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...network, and early reviews question whether AT&T's slower edge network will hurt the speed of the iphone's web browsing. AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel says connection speeds can vary widely depending on where and how the phone is used. Some info, like maps, stock quotes and weather updates can load in seconds. But if sites regularly crawl for a full minute before loading, memories of the old days of screeching dial-up may burst the iPhone bubble...
...Everyone has central heating, even in the South,” Schwartz said. “People have already become acclimated to the cold weather in their town, the right amount of central heating and clothing...
...contrast, air conditioning in warm weather is a far more costly endeavor...
...summer, not everyone has air conditioning or access to air conditioning, so the impact of extreme hot weather is much larger,” Medina-Ramon said, “especially in more populated cities...
...effect in blacks is substantially greater than the effect in whites, which again speaks to the importance of how much of a acclimatization there is in the kind of weather that’s going on in your cities,” Schwartz said. “People in worse socioeconomic positions may not be able to acclimatize as well. There’s certainly a racial disparity, and that’s a serious issue also...