This is obnoxious. Not necessarily that the iPhone is insanely overpriced for what it offers, but that the media is seriously advocating people go into debt to finance a cell phone. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying cell phones have not nudged their way from superfluous almost over the line of necessity, I’m just … Read more
Well it didn’t take long, but then AT&T certainly had sufficient time to prepare a statement. Basically AT&T is claiming that they were “transparent” to the customer and that the MBR practice that we call ”throttling” is a baseless claim made by the FTC. Further the throttling did not apply to texts, emails, tweets, social … Read more
In today’s day and age it seems like everything can be labeled in the form a of a hash tag. Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake have entire conversations speaking in hash tags so let’s see what the best hash tag for this story could be: #noshitsherlock #yathink #betterlatethannever #ifbrainsweregunpowdertheftcwouldnthaveenoughtoblowtheirnose #youcouldntfindyourasswithbothhandsandaflashlight In a shocking revelation today … Read more
Could the FCC be taking a stand against one of the oldest gripes for all mobile device owners? I’m not talking about SIM unlocking I’m talking about throttling your unlimited data. AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint have been doing this for years. The funny thing is most unlimited AT&T plan holdouts still think they are getting … Read more
I know that this is slightly dated news to a lot of our readers as it hit the blogs late last week. I thought I would weigh in on it a little bit more here on Mobility Digest and of course, invite comments and conversation. Largely I am pretty pissed off and wanted to vent. … Read more