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Billionaires Battle for Space Dominance: Amazon’s “Project Kuiper” Promises Global Broadband
Satellites in low earth orbit (LEO) have the potential to offer cellular-like speeds and latency, combined with truly global coverage. But global 24/7 broadband coverage takes hundreds or even thousands of satellites working together in a synchronized constellation so that satellites are always in range overhead, no matter where you are. The sheer scale of […]
Verizon “JustKids” Smartphone Plan Released
Today Verizon released a new postpaid plan option specifically designed for kids called, appropriately, “justkids.” It’s part of Verizon’s main family of mix-and-match unlimited smartphone plans (Go, Beyond and Above Unlimited), though this new plan is not an unlimited plan. Verizon is clearly rolling this out to meet the demand from the increasing number of […]
Verizon 5G Service Launches Early – 700Mbps Speed Tests Reported
UPDATE: May 16th, 2019 Verizon’s first true 5G phone went on sale today, as expected. The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G is a beast of a phone – with a huge 6.7″ screen, and a hefty $1,300 starting price. And unfortunately, it will be obsolete within a year, once the second generation of 5G devices reach […]
T-Mobile Announces Mobile Unfriendly Home Wireless Broadband Service
T-Mobile finally announced its long-rumored wireless home broadband internet service which is being rolled out in a pilot program to a few select markets. Initially the offering is by invitation only, and T-Mobile plans to connect 50,000 homes by the end of the year. Primarily in rural areas underserved by landline internet options. The service […]
Verizon Mobile 5G Service Launching April 11th – In Just Two Cities
UPDATE (April 4, 2019): Verizon launched a week early to attempt to lay claim to launching the world’s first 5G smartphone service. We have published a story on the launch here: Verizon 5G Service Launches Early – 700Mbps Speed Tests Reported Verizon at last announced the first details of its upcoming mobile 5G plans this morning – […]
WiFiRanger Teases Upcoming ‘Converge’ That Combines Wi-Fi, LTE, AM/FM, HDTV, and GPS
WiFiRanger today announced that it will be showing off its new ‘Converge’ product line at the RVX RV Industry trade show next week in Salt Lake City. The roof-mounted Converge is designed to give RV manufacturers a single do-everything shark fin full of technology that they can offer up on new RVs starting in the […]
T-Mobile Upgrades Simple Choice Customers to Unlimited Data
In a surprise move, T-Mobile announced an upgrade for smartphone customers on legacy Simple Choice plans. On March 16, 2019, smartphone lines on legacy Simple Choice plans will be switched to unlimited on-device data, which will replace the tiered data cap, with no price change. Unlimited data always sounds great, but the change does come with some considerations, […]
OneWeb Launches First 6 Satellites Towards Ambitious Global Broadband Constellation
Everything about satellite broadband internet tends to be big and expensive. Big expensive satellites. Big awkward dish antennas that need to be precisely aimed. And of course – service costs that leave true broadband practical only for those with the biggest budgets too. OneWeb has set out to change all of this. We’ve been tracking […]
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