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T-Mobile Reveals What AT&T Charges Wholesale For Roaming Data
T-Mobile has filed with the FCC asking that it clarify what “commercially reasonable” means in regards to roaming agreements between carriers, and that the FCC then force AT&T and Verizon to fairly negotiate new more “reasonable” lower rates with the smaller carriers who are dependent on roaming. T-Mobiles objects to the big carriers charging wholesale […]
Sprint’s LivePro Hotspot & Video Projector – Uhm. Yeah.
How many times have you been using your mobile hotspot to get your gadgets online, when you found yourself wishing that the hotspot could help entertain you during long downloads by projecting a movie onto the nearest wall? At last – your dreams are answered by Sprint’s new all-in-one LivePro. The LivePro combines a hotspot, […]
Got Karma? — Buy data that does not expire!
Karma is perhaps the most unique MVNO out there. Their only product is $99 personal hotspot, and you can then buy data (which never expires) for $14/1GB, or $99/10GB – with no contracts, monthly fees, or fine print. The Karma hotspot is designed to be shared – and if it is turned on, it is […]
AT&T Sponsored Data: Freely Surf Amazon, eBay, Facebook, and more…
AT&T has been making moves to allow for “sponsored data” on their wireless network – usage that does not count against your monthly data caps. Finding ways to take advantage of this is about to get a lot easier… A company called Syntonic Wireless is rolling out an iOS and Android app that will act […]
The End of WiMAX is Near
Sprint’s 4G WiMAX network has been clearly a technological dead end for a while. But in researching ‘The Mobile Internet Handbook’, I was able to dig up when that dead end turns into a brick wall. Sprint is currently planning to shut down it’s WiMAX network entirely by the end of 2015, freeing up spectrum […]
Widespread Verizon Billing System Outage
It seems that it isn’t just Millenicom having sudden issues with Verizon’s accounting systems (see the thread earlier this week about people getting inaccurate “you’ve used over 20GB!” warning letters). Now there are reports that problems are widespread in much of Verizon’s network — with some users unable change their plans or even activate new […]
T-Mobile: Speed Testing Data Usage is Free & Un-throttled
In addition to allowing unlimited streaming music without it counting against your data, T-Mobile has also confirmed that they are white-listing all the speed testing sites as well. Sites like SpeedTest.net allow you to test your upload and download speeds, but in the process they burn through a major chunk of data – particularly if […]
FCC Slams Signal Jammer Company With Huge Fine
The FCC does NOT like the idea of anyone intentionally interfering with cellular signals, and they have just fined Chinese electronics maker CTS Technology $34.9 million dollars for selling signal jammers to US consumers. The FCC is also trying to track down the names of everyone who purchased a jamming device from this company. Though […]
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