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Comment: Here in the UK (Score 1) 124

by GuyFawkes (#36833672) Attached to: Senators Taking Sides In AT&T/T Mobile Merger

On the 3 network, the only network that owns and manges its own infrastructure....

£30 / $55 a month gets me...

1/ Free SGS rooted and running 2.3.4
2/ 5000 free minutes talk per month any network or landline
3/ 3000 free 3 to 3 minutes a month
4/ 5000 free texts (sending, no charge for incoming text / sms / mms) a month
5/ "all you can eat" data allowance, and I typically get 1.7 mbit minimum up and down anywhere, tether to laptop, run wifi hotspot, all free.

It's a good deal, the SGS + 3 is essentially science fiction from 1980 come to life.

Comment: I was falsely accused of rape, custody battle (Score 3, Interesting) 323

by GuyFawkes (#35429112) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Privacy Paranoia

I *wish* Google latitude / check-in and Android smartphones with GPS were around ten years ago, it would have made my case so much simpler, and prosecuting her so much easier.

Let's face it, opting out doesn't mean you turn into a ghost that nobody tracks, so you may as well opt in, control it, and who knows, one day it may save your ass....

Comment: It's a HISTORICAL record, dummies... (Score 1) 198

by GuyFawkes (#35377704) Attached to: Timezone Maintainer Retiring
The secret of this record isn't about setting your clock right NOW... The secret is you can use the HISTORICAL record of changes to work out how many seconds have elapsed between midday on the 7th July 1988 and "now" or, to put it another way. You can work out at precisely which local time satellite ABC123 was directly overhead at any given location.

Comment: In the UK, Three.co.uk is the only honest one. (Score 1) 257

by GuyFawkes (#34876148) Attached to: Virgin Mobile To Start Throttling Broadband2Go

Only carrier with their own towers and data infrastructure, which they are still investing heavily in.

my plan is sold as;

2,000 free minutes per month
5,000 free texts per month
"all you can eat" data per month (their quotes)

For 30 quid a month, around 45/50 bucks, Samsung Galaxy S on android 2.2 included.

Comment: The UK perspective. (Score 0) 101

by GuyFawkes (#34859512) Attached to: Apple Releases IOS 4.3 Beta To Developers

As readers may be aware (here in the UK) T-mobile just brought in swingeing cuts in mobile traffic caps, from 3gb and month down to 500mb, the cost thereafter per mb being equivalent to late 1980's 9.k modem on pay per minute landline charges of the era.

Here in the UK, the *only* phone company with its own infrastructure (towers etc) is www.three.co.uk, so 2 days ago I took a new phone with them.

2,000 minutes of calls, 5,000 texts and "all you can eat" data plan for UK£35 a month.

3 basically offer two decent smartphones (yes, they offer loads of phones, but only two that really tempt the /. type geek) and these are the iphone and the Samsung Galaxy S android.

For me it was a complete no brainer;

wi-fi hotspot and tethering
excellent battery endurance
android so cheap and free apps
android to the excellent google navigation

the iphone couldn't offer any of these, so it was a non-contender, even if it had been half the contract cost of the samsung android.

BTW, Google Samsung Nexus S only available from carphone warehouse, who sell it on T-mobile, good luck using the sat nav in satellite / street view mode with a 500 mb data cap.

YMMV

Comment: reducing childhood obesity through healthy gaming? (Score 2) 80

by GuyFawkes (#34685082) Attached to: Microsoft Kinect With <em>World of Warcraft</em>

why not simply go outside and play a REAL LIFE fucking game instead of some shite computer game if your concerns include childhood obesity....

in addition to burning more calories, using more muscle groups, and breathing fresh air, you will also learn to speak to and relate to other human beings, first hand, and learn essential social skills like co-operation and mutual goal seeking...

ffs

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