Via ars technica:

“AT&T today rolled out major change to its DSL terms of service, notifying its customers of new data caps, network management rules, and usage metering tools. Judging by company forums, many users aren’t pleased, but they had better keep their anger in check. The new terms of service also allow AT&T to cut off subscribers “who repeatedly harass or abuse our employees.”

The data caps are official: 150GB per month for DSL users and 250GB per month for fiber-to-the-node U-Verse subscribers. Repeated overages will result in a $10-per-50GB charge. The caps begin May 2…” more here

For the team here at Internet & Telephone, it’s been a long week of take-out food, bag lunches and leftover doughnuts (don’t you judge me).  Our resident Virus/Security Expert, and team nominee for first-round canonization, Chef Michael Jordan has been away attending training courses.

And while these courses doubtless serve to make him a better engineer, they do little to fill our bellies.

Glad to have you back, Chef MJ!

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