Verizon: You have to pay us to give us your money [Updated}
When you hand over your hard-earned money to a company with which you do business, you expect a little gratitude, right? They provide a good or service, you give them money. That’s a simple...
View ArticleHouston will be one of the first cities to get Sprint’s new LTE network
Houston smartphone users are hitting the 4G data network jackpot once again, with Sprint announcing today that we’ll be one of the first four markets to get its new LTE service. Sprint currently offers...
View ArticleTVs you can carry around the house
LAS VEGAS – Have you ever wanted to take your 60-inch flat screen down from your living room wall to take it with you to the bathroom or the back yard? Sharp introduced a concept line of flat-screen...
View ArticleAT&T relaxes its unlimited data throttling policy
AT&T has relaxed its policy of throttling customers with grandfathered, unlimited data plans and now will not begin doing so for its 3G customers until they use 3 gigabytes of data. Previously,...
View ArticleAT&T tests its Houston users’ loyalty
Longtime customers of wireless carriers too often feel unloved and neglected. Newcomers to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon are lured with special deals on hot phones, while those who’ve stuck it...
View ArticleLinkpost | 4.18.2012
Updated 2 p.m. • Larry Page: Android isn’t critical, it’s a delivery vehicle for Google services – Larry Page seems to de-emphasize Android on the witness stand in Google’s trial with Oracle. •...
View ArticleHow fast is your smartphone’s data connection? Depends on where you are.
For the second year in a row, PC World has taken a look at both 3G and 4G data speeds in a variety of U.S. cities. Exactly how fast depends on your location, but the study also considered average...
View ArticleYes, Sprint has turned on LTE in Houston, but no, you can’t use it yet
Sprint has started turning on its LTE service in the initial markets to get the service – of which Houston is one – but if you’ve got a device that can talk to the carrier’s version of the 4G network,...
View ArticleSprint’s LTE network launching very soon in Houston
Sprint’s new LTE network didn’t launch in mid-May in Houston, something a top company executive had indicated to me six weeks before. But at a luncheon with business and media types Wednesday, local...
View ArticleWill a Japanese acquisition of Sprint kick off a wireless price war in the U.S.?
Frustrated by the high cost of wireless service in the U.S.? An unlikely savior may be coming in the form of a Japanese businessman of Korean descent who was educated in the United States. Last month,...
View ArticleLinkpost | 6.15.2013
• Web companies begin releasing surveillance information after U.S. deal – The companies that get hit with requests for surveillance data have reached an agreement with the U.S. government that allows...
View ArticleAT&T still tops in LTE network speeds in Houston: PC Mag
In what's become an annual rite, PC Magazine has surveyed the network speeds of wireless broadband providers in 30 United States cities. Although the publication has tweaked its approach and metrics,...
View ArticleRootMetrics: Verizon best wireless carrier overall, AT&T a close second
RootMetrics, a firm that tracks the performance of U.S. cellular networks, has released its report for the first half of 2014 on how the big four wireless providers performed. Once again, Verizon is at...
View ArticleGoogle launches its own wireless carrier
Google announced a new wireless plan Wednesday that will allow customers to pay for the exact amount of data they use on their smartphones.
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