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The $19-Per-Month Smartphone Is Actually Getting Decent Reviews
First introduced in 2011, Republic Wireless is a North Carolina-based service that promises a smartphone with unlimited Internet, voice, and texting for an absurdly inexpensive $19 per month. Most astounding of all: The phone seems to work.
Google Brings Free Public WiFi to Its New York City Neighborhood
Tech giant Google announced Tuesday that it has begun offering free public WiFi internet access in the southwest Chelsea neighborhood of New York City, close to its mammoth headquarters. According to Google, the new service — …
Could It Be? Customer Service Is Supposedly Getting Better
And yet it’s more likely for customers to switch providers for Internet, pay TV, banking, and other services. Go figure.
Are Iranian Cyberattacks Damaging American Banks?
American banks are under attack. Both the enemy’s weapon of choice and its target is the Internet, which is a headache for the institutions — many of the country’s largest — that are fending off persistent assaults on their …
Why Aren’t More Families Signing Up for Cheap Internet Service?
A little over a year ago, Comcast introduced Internet Essentials, in which low-income families are eligible for home Internet service for just $9.95 per month. While roughly 2.3 million families in the U.S. qualify for Internet …
Is U.S. Economic Growth a Thing of the Past?
The U.S. and economic growth have consistently gone hand in hand. The country’s history has consistently been accompanied by economic progress, and since the end of World War II, the U.S. economy has averaged GDP growth of more …
All Olympic Events Will Be Streamed Online – But Only for Pay TV Subscribers
How Forces That Drive the Mobile Industry’s Growth Also Threaten Its Future
The mobile industry is enjoying a remarkable moment in business history, one that ought to make executives from other industries look on it with envy. Thanks to the burgeoning popularity of smartphones, demand for mobile …
Suggested New Movement: “Cord Trimming”
in between that revolutionary band of consumers who say they no longer want to pay for channels they don’t use, and a video content establishment that says you need to support the incumbent pay TV model, there is … compromise.
How Cable Companies Force Customers to Lie
If you have never threatened to cancel your phone, pay TV, or Internet service, chances are you’re paying too much. Why must providers force customers to go to such lengths in order to feel like they’re not getting ripped off?
Study: Online Streaming Cannibalizes Traditional Television Viewership — Sometimes
With kids channel Nickelodeon suddenly experiencing double-digit ratings drops in the fourth quarter last year, a debate began swirling as to whether streaming of the Viacom-owned channel’s shows on Netflix was dispersing its …
