As of mid July, 4G wireless connectivity has just started to reached Boulder. TMobile and Verizon have 4G coverage now with a MIFI hotspot device, AT&T and Sprint’s 4G networks have not been completed in Boulder yet. The speed tests, in the table to the right, show that wireless carriers have a fair amount of tweaking to do to reach their goals of downloads “up to 12Mbps”. At this point, 4G LTE technology looks very over-hyped compared to Comcast’s cable results.
4G Wireless reaches Boulder
New iPhone Plans
I recently had to find an individual iPhone plan for the U.S. I didn’t need many monthly voice minutes, so the plans I mention basically represent the cheapest iPhone plans by carrier. These plans are for people who already own their iPhones and don’t want a phone contract or a subsidized iPhone. AT&T is now about $75/month*, Verizon $80/month**, and TMobile is $60/month*** (Feb 2011). The TMobile 500 minute plan dropped approx. $20 since last year. All the prices above do not include taxes and career’s standard “phantom fees”. It is possible to have slightly cheaper plans with all these carriers, but this would require signing up for metered text and data options, which come with heavy penalties for over usage, so beware.
*AT&T/450 minutes/1000 Texts/2GB Data/unlimited AT&T hotspots
**Verizon/450 minutes/500 Texts/unlimited Data
***TMobile/500 minutes/unlimited Texts/unlimited Data (EDGE only)
Traveling with Google Voice
Checking voice messages from a foreign country can be difficult or not even possible if don’t have local phone service. If you have phone service in a foreign country, international roaming fees will be applied and they are expensive. Getting your voice messages via email is much more convenient when traveling abroad.



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