Sprint's currently the only carrier out of the top four in the United States that offer unlimited data. The problem with Sprint's unlimited data is the fact that they only offer it with smartphones. That means if you are wanting to purchase a mobile hotspot from Sprint you're going to have to pay … [Read more...]
Google Wanted A $10 Per Month Unlimited Data Plan For Android Smartphones
April 26, 2012 By
Smartphones are really cheap, you might not agree, but paying $200 for basically a small computer is a pretty good deal. Carriers make smartphones so cheap by subsidizing them by making you pay really expensive data plans for two years. Back in 2006 Google had a completely different strategy … [Read more...]
Two Thirds Of Americans Won’t Pay Over $50 Per Month For Mobile Data
April 26, 2012 By
One thing that nearly all modern smartphones have is a data plan that you have to stick with for two years. The problem with mobile data plans at least in the United States is that they are really expensive, and according to some research most Americans really don't like the idea of paying a whole … [Read more...]
Sprint Confirms That 4G LTE Devices Will Still Support Unlimited Data
April 3, 2012 By
Right now Sprint is the only carrier to offer truly unlimited data in the United States. Carriers like Verizon and AT&T will allow you to use 5GB of data and once you go over that you have to start paying overage fees. Cheap unlimited data on a fairly good sized network is partially why the … [Read more...]
In 2020 Mobile Data Might Only Cost $1 Per Gigabyte
March 29, 2012 By
Right now mobile data is extremely expensive. We're talking about $10 per gigabyte if you have Verizon's 5GB data plan. Mobile data has always been fairly expensive, but over the next eight years it's predicted that mobile data will be significantly cheaper. We're looking at possibly having … [Read more...]
Even With Faster Data Speeds Apple’s New iPad Doesn’t Support FaceTime Over 4G LTE
March 18, 2012 By
Apple's iPad has been selling for a few days now. There is the usual WiFi only model but Apple is also selling a 4G LTE model on both AT&T and Verizon. If you aren't familiar with 4G LTE it's basically a really fast network technology that allows users to download and upload files faster than … [Read more...]
Verizon’s 4G LTE Network Goes Down In Many Cities Once Again
March 13, 2012 By
We reviewed Verizon's 4G LTE network yesterday with the conclusion that the network is extremely fast but not very reliable. Nearly every month for the past year Verizon's 4G LTE network has gone down for about a day. This month isn't an exception since there are many reports that Verizon's LTE … [Read more...]
A Review Of Verizon’s 4G LTE Network In Lincoln, Nebraska
March 12, 2012 By
New York, Los Anglees, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, and so on. Verizon's 4G LTE network started out in some of the biggest cities in the United States towards the very end of 2010. You could trade your day long battery life in for extremely fast data speeds on Verizon's 4G LTE network. But that … [Read more...]
AT&T Plans To Add 4G LTE To Twelve More Cities This Summer
March 12, 2012 By
Verizon has the largest 4G LTE network in the United States right now covering 190 cities and 200 million Americans. AT&T has the second largest 4G LTE network which they are still working on. This summer they plan to add a total of twelve new cities to the 4G LTE network. Most of the cities … [Read more...]
AT&T Wants Customers To Ditch 2G And Upgrade To 3G Or 4G Devices
March 8, 2012 By
Are you on AT&T's 2G network still? Well if you are AT&T really wants you to upgrade to a newer smartphone that supports 3G or even better, 4G LTE. Basically AT&T is saying that they are phasing out their older 2G network as they roll out their much faster 4G LTE network across the … [Read more...]
