Would you like to wirelessly stream your favorite programming into your home? DIRECTV NOW plans to bring this ground-breaking streaming service to you! Beginning next year, AT&T will roll out its new wireless TV and home…
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As you’re sitting in the living room wondering why the wi-fi from the bedroom isn’t getting all the way to you, you might be wondering exactly how far a wi-fi signal can travel. The answer, it…
June brings knowledge into bloom!
Time to get serious with the best of April ’17.
How much do you pay for internet? Providers certainly make it hard for you to know. You might be paying for a bundle that includes landline phone and TV, which probably costs about $120 a month…
5G is coming. We all know this. It’s still a while off, but it’s actually far more interesting than 4G, 3G, or any of the other “G’s” that came before it. Why? Because 5G doesn’t just…
You hear a lot about LTE. Everyone loves LTE. But occasionally, you hear a little bit about AWS. It’s almost always an afterthought… it seems that LTE has captured the public’s imagination but AWS doesn’t seem…
Well at least we beat Bulgaria. There’s a new report out detailing the world’s internet usage, and it’s not exactly great news for US users. We’re tenth out of the top ten in speeds, with an…
Check out what we were doing back in early ’16.
Super-fast cell data without waiting for 5G. Is it even possible? A recent article in engadget claims that by using an encoding scheme that’s currently used in cable television, it will be possible to get speeds up to 1000Mbps…
Some events leave a mark on your consciousness. It may sound silly to you but for me one of those events is the whole mess from about 5 years ago where Sprint, DISH, T-Mobile, Softbank, Clearwire,…
You hear a lot about Wi-Fi today. The reason is remarkably simple: most people’s Wi-Fi is awful. Considering that it’s something on which we all depend, our homes and offices are full of Wi-Fi gaps and…
This morning, Engadget reported that AT&T’s bid for Straight Path Communications, thought to be ironclad, was trounced by an unnamed competitor, thought to be Verizon. AT&T had put $1.6 billion on the table for the small communications company,…
Not the strangest rumor I’ve heard all day. My normal morning deep dive into the internet found this article from Tim Farrar, a self-proclaimed wireless industry analyst. In it, he floats the not-unreasonable idea that Amazon might snap…
At a glance: Over 1,000 stations move 33 stations go off the air $10 billion paid to broadcasters $20 billion collected in new spectrum licenses 15 TV channels (37-51) to be converted to cell data…