Linkpost | 6.28.2011
Updated 4:20 p.m. • Introducing the Google+ project: Real-life sharing, rethought for the web – At long last, Google introduces the “social layer” its executives have been hinting at for a while. It...
View ArticleAT&T and throttling: How do other carriers handle data-hungry users?
In today’s Always On column, I round up for print-edition readers the blog posts I wrote last week (here and here) about AT&T’s throttling of its grandfathered unlimited wireless data plan...
View ArticleHow fast is your smartphone’s data connection? Depends on where you are.
For the second year in a row, PC World has taken a look at both 3G and 4G data speeds in a variety of U.S. cities. Exactly how fast depends on your location, but the study also considered average...
View ArticleVerizon ending grandfathered, unlimited 3G with the coming of family data...
Both AT&T and Verizon have said that, sometime this year, they’ll offer shared data plans similar to family voice plans. You’ll be able to buy a “bucket” of gigabytes and use them collectively...
View ArticlePCMag: Verizon de-thrones AT&T for fastest LTE in Houston
For the past five years, PC Magazine has crisscrossed the country, testing cellular data speeds in various cities. Houston's always on the list, and the 2014 results of the drive test are now out.
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