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Apr29
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 The way be another cell phone price war brewing, but this time it isn’t monthly plans, but high end cell phones that may see prices plummet. AT&T is preparing to give new customers a $200 subsidy on the upcoming 3G version of it’s wildly popular iPhone. The iPhone, which has sold in droves at full price, has been retailing between $399 and $499 depending on the model. Bringing down the price of the iPhone would open up a huge new market of prospective customers to AT&T Wireless who have balked at spending so much on a cell phone. The price move will also probably force other carriers to drop the prices of their high end phones like the LG Voyager from Verizon.
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Apr29
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A couple of weeks ago, I told you that online video had exploded in the last year. There were 10 billion video views. According to AT&T, that represents 30% of all Internet traffic. The figure is expected to grow to...
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Apr27
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“Up to” is a seeming innocuous term, but it basically tells you that you don’t really know what you are getting whether it’s gas mileage or Internet speed. A recent survey in England by Point Topic, claims that, depending on...
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There is a lot of family friendly content on the Internet, but there is also a LOT of decidedly adult content and it’s very hard to keep such content from getting to children. A new bill in Congress aims to...
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Apr26
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In the battle for customers cable companies and telephone companies have been waging war for years. First cable companies offered phone service and now traditional phone companies have moved into offering TV service. Triple-play packages of phone, Internet, and TV...
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Almost half of American adults have high speed Internet access at home have according to a new report released by Scarborough Research. That is up from only 12% in 2002, an amazing growth rate of over 300%. Broadband Internet access...
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Apr25
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Super high speed cellular wireless is coming eventually. There are 2 competing technologies being worked on right now, WiMax and Long Term Evolution. WiMax, championed by Sprint and Intel, is already in testing in select markets. Long Term Evolution is...
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Apr24
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Qwest is rolling out a new Internet service. While Verizon has been pushing fiber to the premise Internet service, Qwest is going with a much less expensive alternative; fiber to the neighborhood. The service is ADSL from a neighborhood junction...
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Apr21
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Nationwide unlimited calling plans are pretty run of the mill these days. For about $30 a month you can get a landline with unlimited usage and just about all cell phone plan include free domestic long distance service too. But...
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Apr20
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AT&T wireless will begin a cellular television service May 4, starting at $13 a month. The service based on Qualcomm’s MediaFLO technology will compete with a similar offering from Verizon Wireless. MediaFLO is a one way delivery technology geared to...
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Apr18
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Using your cell phone on an airplane has taken another step closer to reality, at least for European travels with GSM phones. Air France has started a pilot program that will let you make a call from 39,000 feet. The...
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I just got the new Samsung Alias cell phone from Verizon Wireless. The phone is a slight upgrade from the existing SCH-u740 phone. The biggest upgrade is in the keypad. The Alias sports a full QWERTY keyboard, which doubles as...
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Apr16
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A 66% increase from last year to 10 billion, certainly sounds like government spending, but in fact it’s the increase in online video views according to new data release by comScore, a leading internet data tracking firm. Internet video leader,...
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Verizon Wireless has expanded on its unlimited voice plan by now offering an unlimited data and email plan. The plan which is only available to certain smart phone users will cost $30 per month and give access to up to...
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Apr15
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Get ready for a wave of pricing plan changes from cell phone companies and hopefully prices will be dropping. A few weeks ago, Verizon Wireless started the latest price war with an industry first $99 unlimited voice usage plan. AT&T...
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Talking to any huge company, such as the phone company, cable company, the electric company, or the water company, is enough to drive most customer to utter despair. Long waits for customer service representatives, that are over worked and not...
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Apr10
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For years, TV and radio broadcasts alerted the public about emergencies. The next time you get a text message on your cell phone, it may be more then your spouse telling you to pick up milk at the supermarket. The...
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Analog TV will die in about 10 months. Verizon has decided to pull the plug on analog transmissions a little early. Starting April 21st in New York and quickly spreading to the rest of Verizon FiOS’ service foot print, subscribers...
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Apr 9
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AT&T has announced that it will bring Yahoo’s Flickr.com photo website right to the TV sets of its U-Verse subscribers. Bring Internet content directly to the television has been a major goal of both Internet content providers and TV service...
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Apr 7
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The European Union has decided to scrap the long outdated rule that forbids using a cellular phone while flying. For years, tests have shown that cell phones do not interfere with flight equipment and the ban on cell phones had...
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Apr 6
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Comcast has done an about face in its effort to block or slow certain types of content on its network. After complaints by customers, waves of bad publicity, and public hearings by the FCC, Comcast has decided to migrate to...
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Apr 4
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Comcast has recently begun employing a new compression technique in order to squeeze more high definition channels over its cable wires. The result has been less detail, more blurring during movement, and even some pixilation. Most people won’t really notice,...
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Apr 3
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Internet access via fiber optic to the premises (FTTP) has been cutting into cable company’s subscriber base at a frantic pace over the past year or so. Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-Verse have signed up over a million customers already. ...
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In the end, I can't recommend that you use Magicjack as your primary phone line. I think it's best used as a very inexpensive second line or for a line for your kids or as a back up if you...
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The way be another cell phone price war brewing, but this time it isn’t monthly plans, but high end cell phones that may see prices plummet. AT&T is preparing to give new customers a $200 subsidy on the upcoming 3G version of it’s wildly popular iPhone. The iPhone, which has sold in droves at full price, has been retailing between $399 and $499 depending on the model. Bringing down the price of the iPhone would open up a huge new market of prospective customers to AT&T Wireless who have balked at spending so much on a cell phone. The price move will also probably force other carriers to drop the prices of their high end phones like the LG Voyager from Verizon.
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