Tag archive: Cellular Services

The San Francisco Bay Area's mass transit system, known as BART, admitted to temporarily shutting down cell phone service in four of its San Francisco stations last night. The suppression of cell signals was apparently a response to the threat of a possible protest over a man shot by BART police last month. “Organizers planning to disrupt BART service on August 11, 2011 stated they would use mobile devices to coordinate their disruptive… Read More

Many mobile phone users pay for minutes they don’t need while others pay unnecessary overage fees because they underestimated their actual usage. Service charges can rack up quickly, so even small steps can make a big difference when it comes to your cellular bill.

Good cell phone reception is more important than ever with so many people using their cell phones as their only phone. Even at home mobile phones are replacing land lines. We outline some steps you can take to avoid the frustration of dropped calls and add more bars to your signal no matter where you are.

Sorry AT&T, we have some more bad news for you concerning your services—according to a Consumer Reports study people don’t like them. Consumer Reports released its 2009 ranking of cell phone service providers and AT&T landed in the bottom two, right next to Sprint. Apparently out of the 50,000 people surveyed

Potential caveats aside, prepaid and pay-as-you-go cell phone plans make a lot of sense for the right type of users, and not just people who don’t have the credit scores to get onboard with a contract plan. For example: No contract, pay-as-you-go plans make an affordable option for the occasional cell phone user who just needs a mobile lifeline now and then, while unlimited text and voice plans can cut bills for nonstop talkers who keep running… Read More

Prepaid and pay-as-you-go cell phone services have a dirty reputation. For most of us, they conjure up images of rundown retail locations in strip malls full of smarmy salesmen, 2004-era phones, and sky-high prices to take advantage of people with poor credit.