Category: 5G
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T-Mobile and Dish Make Peace Over Spectrum Sale
T-Mobile and Dish Network have agreed on new terms that give the satellite provider more time to acquire a swath of radio airwaves from the wireless carrier. The two companies have been in a months-long spat over the timing of the deal, with the Justice Department needing to step in. T-Mobile wanted Dish to followthrough…
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T-Mobile is Now Calling Forced Migration a ‘Small-Scale Test’ That Hasn’t Kicked Off Yet
T-Mobile’s plans to forcibly move subscribers on legacy plans to newer, more expensive offerings has another wrinkle, with the company now calling it a “small-scale test” that hasn’t kicked off yet. Word of the migration efforts leaked on Reddit, and was later confirmed by several outlets, including Cord Cutters News. The leaks included a breakdown…
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This is the Fastest 5G Wireless Carrier in the US
T-Mobile blew past rivals Verizon and AT&T in a wireless speed test conducted by Ookla — and it wasn’t even close. In the third quarter, T-Mobile boasted average download speeds of 163.6 Mbps, more than double Verizon’s 75.7 Mbps and AT&T’s 72.6 Mbps, according to Ookla, which captures its data through its Speedtest app. On…
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Exclusive: New York’s WNET Turns on ATSC 3.0, With Nextgen TV Now Covering 70% of U.S. TV Viewers
New York is finally embracing nextgen TV, with WNET the first station in the market to turn on its ATSC 3.0 signal. WNET confirmed to Cord Cutters News that it had switched on the feed for ATSC 3.0, the latest standard for television airwave broadcasts that promises high picture and sound quality and the ability…
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MobileX CEO and His ‘$4.08’ Plan Are on a Mission to Change How You Pay For 5G Wireless Service
MobileX CEO Peter Adderton doesn’t mince words when he talks about how people are when it comes to choosing their wireless plans. “Consumers are dumb,” said Adderton, adding that carriers have convinced them they need overpriced unlimited data plans in case they go over their limit. “They never go over.” Adderton knows a thing or…
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The Recap: T-Mobile’s Forced Migration, FCC’s Blackout Rebate Proposal and More
The Federal Communications Commission had a particularly busy week, but T-Mobile has to take the cake for the biggest story of the week – even if it’s one that its customers aren’t going to be thrilled about. As always, there was a lot going on in the world of cord cutting. But that’s why The…
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Comcast Told To Modify Or Cease Using ’10G’ Claim For Xfinity Internet
Comcast’s Xfinity 10G Network overstates the speed of its internet offerings and should be removed or changed to more accurately convey what consumers will get, according to the National Advertising Division of the non-profit Better Business Bureau. T-Mobile and Verizon challenged the claim, arguing that 10G and the notion of a tenth generation of broadband…
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T-Mobile Will Reportedly Migrate Customers Onto Newer, More Expensive Plans Unless They Opt Out
T-Mobile makes a big deal of its “price lock” guarantee, but that apparently only applies to its newer, more expensive plans. The wireless carrier plans to move subscribers who have cheaper grandfathered plans onto one its newer, more expensive offering. That’s according to a series of leaked documents that popped up on Reddit, and were…
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The Recap: DIRECTV Price Hikes, Amazon in Space, Mint Mobile in Trouble, and More
It was another busy week in the world of cord cutting. Between another shutdown of an IPTV service to the umpteenth price cut from a TV provider, there was a lot going on. You can’t be blamed for missing out on some of the biggest headlines. That’s why The Recap exists, to sum up the…
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Everything We Know About Walmart’s “$4.08” Wireless Phone Service
Walmart last month started touting a service from a wireless reseller called MobileX that starts at only $4.08. Considering most plans cost five, 10, or even 20 times that amount, it turned some heads. At first blush, it’s one of the most aggressive offers in the prepaid wireless business, an area that’s seen a lot…