Telecommunications

Google Fiber is forcing ISPs to suck less

The best part about having Google Fiver come to your city is that, more often then not, you won’t even need...
Avatar of Scarlett Madison Scarlett Madison
46 sec read

Sprint’s new Direct 2 You service brings experts right to your door

I can’t imagine an easier process than migrating information from your old smartphone to your new one, but that’s not the...
Avatar of Rocco Penn Rocco Penn
46 sec read

It looks like T-Mobile is going to overtake Sprint

Sprint and T-Mobile have been sitting well behind the top two telecom giants in the United States, AT&T and Verizon, for...
Avatar of Carl Durrek Carl Durrek
40 sec read

How much bribe money is Comcast putting into people’s pockets?

It doesn’t matter how many people hate you, so long as you’re putting enough money in the pockets that matter, you...
Avatar of Rocco Penn Rocco Penn
46 sec read

Google’s telecom ambitions extend beyond the United States

Google’s telecom ambitions aren’t limited to just the United States, the company has apparently been talking with a British mobile carrier...
Avatar of Connor Livingston Connor Livingston
47 sec read

AT&T is bringing gigabit Internet to Silicon Valley

You would think being a Silicon Valley company, Google’s gigabit Internet service would be coming to Silicon Valley but, as we...
Avatar of Connor Livingston Connor Livingston
48 sec read

The FCC is confident that it can beat its net neutrality lawsuits

It was to be expected that the FCC be hit with a plethora of lawsuits following its vote to reclassify broadband under...
Avatar of Carl Durrek Carl Durrek
48 sec read

The FCC is going to vote on a plan to share 3.5GHz spectrum

In a few weeks the FCC is going to vote on a new spectrum-sharing plan for a band that everyone from mobile...
Avatar of Louie Baur Louie Baur
45 sec read

Aside from the obvious, how does gigabit Internet benefit cities?

The immediate benefits of bringing gigabit Internet to a city are obvious: people in the city now have fast Internet. However,...
Avatar of Carl Durrek Carl Durrek
45 sec read

Facebook is testing Boeing 737-sized solar-powered Internet drone

Facebook and Google are competing to see who can bring Internet access to the entire world the fastest and nobody seems...
Avatar of Connor Livingston Connor Livingston
58 sec read

The average Internet speed across the globe has risen to 4.5 Mb/s

According to Akamai’s latest State of the Internet report, the average Internet speed across the globe has risen by 20% year-over-year to a measly...
Avatar of Connor Livingston Connor Livingston
31 sec read

Are Facebook and Google inadvertently stifling African innovation?

At first it may seem like Facebook and Google’s moves to cover the data cost of using their respective services in...
Avatar of Michio Hasai Michio Hasai
52 sec read

Google Fiber is coming to Salt Lake City

The Google Fiber expansion continues to bring affordable, ultra-fast Internet to cities that I don’t live in. The latest such not-a-city-that-I-live-in...
Avatar of Sal McCloskey Sal McCloskey
37 sec read

The FCC’s net neutrality rules may have earned it a lawsuit

It was only a matter of time. The FCC’s controversial net neutrality rules didn’t sit well with the telecom industry in...
Avatar of Scarlett Madison Scarlett Madison
41 sec read

T-Mobile just went thermonuclear on the telecom industry

Good news for T-Mobile customers or anyone looking to become a customers: the self-described Uncarrier will now cover the cost of...
Avatar of Alfie Joshua Alfie Joshua
46 sec read

Boeing is building a satellite for Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are among the technology companies that Boeing is working on securing a deal with to build a...
Avatar of Lorie Wimble Lorie Wimble
48 sec read

How much damage is T-Mobile doing to its competition?

T-Mobile has been incredibly aggressive over the past year or so, not just with its Un-carrier moves, but by improving its...
Avatar of Chastity Mansfield Chastity Mansfield
50 sec read

Sprint will cover your cancellation fee if you switch carriers

Considering how well T-Mobile has been doing over the past few months it’s no surprise that Sprint wants to take a...
Avatar of Brian Molidor Brian Molidor
46 sec read