If you talk a lot on your cell phone but don’t want to sign a contract, there’s a new option out there called Net10 Wireless. As the name implies, it is 10 cents a minute for all calls local, long distance or roaming across a nationwide network. Looking at their coverage maps, it looks like […]

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If you’re considering satellite TV, here’s a couple cool new tools you can use to configure your system, one for Dish Network and one for DIRECTV.

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On June 9th, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reaffirmed previously issued rules that will require some hearing-aid compatible phones by September 16th, 2005. Here’s a summary of the ruling:
Who the ruling applies to: The 5 national wireless providers (Cingular, Nextel, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon)
What the ruling is: By September 16th, 2005, the above five carriers must […]

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Sneaky..sneaky…sneaky. The wireless carriers, particularly Verizon and Cingular, have done two things recently that will increase their average revenues per subscriber, even though they didn’t actually go out and announce a price increase.
1) Many of the local/regional rate plans have been done away with; the carriers are almost exclusively offering national plans. Many consumers like […]

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Cingular’s rate plans changed on June 1st… they got rid of most (or all, we haven’t figured it out yet) of their regional plans, while making slight modifications to their national plans.
On the national side, Cingular has lined up almost exactly with Verizon, taking a slight premium to the rest of the carriers. For a […]

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