Category Archives: digital lifestyle

Big bandwidth charging overage now

Comcast and others plan on overage fees for using the connection you’re already paying too much for. Even as bandwidth nears commodity status, the big providers are still charging like it’s the rarest mineral on earth. Now they want to cap your monthly transfers and charge you exorbitant fees for going over. All I want [...]

Amazon didn’t start the fire

The Amazon Kindle is scheduled to release real soon now. It’s another offering on the eBook market, and it aims to advance the field by adding a lot of features to the concept, tying it in with a store and its own internets, and charging end-users money for things other book readers do for free.
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