Tag: Home Internet
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Amazon’s New Home Internet Service Will Also Power 5G Networks
British mobile operator Vodafone wants to expand its 4G and 5G coverage with the help of Amazon’s low-Earth orbit satellite constellation, Project Kuiper. Vodafone wants to use Project Kuiper’s high-bandwidth, low-latency network to improve connectivity services in Africa and Europe, two areas where the company has high concentrations of customers. In addition, the partnership would…
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5G’s Killer App Might Not Be What You Expected
While consumers have embraced 5G, many still want to better understand what 5G can actually do. In short – 5G has yet to find its killer app. That’s according to the 2023 Connected Consumer Survey from consulting firm Deloitte. The report said 62% of surveyed consumers have a 5G-enabled smartphone. And those who haven’t made…
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Say Goodbye to DSL & Landline Phones As AT&T & Others Shut Down Their Copper Lines
The age of landline phones and DSL is coming to a close as more telecom companies move away from legacy copper networks. AT&T plans to shutter around half its copper network by 2025, offering customers voice over internet protocols (VOIP), or phone over the internet. AT&T customers can keep their DSL for now, but the…
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Google Will Now Tell You The Best Internet Providers In Your Area
Are you struggling to find a good internet provider in your area? Good news Google is here to help with a report that will show you the best internet providers in your area. The Google Video Quality Report will show you which internet service provider in your area that has the best connection to YouTube.…
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How to Save Money on Home Internet in 2023 For Cord Cutting
2023 is here, and it’s time to start saving money. One of the main expenses for cord cutting is home internet. Now that it’s 2023, there are some great ways to save money on home internet, especially if you have had the same plan for a few years now. Here are a few tips to…
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Amazon’s New Home Internet Service is Expanding Its Team As it Prepares to Go Live
Last year Amazon announced plans to offer high speed home Internet using low earth orbit satellites. Now Amazon seems to be on a bit of a hiring spree to build up its team as it awaits FCC approval to start launching satellites. Amazon has 154 job openings. It looks like Amazon is hoping to expand…
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T-Mobile Now Offers Home Internet For $50 a Month With No Data Cap
Back 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 services launch. Now T-Mobile has launched a website to promote its $50 a month…
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SpaceX’s New Home Internet Service Has Successfully Tweeted From a Satellite in Space
Early this morning, Elon Musk sent the first tweet using SpaceX’s new Starlink home internet service via low Earth orbit satellites. This is the first public test for what SpaceX plans to be – a worldwide internet service from space. Sending this tweet through space via Starlink satellite ???? — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 22,…
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Amazon is Asking The FCC For Permission to Test a New Internet Service
Amazon has for some time now been looking at ways to offer high speed internet. We know Amazon is working on putting satellites into space to offer high speed internet from space. Now though, Amazon seems to be looking to build out a wireless network on the ground using the 3.5 GHz band according to…
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T-Mobile is Continuing to Roll Out its Pilot Home Internet Service As They Prepare For Their 5G Home Internet
Back 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 start testing out T-Mobile’s hardware ahead of their 5G home internet services launch. This week T-Mobile has started to contact more T-Mobile customers to offer…