Battle of the Networks

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  6 days ago

  AT&T and Verizon users can try T-Mobile's Starlink satellite service now - here's how

  ZDNET - Lance Whitney

  The beta phase will run until July. Afterward, you can decide if you want to pay for the service. T-Mobile is expanding its Starlink satellite service …

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  I Tried AT&T’s Cheapest Fiber Internet Plan. Here’s What Worked for Me (and What Didn’t)

  CNET - Cierra Noffke

  AT&T's Fiber 300 Plan offers 300Mbps of upload and download speed for $55 a month. But is that enough speed for a household? When I moved to a house that was serviceable for fiber internet, I was happy to ditch cable for fiber. My roommates and I had spent the past three years doing fine with …

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  US Appeals Court Blocks FCC’s Move to Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules | PYMNTS.com

  pymnts.com

  The court’s decision hinged on the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overturned a 1984 precedent granting …

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  Verizon is going to launch satellite messaging this fall

  The Verge - Jay Peters

  Apple’s recent iPhones and Google’s new Pixel 9 already offer built-in satellite messaging services, and Verizon will have one, too. Verizon is the next big phone company to launch a satellite messaging service — and it’s coming soon. Starting this fall, the service will let “certain smartphones” …

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  AT&T customers report wireless service has been down for hours

  The Verge - Jay Peters

  Many iPhones and Android phones failed to connect to AT&T late Tuesday night, but now things should be back up and running. AT&T was experiencing some issues Tuesday night that left customers seeing “SOS” instead of their usual bars of service. “We’ve resolved a software issue that disrupted the …

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  AT&T failed to notify 911 call centers of outage, pays $950K to settle probe

  Ars Technica - Jon Brodkin

  Technician accidentally disabled a portion of AT&T network during testing. AT&T agreed to pay a $950,000 fine for an August 2023 outage in four states …