensive at the moment, but theres no way I'm going back. The reliability and freedom of home mobile is just too good. I don't have to deal with incomprehensible billing practices. I don't have to waste hours on the phone talking to a guy who desperately wants me to unplug and replug my modem for a full hour only to schedule an appointment with a tech (which I already knew was the outcome). I don't have to waste a whole Saturday waiting for a tech who does nothing for an hour as I stare out a window with a tear in my eye. If anything stops working, I know I can get it back working pretty fast. New sim card, new hotspot, new account, new carrier. Whatever works, as long as I don't have to spend one more second on the phone with a guy telling me to unplug and replug my modem.
The attack vector is going to the FLocker web site, clicking on the "How to install ransomware on my TV" link, and following the installation instructions.
I'm assuming any sane businesses are using the Guest Access or Guest Mode feature on their router, which is a separate isolated network, meaning each user connected to it is completely isolated from the other users and only has internet access. They are not actually on the network. It makes no sense the router would accept a login from such a user. I don't use a lot of public networks, but the one I do use, Starbucks, you are completely isolated. You can't just ping random people at will. You have internet access and nothing else.
Chatbots are perfect to replace most customer service. Instead of having humans behaving like robots, let the chatbots do it. Makes perfect sense. And training would be easier. (assuming there was any human training to begin with)
Good idea. And they should have multiple color coded TOCs like terrorism threat levels. Blue means the app does nothing. Red meaning your absolutely crazy if you install this.
I have to give them credit here. If anything, Google or Apple should have been the first one to release the first "Echo". But complacency is one hell of a drug. Looks like they've been dipping into Microsoft's stash.
Convince them? In my experience, if someone fraudulently uses you're card, they call you. If you do anything out of the ordinary, they call you. I've had several calls from my bank having to verify that I was the one making the charges to unblock my card. Never the other way around.
(They tend to understand concepts like if you use a card in the USA and minutes later it's used in Russia something isn't quite right, because nobody can possibly run that fast)
To this day, people still don't understand credit cards. They don't want to use it online because hackers, yet they'll hand it to complete strangers in real life. Either way, you're least likely to get your money stolen or lost by using credit cards.
As for privacy, that's another story.
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Chase was trying to take his turnips because they though they had blood in them. So he threatened to sue them, but lost interest in the turnips already well before Chase gave them back.
So Verizon's explanation for how the data got so high is apparently because she accessed Amazon 400 times during that period. So they actually think visiting a website 400 times would account for 560 gigabytes of data? Over a gigabyte per visit. How stupid can they be? More proof that signing up with a company that can just randomly bill you whatever they want is not a good idea. Verizon is stuck in the stone age.
I'm surprised so many people want to listen to playlists that somebody else made.
1996 called ...
The biggest part of this news for me is the new T-Mobile One Plus plan which gives you unlimited tethering for $95. I have the original unlimited plan which has 7 gigs of tethering for $80. This may be enough for me to switch plans. The only thing I'm not sure about is the it says the tethering is "non-prioritized" LTE. Was tethering always non-prioritized or should I be expecting slower speeds?
Right.... Until it's YOUR wire that suddenly becomes unreliable. And the numbers game says that YOU aren't very important because you are just ONE out of millions of people who they are "servicing". But of course you aren't the only one having problems. There are many. But the cost of losing ALL of you as a customer was already accounted for in their quarterly profit margin.
I think Google finally realized (or knew all along, like many other companies have) that wireless technology is the future of consumer broadband. Supporting a wire going out to every single customer just doesn't make sense if you can do the same thing cheaper and more reliably over thin air.
I know it's a popular joke, but it's absolutely real. If you are mildly concerned, wire beats crypto wireless, because you can implement crypto wrong a million ways, and implementing a wire wrong is not that common.
So how are you going to go about wiring your cellphone?
You're surprised because it's absurd. There is no way 10% of all developers are in Silicon Valley. It doesn't even say that anywhere in the article. I don't even know where the number comes from.
I think if people could use the same data plans on tablets that they use with their phones the demand would be greater. But as of now, mobile companies are afraid of tablets because they think tablet users would suck away all their precious data. I think some people settle for the smaller phone screen for that reason.
I'm with you on this. I can only get AT&T Uverse and they pretty much suck. I dropped them for a prepaid T-Mobile hotspot and HD antenna tv. They asked me why I was canceling and I told them because I have no confidence you can even provide your own service. They didn't have much to say after that.
It's more expensive at the moment, but theres no way I'm going back. The reliability and freedom of home mobile is just too good. I don't have to deal with incomprehensible billing practices. I don't have to waste hours on the phone talking to a guy who desperately wants me to unplug and replug my modem for a full hour only to schedule an appointment with a tech (which I already knew was the outcome). I don't have to waste a whole Saturday waiting for a tech who does nothing for an hour as I stare out a window with a tear in my eye. If anything stops working, I know I can get it back working pretty fast. New sim card, new hotspot, new account, new carrier. Whatever works, as long as I don't have to spend one more second on the phone with a guy telling me to unplug and replug my modem.
So you propose we call it artificial stupidity?
Whoever mentions the word "Agile", do the opposite of what they say.
The attack vector is going to the FLocker web site, clicking on the "How to install ransomware on my TV" link, and following the installation instructions.
Windows 10 update is how they defeat the aliens in the new Independence Day.
I'm assuming any sane businesses are using the Guest Access or Guest Mode feature on their router, which is a separate isolated network, meaning each user connected to it is completely isolated from the other users and only has internet access. They are not actually on the network. It makes no sense the router would accept a login from such a user. I don't use a lot of public networks, but the one I do use, Starbucks, you are completely isolated. You can't just ping random people at will. You have internet access and nothing else.
Do routers really let guest accounts log into them? And if so, why?
"Our team is actively investigating the occurrences of these notifications."
So their app is pushing advertisements for other apps of theirs? What is this supposed to be? A glitch?
Chatbots are perfect to replace most customer service. Instead of having humans behaving like robots, let the chatbots do it. Makes perfect sense. And training would be easier. (assuming there was any human training to begin with)
Good idea. And they should have multiple color coded TOCs like terrorism threat levels. Blue means the app does nothing. Red meaning your absolutely crazy if you install this.
I have to give them credit here. If anything, Google or Apple should have been the first one to release the first "Echo". But complacency is one hell of a drug. Looks like they've been dipping into Microsoft's stash.
Google still finding innovative ways to lock you out of your accounts.
"But how about you share a lot of things for you inconvenience?"
--Microsoft
Convince them? In my experience, if someone fraudulently uses you're card, they call you. If you do anything out of the ordinary, they call you. I've had several calls from my bank having to verify that I was the one making the charges to unblock my card. Never the other way around. (They tend to understand concepts like if you use a card in the USA and minutes later it's used in Russia something isn't quite right, because nobody can possibly run that fast)
To this day, people still don't understand credit cards. They don't want to use it online because hackers, yet they'll hand it to complete strangers in real life. Either way, you're least likely to get your money stolen or lost by using credit cards. As for privacy, that's another story.