The story has basically been retracted.
1. The system costs $11,000, but the valve itself is just a few dollars
2. Medical regulations prevent them from sharing the plans
3. There were no threats, just a vague possibility
4. The company involved has already said there will be no action
5. The OEM valves are preferred, with a longer life, but these will help fill demand
6. The OEM has declared that they are currently unable to meet demand and welcome the second-source

Not really, the numbers you're using are pretty much bogus.

From the same Wikipedia article - "The externalities accounted for are broad enough that oil companies not paying for automobile accidents is considered a subsidy."

Calling Pena Nieto right-of-center really decreases my confidence in any part of the story.

Agh, never mind. The second link is the article, the first is just a reference to EB. Why? Doesn't the article contain enough information?

Don't bother. There's no more information than there is in the summary. There aren't even any photos or diagrams of one of these machines.

I doubt very much that it is even a 'URL endpoint', since it is probably a new or updated app downloading content in the background. It's his responsibility to figure out what app is doing that, not T-Mobile's.

Or updates to existing apps can change data patterns. Remember when FB added the autoplay video feature that would start streaming video even when you were on a mobile network? A lot of people got screwed by that...

Regardless, i don't think T-Mobile should be responsible at all for what's on your phone. It's your responsibility to watch what your phone is doing, and if you can't do that, just upgrade your plan. It's not like T-Mobile isn't reasonable about it either, you still have a data connection.

Android will show you in what apps are using your data - can't imagine that iOS doesn't have the same feature.

This happens regularly for most national security news stories, this is not news.

BPOS is an option if the userbase is attached to Exchange. Another option is Zimbra - they're supposed to have a great rich web UI and fully integrate with Outlook as well.