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In 2021 Comcast Will Enforce 1.2 Terabyte Data Cap

Andrew Orr ·

Comcast announced that its monthly 1.2TB data cap will come to 12 more states and the District of Columbia in 2021.

[…] an update to Comcast’s website said that the cap is coming to Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The cap is also coming to parts of Virginia and Ohio where it wasn’t already implemented. In all, Comcast has nearly 28 million residential Internet customers.

Plenty of people are calling this a money grab since the ISP networks seemed to handle the influx of video conferencing and remote work just fine during this pandemic, with no complaints from these companies.

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Apple Powerbeats3 Wireless Earphones: $77.99

Bryan Chaffin ·

We have a deal on a pair of Powerbeats3 Wireless Earphones, from Apple’s Beats brand. These earphones feature up to 12 hours of battery life to last through multiple workouts and have secure-fit ear hooks to maximize comfort and stability. They’re $77.99 through our deal.

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Amazon Sidewalk Shares Your Wi-Fi With Neighbors

Andrew Orr ·

Amazon Sidewalk is a new initiative by the company that creates a low-bandwidth network pooled from the personal networks of Amazon device owners.

Amazon Sidewalk is a shared network, coming later this year, that helps devices like Amazon Echo devices, Ring Security Cams, outdoor lights, and motion sensors work better at home and beyond the front door. When enabled, Sidewalk can unlock unique benefits for your device, support other Sidewalk devices in your community, and even open the door to new innovations like locating items connected to Sidewalk.

Of course, there are numerous privacy and security concerns, although Amazon does claim it has “strong encryption” without going into details.

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Carriers May be Fined 10 Percent of Sales for Breaching UK Huawei Ban

Charlotte Henry ·

Carriers may be hit by fines worth up to 10 percent of their revenue by the UK government for breaching its Huawei ban. It’s part of a proposed new law, reported Bloomberg News.

The Telecommunications Security Bill is meant to oversee 5G mobile and fiber networks and will include electronic equipment and software that handles internet traffic and phone calls, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said in a statement Tuesday. Communications regulator Ofcom will be in charge of enforcement. The bill will give the government the power to implement and enforce the ban on Huawei’s 5G equipment that it announced in July. Carriers have until the end of 2020 to stop buying the gear, after the U.K. deemed the Chinese technology giant a security risk, and the companies must remove existing Huawei equipment from their 5G networks by 2027. “This will be a significant step to protect the U.K. from hostile cyber activity by state actors or criminals,” the DCMS said in the statement. “Over the past two years the government has attributed a range of cyber attacks to Russia and China, as well as North Korea and Iranian actors.”