Archive for February, 2008

Qwest discussing a wireless deal with Verizon

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Once again we turn to CNET's news.com for this article, which says that Qwest (the phone company) is in touch with Verizon (the wireless company).  For a number of years, Qwest has sold bundled wireless service that they resell from Sprint along with their home phone and broadband services.  According ...

House proposes to force cell carriers to offer contract-free cellular

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Ran accross this article, entitled "Democratic bill could force Apple, AT&T to unlock iPhone"...  The title is somewhat misleading, only because an article about apple and the iphone is likely to score higher viewership. The bill, proposed by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) does a number of things, but most notably it ...

Verizon offers “unlimited” calling plan

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

This article hit the news today, which says that Verizon now has an unlimited calling plan for only $100/month with no roaming or long distance.  The article says this could spark a price war, forcing the other major carriers to offer a similar plan for a similar price.  It says Sprint ...

Analog cellular networks to shut down Monday

Friday, February 15th, 2008

If you've read my bloG in the past, you might know some of the history of old cellular networks...  To recap, there were originally two analog cellular networks in each major market, one (usually) owned by the phone company.  In the Denver area, if you trace back the roots, those ...

Comcast says bloggers keep them honest

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

I'm not a fan of Comcast, and never have been.  Most people I know would rather deal with Comcast than the phone company (Qwest), but not me.  I've been doing telecom long enough to know how to get what I want from Qwest, but Comcast just never can get it ...

Blackberry down in N.America

Monday, February 11th, 2008

According to a story on the AP, Blackberry service is currently down for all of north america. Even though I own RIMM stock, I wouldn't use a Blackberry product.  It's bad enough that your cellular provider could, in certain instances, have problems (although to my knowledge none have ever had a ...