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Wi-Fi Technology Evolves: 6 GHz “Wi-Fi 6E” More Than Doubles Wi-Fi Network Capacity
The FCC last week approved the use of Wi-Fi technology over the 6 GHz spectrum band – more than doubling the amount of airwaves available for Wi-Fi networking. This new 6 GHz band adds on to the existing 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi frequency bands – and should go a long way towards reducing […]
T-Mobile Ramps Up Sprint Integration: Mid-Band 5G Coming in Philly and NYC, More Updates
T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint closed less than a month ago (our story), and the two companies have been hard at work ever since integrating their systems to become one. T-Mobile this morning announced the first major fruits of this labor, with a major expansion of 5G speeds and coverage going live in Philadelphia and (soon) New […]
AT&T Prepaid Increases AutoPay Discount on Unlimited Plus Plan, Extends Discount on Unlimited Plan, and Adds Referral Program
AT&T has once again extended the deadline for their promotional AutoPay discount on their Prepaid Unlimited Plan, and increased the amount of the AutoPay discount on their Prepaid Unlimited Plus Plan. They also have introduced a new Referral Program for prepaid accounts. Video Version Subscribe to our YouTube Channel AutoPay Discount AT&T has long […]
CloudFlare Family Introduces Free DNS Malware and Adult Content Filtering
Cloudflare is updating its popular Domain Name System (DNS) service with options to filter malware and adult content in a new initiative called Cloudflare Family. This comes two years after Cloudflare introduced its privacy and performance-focused DNS service, dubbed 1.1.1.1, which is now second only to Google for public DNS usage. For all the details […]
Black Wireless No Longer offering T-Mobile Plans, Current Customers Canceled Effective April 10
Black Wireless, a subsidiary of Red Pocket Mobile, began offering plans on the T-Mobile Network in early February 2020. Their multi-month plans in particular were pretty attractive, offering 70GB of data for only $25/month. But the multi-month plans became unavailable after only a few short weeks – as of February 26th, they were listed as […]
Quibi Launched: New Mobile Only Video Streaming Service, Free to Some T-Mobile Customers
A new streaming service called Quibi launched on 4/6/2020. Quibi is unique in that it is designed to be used on mobile devices only, and all of its content is in short form. Quibi describes its content as “quick bites.” All shows are only 10 minutes or less. Currently, they have over 50 original shows, […]
No Joke: T-Mobile & Sprint Merger is FINALLY Complete!
It has been nearly two years since Sprint and T-Mobile first announced their proposed merger. The engaged couple have been on a roller coaster ride ever since – seeking out and winning approval from state and federal regulators and fighting off a litany of objecting lawsuits along the way. But as of the opening of the […]
Space Race Update: OneWeb Declares Bankruptcy, SpaceX Secures FCC Terminal Licenses
We’ve been tracking satellite internet provider OneWeb’s mission to bring “Internet to everyone, everywhere on Earth” since 2015 – and as recently as March 21st (when OneWeb launched another batch of 34 satellites), OneWeb seemed well on its way towards making this vision a reality. But OneWeb’s dreams came crashing to earth this past weekend when […]
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