Google is here to help with a report that will show you the best internet providers in your area. The Google Video Quality Report will show you which internet service provider in your area that has the best connection to YouTube. You can also see... Read More
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By Danny Thompson Last week’s news of the highly coveted National Football League Sunday Ticket moving over to Google’s YouTube TV for Two Billion Dollars annually sent shockwaves through the sporting media streaming landscape. By leaving... Read More
A new website at getinternet.gov lets visitors sign up for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), a federal initiative launched late last year giving low-income households a discount on their monthly internet bill, or a reduction if they... Read More
Telecom giants AT&T and Verizon agreed to punt the rollout of new 5G service, citing a request from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA.) The new 5G service in question, C-band spectrum, is designed to provide “wide average coverage... Read More
Americans had received almost 22 billion robocalls this year alone. Starting Wednesday, the number of robocalls you receive should decrease as the FCC will mandate Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Comcast to use Stir/Shaken, a technical protocol and... Read More
Comcast’s NBCUniversal unit said it is planning to shut down its cable sports network, NBCSN, by the end of 2021. The move is further evidence that media companies are shifting from their profitable but declining cable networks to the hot... Read More
AT&T’s HBO Max has reached a streaming deal with Roku, opening a path for service to reach a maximum number of consumers in the U.S., effective Thursday. AT&T wants current HBO subscribers to convert to HBO Max so they can get the tons... Read More
Following on the heels of T-Mobile’s similar announcement, Verizon is set to roll out robocall and spam call protection to all of its customers starting in March. It will be available to all users who have “smartphones supporting these... Read More
Disney launches its own OTT service next year into a market where Netflix has spent its way to the top. Will Disney’s offer be too little too late to catch up? Or is there room for another big OTT player? As an over-the-top (OTT)... Read More
So, how much data did the month of February see wasted used on Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile or Sprint by cellular and plan type? Well, the latest AppOptix report by research firm Strategy Analytics brings us the answer to that pressing question.... Read More
AT&T and Verizon have admitted it’s unlikely we will see 5G-compatible phones in 2018 and, as a result, will both look to introduce the fifth generation of mobile technology via portable hotspots at some point this year. “I would expect that... Read More
Thanks to our US Senate & House’s decision, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) can sell your entire web browsing history to literally anyone without your permission. The only rules that prevented this are all being repealed, and won’t... Read More
21st Century Fox, the parent company of all Fox-named properties, reached a preliminary agreement to take over all of pay-TV giant Sky for an all-cash deal valued at around $23.3 billion. Fox currently owns around 40% of Sky, so while surprising, the... Read More
AT&T is launching a skill on Amazon’s Alexa-enabled devices that lets you send a text message simply by talking. Customers can get the AT&T Send Message skill starting Nov. 18. Customers can also buy Amazon Echo and Echo Dot that day... Read More
Apple’s new iOS 9 operating system has an awesome feature called Wi-Fi Assist. You’ll love it — unless you’re one of those folks that wasn’t grandfathered into an unlimited data plan. Wi-Fi Assist is a new tool that lets... Read More