Category: Notification

AT&T smacks the gauntlet at you!

Paul

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According to Cnet News:
The test, which began being applied in the Reno, Nev., area on Saturday, limits customers of AT&T’s slowest DSL service to 20 gigabytes of monthly data transfers, while users of the fastest service will be limited to 150 gigabytes. Customers will have access to an online tool to track their usage and will receive notification when they reach 80 percent. Those who exceed their limits will be charged $1 per gigabyte.

[Via Cnet News]


So you just received the information that AT&T is doing this. How do you want to keep track of your online usage. I’ve got some good tools to help you. Although they will only help to a certain point you must remember a few tips and these tips are:[ad#ad2-left]

With these steps you would greatly increase stoping unnecessary use of your bandwidth.  Most people don’t understand that any program you use on your network will be counted on the total bill.  If you know of any good ways to help stop bandwidth by all means tell people and if you find any good programs that might help, please leave a comment.

Set Custom “Ringtones” for Your Email Inbox

Paul

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Custom ringtones on our phones have been making it easy to tell who’s calling (and whether we want to answer) without looking at our phones for years now, so why aren’t we doing the same thing with our incoming email? A frequently firing new-email alert can throw you off a productivity sweep with nothing more than a gentle ding. You rush to your inbox to open this new gift of an email just to find that… oh… it’s another borderline offensive mass email chain from your cousin-in-law. Today I’ll show you how to set up custom alerts with your favorite desktop email client to minimize email distraction without missing important messages.

This post was inspired by this excellent post at weblog Inspect My Gadget.


Nice way to find out who the email is from. Only problem is if you have to many set you may have information over load.