Comcast recently announced it was, effective Sept. 5th 2008, going to cap its residential users Internet access to 250GB per month. While that may be a substantial amount for most users, people who spend lots of time on the Internet and/or play a lot of games could run into some issues on a month to month basis.
Downloading of HD content also will instantly begin putting a toll on their monthly cap. So what can Comcast customers do?
Well apparently monitor your usage via software tools, run the risk of getting capped or upgrade to a business line for $100 a month US.
Oh wait there is a third option, let the U.S. Govt. come to the rescue. Yes, yes... I just said let the U.S. Govt. come to the rescue. As reported on Fudzilla.com, the FCC has told Comcast they cannot cap Internet usage as it violates our rights as users to have un... More »
An FCC listing has confirmed that Sony is indeed working on the eternally-rumored PSP-3000. There are no details yet, as Sony has made a request for confidentiality regarding the particulars of the unit. However, this does add merit to the authenticity of the previously leaked photos.
The new PSP-3001 model (03g PSP) has been submitted to the FCC (linked above) for testing, which means the new PSP-300x model is likely to hit retail shelves soon. Though there have been plenty of clues thus far, from unused NIDs referencing new hardware devices, a reference to a “03g” model in the IPL, that “3000″ graphic on the official Sony site, and most recently, the alleged pics of a prototype.
Now it’s just a matter of waiting for the official announcement and the official list of changes. Hopefully some of the rumors that have been floating around turn out to be true (the hard disk drive comes to mind).
With the new PSP-2000 TA-088v3 model that is... More »
A new PlayStation 3 console was approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission last week, according to the agency's online filings database.
No information on the new model, number CECHL01, is available at present from the filing because Sony was granted short-term confidentiality on the papers but it is likely the 80G-byte version announced earlier this month during the E3 games show in Los Angeles. The console is due on sale in the next couple of months and will replace the current 40G-byte model.
Sony's filing to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission was made because the FCC is the radio regulator in the U.S. and as such all new products that use radio must be submitted to the organization for approval before they can be sold.
It extracts a Sony Update PUP file in a created pupname.EXT dir, and creates a logfile with useful information such as calculated SHA1 and Sony hashes.
Sony has very recently handed over a new PS3 SKU to the FCC for approval.
However, it does appear to be based on the 80GB specification (CECHE01) which indicates that it could be part of a new bundle or even a new color. Or even less exciting, the new SKU could just be an updated version of the hardware.
Those interested can read all the documents at fcc.gov.
Although several other companies have submitted white space devices to the FCC -- we know Philips has one in, and Google's making a lot of noise about new and improved reference designs -- it looks like Microsoft's run of bad luck with the tech continues, with yet another white space transceiver unexpectedly failing during FCC tests last week.
There's no word on if the latest unit failed for the same power-related reasons as the previous test devices, but Microsoft's doing a little damage control and saying that the FCC hasn't found any interference with TV signals so far, and that it's easier to pull the plug now and let other, non-MS devices finish out testing.
Yeah, we'd say so -- at this point Redmond's bungled attempts to get this stuff working are becoming sort of embarrassing. Google to the rescue?
Google is pressing the US government to allow the unlicensed frequencies of TV "white space" to be used for wi-fi.
The firm has written an open letter to regulators saying the US spectrum was a "once in a lifetime opportunity".
White space is unused blocks of frequencies in-between channels broadcast on analogue airwaves.
"The vast majority of viable spectrum in this country simply goes unused, or else is grossly underutilised," wrote Google's Richard Whitt in the letter.
"Unlike other natural resources, there is no benefit to allowing this spectrum to lie fallow," he added.
Google has said the white space could be used to bring "ubiquitous wireless broadband access to all Americans".
In the past TV broadcasters have opposed the use of white space, fearing it would cause interference with television programming.
But in its letter, Google urged the FCC to adopt a series of overlapping techno... More »
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