Your internet experience may look a little different today. That’s because Netflix, OkCupid, Airbnb, Reddit and dozens of other popular websites are greeting visitors on Wednesday with messages urging them to protect the free and open internet. It’s all part of a massive campaign called the “Day of Action,” an online protest that’s meant to …
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Sprint is in exclusive talks with Charter Communications and Comcast over a potential deal that could boost the companies’ wireless service ambitions, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Sprint’s two-month deal for exclusive discussions with the cable companies puts Sprint’s merger talks with T-Mobile on hold, the newspaper reported, citing unidentified sources described as familiar with the matter. The discussions …
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A digital rights advocacy group says it was threatened by Comcast lawyers after launching a website that is organizing an investigation into allegedly fake anti-net neutrality comments submitted to the FCC. Fight for the Future, which operates Comcastroturf.com, accused the cable giant of censorship on Tuesday after receiving a cease and desist letter that said the group was infringing on …
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Now playing: Watch this: FCC votes to start net neutrality rollback 1:39 The laws governing an open internet may not be laws much longer. On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 on a proposal to strip out the existing regulations that govern net neutrality, or the concept that all internet traffic must be treated equally. This is an initial …
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If you’re a Comcast customer, you can finally sign up for its wireless service. The company’s website now allows people who subscribe to its broadband service to sign up for its mobile service, called Xfinity Mobile. It launched the signups and the service in all of its markets in the US on Tuesday. A spokeswoman said it will roll out …
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Federal Communications Chairman Ajit Pai has started to roll back Obama-era net neutrality regulation, setting up a showdown between tech companies and broadband providers. In a speech in Washington on Wednesday, Pai outlined his plan for eliminating the utility style regulatory framework the FCC adopted in 2015, while still keeping principles to prevent broadband and wireless providers from favoring their …
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No choice appears to be the right choice for T-Mobile customers. The backlash over T-Mobile One — the company’s unlimited data plan — seems like a distant memory. When the carrier in August first unveiled its decision to remove all of its plans in favor of a single unlimited option, it drew heaps of scorn as customers complained that they …
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There hasn’t been a better time than right now to be a wireless customer. All the big wireless carriers have brought back unlimited data plans, and new players are getting into the market. Earlier this month, cable giant Comcast announced pricing and details for its new Xfinity Mobile service. This service uses a combination of Comcast’s 16 million Wi-Fi hotspots …
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T-Mobile, Dish Network and cable giant Comcast emerged as the big winners in the government’s wireless spectrum auction. The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday announced the winners of its $19.8 billion spectrum auction. T-Mobile spent $8 billion and won the biggest number of licenses, according to the FCC. Dish Network came in second, committing $6.2 billion, and Comcast spent $1.7 …
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Sprint is getting more aggressive in its pricing on unlimited data as it feels the heat from traditional competitors as well as new ones, like Comcast. Sprint, nation’s fourth largest wireless carrier, launched on Thursday new pricing for its Unlimited Freedom plan. It basically extends the savings it was offering as a promotion to new customers until at least June …
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