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AT&T and T-Mobile Claim Locked Phones Are Good, Actually
Mobile carriers argue that locking devices helps them lower costs. Consumer protection groups see it a little differently.
Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica
turbo boost
SpaceX Has a Plan for Starlink to Hit Gigabit Speeds
Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica
Pick Up The Phone
Amid Air Strikes and Rockets, an SMS From the Enemy
Morgan Meaker
Tethered
The US Navy Is Going All In on Starlink
Jared Keller
acp
The Affordable Connectivity Program Died—and Thousands of Households Have Already Lost Their Internet
Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica
promises promises
Class Action Lawsuit Alleges T-Mobile Broke Its Lifetime Price Guarantee
Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica
Search Parties
Before Smartphones, an Army of Real People Helped You Find Stuff on Google
Amelia Tait
Unstable Connection
The Affordable Connectivity Program Kept Them Online. What Now?
Lauren Goode
broadband
Net Neutrality Returns to a Very Different Internet
Dell Cameron
On/off
Screen Time for Kids Is Fine! Unless It's Not
Matt Reynolds
zoom zoom
The FCC Now Says Broadband Speed Should Be at Least 100 Mbps
Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica
can you hear me now
An AT&T Outage Is Wreaking Havoc on US Cellular Networks
Brian Barrett
That’s Personal
Comcast’s Xfinity Stores Your Sensitive Data. You Can Kind of Opt Out
Reece Rogers
lobby hobby
Cable Firms to FTC: We Shouldn’t Have to Let Users Cancel Service With a Click
Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica
Under Fire
Reporters in Gaza Turn to Radios and Generators to Keep the News Moving
Tom Bennett
Crowded Skies
This European Satellite Giant Is Coming for Starlink
Morgan Meaker
Hooked Up
This Man Built His Own ISP. Now He’s Getting $2.6M to Expand It
Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica
Left Behind
The Digital Divide Is Coming for You
Chris Stokel-Walker
Space Race
How Starlink Scrambled to Keep Ukraine Online
Tom Simonite
Policy
Why ICANN Won’t Revoke Russian Internet Domains
Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica
Surveillance
Myanmar’s Fight for Democracy Is Now a Scrap Over Phone Records
Morgan Meaker
Fly Safe
Why Airlines Are Fighting the 5G Rollout
Reece Rogers
Speed Boost
Faster Home Broadband Should Be Enshrined in Law
Chris Stokel-Walker
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