Comments on: Did the FCC Just Ban Phone As Modem Restrictions?

By: Palm Pre Tip: Save Power with Bluetooth PAN for My Tether | PhoneNews.com

Palm Pre Tip: Save Power with Bluetooth PAN for My Tether | PhoneNews.com — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:25:01 +0000

[...] life is a huge issue plaguing the Palm Pre. Using My Tether to enable your (PhoneNews.com tested, FCC approved) Wi-Fi tethering doesn’t help. While downloading files, you actually can wind up draining [...]

By: Deal: Turn a $30 Prepaid Nokia 3555 Into $1/day 3G Mobile Broadband Card | CheapenGadget.com

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:32:57 +0000

[...] that the $1/day Sidekick Prepaid (unlimited data) plan works with any phone. Combined with the FCC legalizing phone as modem on data plans (don’t shoot the messenger, T-Mobile), you’ve got $1/day mobile broadband [...]

By: Deal: Turn a Prepaid Nokia 3555 Into $1/day 3G Mobile Broadband Card | PhoneNews.com

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:10:51 +0000

By: AT&T Makes Rare Terms of Service Change, Blocks Video Streaming, Creates Early Termination Fee Out | PhoneNews.com

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:59:47 +0000

[...] neutrality rulings against Comcast, to wireless providers. It is the opinion of PhoneNews.com that these rulings already apply, making these restrictions (as well as others barring phone-as-modem/tethering) moot and [...]

By: AT&T’s $10 DSL: A Great Backup Option, and AT&T May Actually Like It | Christopher Price .net

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:05:06 +0000

[...] the past eight years, the FCC has surprised me quite a bit… we’ve gotten net neutrality, national broadband mandates, and broadband for dial-up speeds. That’s a track record that I [...]

By: Editorial: The Phone of The Year | PhoneNews.com

Editorial: The Phone of The Year | PhoneNews.com — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:40:56 +0000

[...] your cake and eat it too. Slinging Wi-Fi from the Titan to an iPod touch 2G is not only easy, the FCC appears to have made it free, too. Some said that was notion was taboo, but our readers (and staff) have found it to be the best [...]

By: Recent Links Tagged With "modem" - JabberTags

Recent Links Tagged With "modem" - JabberTags — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:49:57 +0000

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By: Christopher Piggott

Christopher Piggott — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:12:21 +0000

I just got a Sprint PAM plan and it is indeed $15… BUT…they forced me to go to a Vision Pack PRO which is $40/month (as opposed to the SprintTV pack which was I think $20). So ultimately the PAM is costing me $35 more per month, and to make things even crappier for me I lost most of the TV channels I watch on Sprint TV. The thing that kills me is that they told me I needed Sprint Vision Pro Pack because it had unlimited data, but my TV pack also said unlimited data. They gave me unlimited Sprint Navigation but I really don’t care about that, I have my own GPS and it’s far better.

So, all in all, they’re still screwing you every chance they get.

By: SaltyDawg

SaltyDawg — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:30:05 +0000

Well this is not over yet… Comcast is already challenging the FCC’s ruling in court.

Hopefully Net Nuetrality will win out, but it’s a long ways from being over, and Comcast has deep pockets.

BTW- a huge concern with Comcast blocking P2P traffic was they were blocking Directv’s Video On Demand service (which uses a P2P similar to bit torrents). The thinking was they were only blocking bit torrents because they wanted to hinder Directv’s service, thus forcing people to choose their own cable service.

I don’t know if the FCC addressed that in their ruling or not (haven’t read their ruling) but I do know that was one of the major complaints that forced the FCC to even take action. Comcast has deep pockets, but so does Directv…

By: Jaz

Jaz — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:48:40 +0000

That is very true. I don’t know what the difference would be of me