Tello, a carrier that has historically run over Sprint’s network, is now offering new customers service over T-Mobile’s network. Despite switching to a network with much better coverage, Tello has not increased its prices. I think Tello is now one of the best options on the market for customers that don’t need a lot of […]
In November, Mint Mobile started offering eSIMs to a small subset of its customers. Earlier this week, Mint opened its eSIM product to all customers with eSIM-compatible iPhones. Compatible Phones Mint eSIMs work with all recent iPhone models: iPhone XR iPhone XS iPhone XS Max iPhone 11 iPhone 11 Pro iPhone 11 Pro Max iPhone […]
Earlier this week, Verizon announced a few planned expansions of its 5G services. 5G Home Internet Starting January 14, Verizon’s 5G Home Internet will be available in parts of five more cities: Anaheim, CA Arlington, TX Miami, FL San Francisco, CA St. Louis, MO The service will be available in Phoenix, AZ starting January 28th. […]
I’ve written regularly about 5G being overhyped. The performance improvements 5G technologies offer don’t have much practical value. Not yet anyway. 4G connections are easily sufficient for most things normal people want to do on their phones. While I think T-Mobile executives have been particularly guilty of overhyping 5G on Twitter, I’m seeing some common […]
In an earlier post about network operators’ plans for phasing out 3G, I wrote: At one point, Verizon was saying it would mostly phase out its 3G network by the end of 2019. Later, Verizon pushed the deadline to the end of 2020. Today, Mike Dano of Light Reading reported that the deadline has been […]
Verizon’s premium unlimited plans (Play More Unlimited, Do More Unlimited, and Get More Unlimited) come with 15-30GB monthly allotments of mobile hotspot data. The 15-30GB hotspot allowances only apply when using hotspot data through Verizon’s 4G LTE or 5G Nationwide service. In July, I shared a post about Verizon’s rarely discussed policies for hotspot use […]
Google Voice makes it easy for users to forward calls and texts from a Google Voice number to other phone numbers. It’s a great feature, but Google Voice users should be sure to disable forwarding on any numbers they don’t maintain possession of. If you cancel service for a phone line and don’t port the […]
I’ve never used the Hello Mobile myself, but I’ve heard plenty of negative things about the carrier. Given how small Hello Mobile’s subscriber base is, the volume of negative reports is shocking. I like how a user in Reddit’s NoContract community, ruben3232, put it: Today, I figured I’d post my own negative report. Hello Mobile […]
Today, Verizon announced expansions of its 5G coverage. More low-band 5G coverage Verizon’s low-band 5G, 5G Nationwide in Verizon’s parlance, now covers about 25 million additional people. Here’s an excerpt from Verizon’s press release: New millimeter wave cities Verizon added millimeter wave 5G to parts of four additional cities: Tampa St. Petersburg Albuquerque Durham The […]
Visible, a flanker brand of Verizon, has just started rolling out 5G service. Yesterday, a Reddit user posted a screenshot showing an iPhone running over Visible’s service with a 5G connection. At this time, it looks like Visible’s 5G service is only available to customers with devices in the iPhone 12 line that are running […]