ISP pricing shift and data caps eyed by Comcast
Aaron Barbee discusses Internet service trends from per minute pricing to unlimited use, then previews a 250 GB monthly cap by Comcast aimed at curbing spam and hacking. He predicts data specific pricing may emerge, tied to net neutrality debates, and notes a potential return to unlimited use after initial changes.
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Community Calendar Gulf Coast Trikers TX 2 chapter meets at 10 a.m.
A compiled community calendar listing multiple local group events across Baytown and surrounding areas. Activities include Gulf Coast Trikers TX 2 chapter meeting at St. Pauls UMC Decker Drive, Youth Bowling League at Max Bowl East, Eminence Baptist Church Open Mic, senior softball, Calvary Temple services, Central Baptist Children’s Church, VEW Post 912 bingo, Crosby ISD tax office note, Sterling Library class, Baytown Area Quilt Guild, Disabled American Veterans meeting, Pilot Club, Hispanic Educational Access Committee, ballroom dance lessons, family night at Chick-fil-A, Baytown Optimists, Highlands senior activities, GED prep in Chambers County, Precinct2gether, Crosby Community Center art classes, and more.
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Gulf Coast Trikers
Trike Riders International
St. Paul’s
UMC
Decker Drive
Jim Benton
Ward Road
Call
Eminence Baptist Church
Frank Butcher
Keith Mixon
Calvary Temple
Breda
Central Baptist Church
King Street
Baytown
Pilot Club
Highlands
Highlands Community Center
Laura Dean
Hispanic Educational Access Committee
Lee College
Bayer
Theresa Blanchard
Raul Alaniz
Market
Chambers County Library
Anahuac
J.D. Walker Community Center
Wade Road
Crosby Community Center
Anne Vandagriff
Chambers County
Winnie
Max Bowl East
Ward Rd
This Day In History August 30 Highlights
On August 30 1983 Guion Bluford became the first black American astronaut in space aboard the Challenger. Other dates mark martial law in Missouri in 1861, Second Bull Run in 1862, MacArthur in Japan in 1945, Thurgood Marshall's Supreme Court confirmation in 1967, the 1997 Paris car crash death of Diana Fayed and Henri Paul, and a 2005 news related submarine sinking.
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John C. Fremont
Missouri
Fremont
Lincoln
Bull Run
Manassas
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Senate
Thurgood Marshall
U.S. Supreme Court
Paris
Diana
Dodi Fayed
Henri Paul
Barents Sea
World Trade Organization
Air Force
Associated Press
Baytown timeline highlights from 1952 to 2005
Key Baytown events include the 1952 opening of the Gulf Freeway with Labor Day weekend traffic to Galveston, 1975 ambulance rate hike from 25 to 35, 2000 Goose Creek district refunds to 1 800 taxpayers due to a computer overcharge error, and 2005 third Red Cross shelter for Katrina evacuees, amid local economic strain and aid efforts.
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Baytown
Goose Creek
American Red Cross
Louisiana
Baytown Sun photo submissions and corrections policy
The Baytown Sun invites readers to submit photo ideas by email or mail to 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas 77520 and prints to the Sun offices. The paper commits to timely corrections and clarifications published in this space and provides contact for inquiries to Publisher Cliff Clements at 281-425-8000 or cliff.clements baytownsun.com.
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Alissa Johnson
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