CNET News Daily Podcast: You only need 250GB of downloads a month, says Comcast
Do you download more than 250GB of data per month? If you're a Comcast customer, you'll likely want to get out of the habit--quickly. Beginning October 1, the Internet provider said customers that use more than 250GB per month, per account will get their account disabled. It's got a lot of people in an uproar. Make sure to check out Webware.com's coverage of the news.
Also on Friday's podcast: Apple and AT&T could be looking at a plan to allow tethering of the iPhone, Nintendo Wii sales continue to propel the company forward, and is Napster for sale?
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Microsoft to drop $486 million for European shopping site
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IBM tests 4-terabyte solid-state drive tech
Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who writes about consumer electronics and PCs, mostly as chief correspondent for Crave. She's also one of the hosts of CNET News' Daily Podcast. In her non-work life, she's a history geek, a loyal Dodgers fan, and a mac-and-cheese connoisseur. E-mail Erica.
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Erica Ogg keeps up on the latest consumer electronics and PC goings-on as chief correspondent for CNET News' Crave blog.
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It's kinda interesting that Comcast spends millions telling us how much faster they are ... how you can use MORE bandwidth quicker than fios or dsl ... THEN they tell us "don't you dare use it or we'll stop taking your money". Memories of the black sheriff scene in Blazing Saddles aside, one wonders if anybody at Comcast actually TALKS to their marketing department.
Isn't the whole idea of broadband that, pretty soon, ALL media is going to go through the net? So, if we have Comcast, then that means we'll have to carefully weigh whether we REALLY want to watch that episode of Big Brother. I predict, along with the obvious demise of Comcast (I mean, how stupid can you be and still survive), this will also be the demise of network TV (I mean, how stupid can you be and still survive).