
It's good to see that Congress is waking up to Verizon's outrageous early-termination fees, which were recently doubled to $350 for "advanced devices" (read: smart phones). Today, Sen...

FreeMyPhone
On the iPhone, still no support for Skype and other services over 3G: http://gigaom.com/2009/11/08/voip-3g-iph one/
Source: gigaom.com
Earlier today in response to my post about Nimbuzz, a good pal emailed to find out why the service didn't ...

FreeMyPhone Verizon doubles early termination fees: http://www.freepress.net/node/74200
Source: www.freepress.net
You know those early termination fees wireless carriers charge? The ones that cost you an arm and a leg to cancel your contract?

FreeMyPhone
Josh Levy
Verizon's gonna charge a $350 termination fee for "advanced devices"? http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/11/0 4/confirmed-verizon-wireless-to-charge-u p-to-350-early-termination-on-advanced-d evices/
Confirmed: Verizon Wireless to charge up to $350 early termination on “advanced devices” « Boy Geniu
Source: www.boygeniusreport.com
Here’s what Big Red is working with: they’ve offered up a BOGO sale on all new BlackBerrys for the holiday buying season, and where some see a great deal, others see a great opportunity. Why ...

AT&T is threatening to punish customers by imposing higher fees on users who consume more data through its wireless service. Head of AT&T Mobility Ralph de la Vega claims that a small minority of customers is responsible for the majority of data usage: read more

FreeMyPhone
Google says it's not blocking many numbers with Google Voice: http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/googl e-says-its-now-blocking-fewer-than-100-n umbers-in-google/

FreeMyPhone AT&T wireless customers can look forward to even higher fees in the future: http://www.freepress.net/node/74037
Source: www.freepress.net
AT&T is threatening to punish customers by imposing higher fees on users who consume more data through its wireless service.

FreeMyPhone Cell Phone, Internet Bills Lie, Say Consumer Groups To FCC: http://bit.ly/2qnEny
Source: bit.ly
What angers a cell phone or home Internet user more than just about anything else? Being lied to. But that's just how many consumers feel about the billing practices of their cell phone and home Internet service providers, according to...

WASHINGTON -- Six public interest organizations filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday encouraging the agency to protect consumers from misleading, confusing and harmful advertising and billing practices by phone, cable and wireless providers. read more

The Chairman of the FCC just name-checked the iPhone, Palm Pre and BlackBerry in a speech. Welcome to 2009, Mr. Chairman! Here's the text, from Chairman Julius Genachowski's speech at the annual CTIA trade show: read more

Nicholas William Chase The FCC hearing in San Diego on mobile apps was really exciting. I had no idea how many useful applications are already available and clamoring for bandwidth!

WASHINGTON -- AT&T announced Tuesday that it will stop restricting iPhone applications on its 3G wireless network that use Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)...

As we briefly mentioned yesterday, AT&T has agreed to allow its customers to make calls with VoIP apps over its 3G network. This is a very big deal. In a just released statement, Free Press' research director Derek Turner said the following: read more

Apple's app approval process is getting more arbitrary by the day, but one thing is becoming clear: Most apps will get approved, unless they compete seriously with Apple. read more

FreeMyPhone This is big: AT&T will allow Skype to access its 3G network on the iPhone: http://bit.ly/159c4H #freemyphone #netneutrality
Source: bit.ly
AT&T's move is a big one, and it comes as debate gets underway over proposed net neutrality rules at the Federal Communications Commission that would prohibit network providers from blocking applications such as Skype.














