Free Press: FreeMyPhone

AT&T’s Non-Existent Network

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:59:36 -0800

In an earlier blog post, I discussed AT&T’s failure to adequately perform basic maintenance on its wireless network. First-generation iPhone users were stuck on an extremely slow network built years earlier that failed to offer customers anything approaching acceptable service quality.

AT&T's Non-Existent Network

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:37:19 -0800

AT&T Loses in Court, but Catfight with Verizon Continues

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:55:47 -0800

No Contract, No Subsidy

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:45:11 -0800

No Contract, No Subsidy

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:05:37 -0800

Two bits of news from the last couple of days point to a new trend: unsubsidized phones being offered without contracts. While these phones cost a pretty penny upfront, not being forced into a contract — and having the freedom to switch from carrier to carrier — is sounding mighty attractive these days.

Some news on the open wireless Internet:

AT&T Awarded Hug and a Box of Tissues in Verizon Ad Case

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:17:16 -0800

AT&T Loses First Legal Battle Against Verizon Ads

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:14:59 -0800

AT&T Blasts Verizon with New Commercial

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:38:23 -0800

The Fall of Pirate Cat Radio

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:16:33 -0800

AT&T's (Almost) Laughable Wireless Coverage

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:55:08 -0800

It seems a day doesn’t go by without news of some fresh controversy breaking about the iPhone. The latest brouhaha concerns Verizon’s new ads targeting AT&T’s inferior 3G coverage.