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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: BloodEagle on April 08, 2008, 05:05:49 pm

Title: AT&T Royally *****s Their Consumers
Post by: BloodEagle on April 08, 2008, 05:05:49 pm: http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?no_d2=1&sid=08/04/08/1946214

This doesn't surprise me at all. :blah:
Title: Re: AT&T Royally *****s Their Consumers
Post by: achtung on April 08, 2008, 05:24:46 pm: I'm just about convinced they're filtering torrent traffic.
Title: Re: AT&T Royally *****s Their Consumers
Post by: colecampbell666 on April 08, 2008, 06:22:04 pm: http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Bad_ISPs#United_States_of_America

The general torrent population hasn't picked up on it, apparently.

Try uTorrent, you can encrypt traffic, thus bypassing throttling.

Quote from: BloodEagle on April 08, 2008, 05:05:49 pm
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?no_d2=1&sid=08/04/08/1946214

This doesn't surprise me at all. :blah:
~~You're surprised? They're a telecom company, FFS!~~ :doubt:

Never mind, I should read more carefully.
Title: Re: AT&T Royally *****s Their Consumers
Post by: Kosh on April 08, 2008, 08:47:39 pm: So what else is new? AT&T always finds ways to make their customers suffer.
Title: Re: AT&T Royally *****s Their Consumers
Post by: Nuke on April 08, 2008, 09:01:52 pm: the philosophy that the customer is always right has been replaced by the saying" **** you and give me your money"
Title: Re: AT&T Royally *****s Their Consumers
Post by: blowfish on April 08, 2008, 09:03:55 pm: Quote from: Kosh on April 08, 2008, 08:47:39 pm
AT&T always finds ways to make their customers suffer.

And keep them from switching to other companies.
Title: Re: AT&T Royally *****s Their Consumers
Post by: colecampbell666 on April 10, 2008, 07:15:33 pm: Quote from: blowfish on April 08, 2008, 09:03:55 pm
Quote from: Kosh on April 08, 2008, 08:47:39 pm
AT&T always finds ways to make their customers suffer.

And keep them from switching to other companies.
That will soon change with the iPhone. Some guy figured out how to make his work with other carriers, and posted the instructions on the net. They're gone now, but chances are they're buried somewhere.
Title: Re: AT&T Royally *****s Their Consumers
Post by: achtung on April 11, 2008, 03:58:57 am: I thought they had it cracked no more than a few weeks after release.
Title: Re: AT&T Royally *****s Their Consumers
Post by: Kosh on April 11, 2008, 05:06:02 am: Quote from: Swantz on April 11, 2008, 03:58:57 am
I thought they had it cracked no more than a few weeks after release.

Only in China. :p