At the same time, ComCast discontinued their UseNet offering. It will cost me $9 to $15 to replace the service. Another way to "limit" bandwidth without ComCast getting tagged by the feds.

two points from an ex-automotive engineer....20 plus years ago, they "invented" a brake light to signal how fast your stopping by it's flash-rate. It flashed faster the hard you were braking. Very intuitive, don't you think? Faster flashing gets your attention quicker to react quicker. Second, they put CHIMSEL (center high mounted brake lights) because a small study on federal vehicles showed it decreased rear-end collisions. A subsequent university study showed that people got "immune" to the CHIMSELs and had no long term effect. & we still pay for one on each new car. Final point, the lighting institute (funded by GE) showed increase productivity with increasing lumens. That was the common wisdom until a smart-alecky prof took out every 3rd light bulb and got the same increase in productivity. change works.

AT&T attributes the reduced service due to "power outages". Never did get to talk to a technical service person. Left the phone on speaker for several hours. YeaHa!