Phone insurance usually isn’t a good deal. Companies offering phone insurance plans typically intend to make a profit. These companies profit when customers, on average, pay more into insurance programs than they get paid out. When considering the costs of phone insurance, think in terms of a long time horizon. One of Verizon’s insurance plans, […]
Starting July 2, Verizon will offer student discounts on its postpaid, unlimited plans. Students enrolled in programs of higher education (undergraduate, graduate, or vocational programs) can take advantage of $10 per month off of one line of service or $25 off of two lines of service. As far as I can tell, students on plans […]
Verizon just released the Samsung Galaxy S20 5G UW. While other carriers had already released versions of the S20 5G, Verizon’s UW (ultra-wide band) model of the phone is the first version compatible with Verizon’s millimeter wave 5G service. I pre-ordered the phone. The device I received does not have the specs Samsung advertised. Here’s […]
Glen Weyl argues that the FCC’s 2017 spectrum incentive auction may not have been the efficiency miracle economists treat it as. I’m not sure what to think. A handful of Huawei employees were reportedly arrested in China for discussing Huawei’s business in Iran. The FCC may have to turn over data logs with information about […]
In March, T-Mobile began offering its $15 per month Connect plan with 2GB of data, unlimited minutes, and unlimited texts. AT&T and AT&T’s flanker brand, Cricket, quickly came out with similar plans for $15 per month. Both AT&T and Cricket have stopped offering the plans to new customers. It’s now come out that customers who […]
For a while now, AT&T has been misleadingly labeling some of its 4G services as “5GE.” A self-regulatory body in the advertising industry recently concluded that AT&T should stop mentioning 5GE in advertisements: AT&T agreed to cease advertising 5GE, but the carrier will continue to show the 5GE icon on phones. As a result, AT&T […]
This post is several years old and does not reflect the current characteristics of Xfinity’s plans. Today, Xfinity Mobile released a handful of changes. 5G Support Xfinity Mobile now officially offers 5G powered by Verizon’s network. Pricing The 1GB by-the-gig plan has increased from $12 per month to $15 per month. Data add-ons for by-the-gig […]
Some of T-Mobile’s plans come with a setting called “Data Maximizer.” While Data Maximizer is turned on, most video traffic will be throttled to about 480p quality. Data Maximizer reduces the load on T-Mobile’s network and can help subscribers with limited data allowances to conserve their data. T-Mobile’s Connect plans supposedly have Data Maximizer turned […]
The California Public Utilities Commission gave its after-the-fact thumbs-up to the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint. Steve Blum offers some good commentary. Joe Paonessa explains the plans for Boost Mobile to begin integrating with T-Mobile’s network. The merger between Sprint and T-Mobile may ultimately lead to a better coverage experience for Boost’s subscribers. Mike Dano […]
In response to COVID-19, Mint Mobile began offering unlimited data at no charge to all its customers. Initially, subscribers who ran out of their regularly allotted data had to purchase 3GB data add-ons that would later be refunded. Mint has now streamlined the process. Here’s an excerpt from a recent Reddit post by Rizwan Kassim, […]