Category: 5G
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T-Mobile’s Home Internet Service Is Looking for More Testers
In March 2019, T-Mobile announced that they have started to test home Internet services using LTE. At the time, this program offered LTE home Internet to 50,000 households to begin testing out T-Mobile’s hardware ahead of their 5G home Internet service launch. Since that announcement, T-Mobile has slowly been rolling out invites to the service.…
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How to Watch LSU vs Clemson on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, iOS, Android, & More
On January 13th, 2020 at 6 PM Eastern #1 LSU will take on #4 Clemson in the National Championship Game. There is good news though as ESPN is on most live TV streaming services including Sling TV, Vidgo, Hulu, YouTube TV, AT&T TV NOW, and others. Let’s take a look at some of the options to…
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Dish Plans to Launch a Wireless Service 30 Days After Closing Sprint T-Mobile Merger With 5G Coming in 2020
As the T-Mobile and Sprint merger case continues in court this week, Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen testified in support of the merger. Ergen shared that he has letters from three banks, offering $10 billion in funding for Dish to launch a new wireless network. The letters show that the banks are “highly confident” that…
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Verizon’s 5G Internet is Now Live in Los Angeles & 18 Other Markets
Today Verizon announced that they are expanding 5G internet to Los Angeles. This comes as Verizon announced back in October that they would be expanding 5G to Dallas and Omah. In total Verizon now has 19 5G markets with 5G home internet in a handful of markets like Chicago and Houston. If you live in…
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AT&T Launches 5G Internet in 10 Markets
Today AT&T announced that they are launching their 5G network using low-band and high-band 5G in 10 markets. These markets include Birmingham, Ala., Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Providence, R.I., Rochester, N.Y., San Diego, San Francisco, and San Jose, Calif., meaning if you live in these areas you will now be able to access 5G…
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The FCC Plans to Open Up More Spectrum For 5G Internet Use
Today the FCC announced that they will propose changes to the rules governing the 3.1-3.55 GHz band that would allow for commercial use including the launch of 5G networks in that range. The 3.5 GHz band holds the potential to be prime spectrum for 5G services, which would mean expanding the capabilities of bringing 5G…
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The FCC Plans to Spend $9 Billion to Bring 5G Internet to Rural Americans
Today the FCC announced plans to create a $9 billion fund to help bring 5G internet service to rural Americans. Similar to how the FCC has been helping offset the costs of broadband internet in rural America, the FCC now wants to help the rollout of 5G to rural Americans. “5G has the potential to…
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The FCC Wants to Speed Up The Roll Out of Internet From Low Earth Orbit
Today the FCC Chairman released a letter in support of low Earth orbit satellites to do a wide range of tasks including internet services. Companies like SpaceX and Amazon have been working to create networks of small low Earth orbit satellites to bring internet services worldwide. One of the main concerns about offering internet or…
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T-Mobile’s Prepaid 5G Network Goes Live This Week
Today T-Mobile announced that not only will their 5G network go live on December 6th, 2019 but they will also offer a 5G prepaid service. Metro by T-Mobile will be the first to offer a prepaid 5G service. T-Mobile says its new 5G network will cover over 200 million Americans when it goes live on…
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T-Mobile Will Offer Free Unlimited Talk, Text, & 5G Data to First Responders
Yesterday during T-Mobile’s presentation about the New T-Mobile after it merges with Sprint, T-Mobile announced they will offer free talk, text, and 5G data to first responders. T-Mobile says they will take on AT&T’s First Net service that caters to first responders. According to T-Mobile, AT&T is overcharging first responders with their First Net first…