AT&T buying T-Mobile USA
Of course this is the big news announced on Sunday. AT&T is buying T-Mobile for $39 Billion and the deal if approved by regulators, should close in about a year. T-Mobile has posted a webpage that addresses customers most popular questions about the merger. The heart of this merger seems to be about one thing, matching Verizon on a nationwide 4G, or LTE network as it is also known. Time will tell if this is a positive or negative merger.
AT&T brings COW’s to SXSW
I know Texas has a lot of cows but at South By Southwest this year, AT&T brought out their own version of COW’s (Cellular On Wheels). Basically mini cell towers on trucks to create great voice and data connectivity at SXSW. You may recall a few years ago AT&T hit a low with SXSW attendees when their network choked on the demand from users.
AT&T Capping Broadband
Well, the trend in capping in the ISP industry is about to pick up speed once again. AT&T has announced it will cap its DSL customers at 150GB per month and its U-Verse customers at 250GB (same as Comcast). Personally I think this sucks! I pay a handsome sum to my ISP (Comcast) and for my expense I am told I am capped? How about this Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner, etc. How about you take some of that money your customers give you each month and build out your network so it can handle the bandwidth use!
More People read News on Web than Newspaper in 2010
2010 set a new record as it was the first year that more people turned to the web for their news than they do the newspaper according to the Pew Research Firm. I’m actually surprised this hasn’t happened sooner as I have been reading our local paper for years online.
Facebook taking on Groupon
Facebook will begin testing a new Groupon-style service to its customers via its existing Deals service. Test markets will include San Francisco, San Diego, Atlanta, Dallas, and Austin.
FastMac U-Socket
I remember seeing something about this AC outlet several months ago, but it ran into delays. Now it appears the FastMac AC and USB outlet is ready for business. As you can see, it offers 2 USB ports to the side of the standard AC plugs. It is probably more ideal for a new construction than an upgrade install, but I can see this taking off in new hotel construction.
Well, that is going to do it for this week’s Tuesday Tech Talk. Apologies for the AT&T heavy posts this week, but they are becoming very much integrated in tech with all their service offerings. See you all next week for another edition.
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