Category: telecom

I don’t think it’s dead like this article from The Street suggests, but it’s definitely getting cheaper thanks to companies like Truphone and Maxroam.

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T-Mobile has a number pf prepaid plans, but by far the best one is their $30 unlimited data (5GB at 4G speed) unlimited text and 100 voice minutes. Not sure why T-Mobile makes this plan so hard to get, but it’s, quite possibly the best wireless plan in the US for people who have smartphones and don’t talk much.

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Google Fiber will come to Austin in 2014. Eventually, we’ll have speeds like that everywhere, but will you actually be able to take advantage of them once they’re available to you?

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Dish wants to buy Sprint for $25.5 Billion. Wait wasn’t Softbank going to buy Sprint for $20.1 Billion? Why does everyone want Sprint anyway?

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There’s too many ads on the Internet. And companies like R66T are conning Internet Service Providers to inject more. “I’d like to see more ads on the Internet” said no one, ever.

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I turned on my TV and noticed a few channels were gone. I subscribe to Comcast Limited Basic service. When I called Comcast to complain, they tried to upsell me and tell me I had to have a set-top box. It’s because they plan to encrypt their digital TV channels. The FCC is allowing this. However, I received no formal notification from them this was happening, so I complained to the FCC.

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The White House says it’s time to allow we, the people to unlock our mobile phones. It’s a good first step, but it won’t solve the real problem that exists. A problem that would be solved by applying the Carterfone principal.

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