Tag: T-Mobile
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The Recap: Netflix Price Hike, T-Mobile Buying a Cable Company and More
Netflix kicked off “earning season,” a stretch when companies report their quarterly results and offer a glimpse into the health of their business. While this will be a financial-heavy version of The Recap, Netflix didn’t just talk about how much it made. It also joined virtually every other media player in raising prices (yay…). As…
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T-Mobile Will Continue to Offer Free ‘Netflix On Us’ After The Most Recent Netflix Price Hike
Earlier this week, Netflix announced that all of its ad-free streaming plans were getting a price increase. T-Mobile followed the news with an announcement of its own, letting customers know the company’s “Netflix On Us” promotion will continue. “T-Mobile Will Continue ‘Netflix On Us’ After Netflix Price Hike” the company wrote on its website, first…
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5G Home Internet Is Getting Even Faster From T-Mobile and Verizon
This month, Speedtest Intelligence released its third quarter 2023 results for its Speedtest Global Index Report. In this report it looks at a long list of internet providers, from cable companies to wireless providers to see how fast they really are. It’s the 5G home internet services that saw a steady increase in speeds. 5G…
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T-Mobile and DISH, Which Just Made Peace on One Spectrum Deal, Are Fighting Over Another
For T-Mobile and DISH Network, the drama between the two doesn’t seem to end. DISH, fresh off of resolving one dispute with T-Mobile over the sale of a swath of spectrum, is taking on the No. 2 wireless carrier over a whole other batch of radio airwaves. The satellite company, with aspirations of becoming a…
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Everything We Know About T-Mobile’s Forced Migration Plan
A set of leaked T-Mobile documents detailing how the carrier would move subscribers on legacy plans onto newer, more expensive offerings set off a tidal wave of news reports and consumer backlash this week. The idea that the “Un-carrier,” which has presented itself as the pro-consumer carrier, would forcibly migrate subscribers was both shocking and…
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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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T-Mobile Is Reportedly About to Buy a Cable TV Company
For years now, T-Mobile has dabbled in the world of TV and fiber internet from home. Most recently, T-Mobile has become one of the fastest-growing home internet companies thanks to its 5G home internet service. Now, according to a report from Light Reading, T-Mobile may be about to buy a legacy cable TV company. According…
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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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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…