The next generation of high-speed mobile data, known as 5G, is live in many countries including the US, the UK and Australia. But as the new network rolls out, many misconceptions and confusion around the technology remain. One of the most alarming falsehoods sprang up in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, when conspiracy theorists …
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AT&T on Tuesday said it will give DirecTV customers who subscribed to MLB Extra Innings and MLS Direct Kick credits for payments already made. Future charges have been postponed “until we learn more from the leagues,” the company said in an update on its site. The move comes as professional baseball and soccer seasons, as well as other sports, have …
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HBO Max, the HBO-anchored streaming service from AT&T’s WarnerMedia, launched Wednesday without a confirmed deal with Comcast to give a free upgrade to the new service — packed with extra movies and shows — to HBO subscribers on the nation’s biggest cable service. But Comcast’s Xfinity Twitter account spill the news of a better-late-than-never deal Wednesday, telling the company’s high-tech X1 and Flex customers who subscribe …
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HBO Max’s big launch Wednesday went off largely without a hitch. Unlike other streaming launches, there were no major issues of downtime, no widespread app crashes and no outages preventing large numbers of people from upgrading their HBO Now or cable-provided HBO Go account to a one that has HBO Max. The big question for millions, however, is when HBO …
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A National Advertising Review Board panel on Wednesday called for a halt to AT&T’s use of the “5G Evolution” label. The designation applies to AT&T’s upgraded 4G LTE network, which the company’s rivals slammed as “fake 5G.” Despite this, you may continue to see the “5G E” service icon on your phone. AT&T started using the 5G E designation in 2018, …
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Verizon is finally getting a Samsung Galaxy S20 5G. After first announcing the news earlier this year, the wireless carrier will begin taking preorders for the base model of Samsung’s flagship line of phones on May 21. The S20 will go on sale on June 4 for $1,000. Called the Samsung Galaxy S20 5G UW, Verizon’s model is a custom version of …
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Xfinity Mobile, Comcast’s cell phone service that uses Verizon’s network, is adding new data plans that will allow those with the proper phones to be able to take advantage of Verizon’s millimeter-wave 5G network. Announced on Monday, the new plans will continue to allow data to be purchased either by the gigabyte or as unlimited data for the month. The …
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HBO Max will only be as good as the underlying internet connection powering the streaming video service, which launches May 27. At least, that’s according to Jeff McElfresh, CEO of AT&T Communications. Of course, he has a perspective forged from his role as the executive in charge of the telecom giant’s broadband, wireless and subscription video services (AT&T owns WarnerMedia, …
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Though the hype over 5G has been intense, the reality is that few people have had a chance to really experience the service. The available coverage has been hard to find over the past year, with the broader-ranging networks turning on only at the end of 2019. There’ve been only a handful of compatible devices, and CNET suggested you avoid …
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After Magic Johnson and Larry Bird ruled the 1980s and ushered in the modern NBA, Michael Jordan took over in the ’90s, winning six titles and becoming not just the greatest basketball player of all time, but one of the most thrilling athletes in any sport ever. And now you can relive his sixth and final championship season with the …
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