Freestream (FAST) now on Sling TV Last Thursday, Sling TV unveiled access to Freestream. It’s an advertising-supported video platform, provided at no charge to the viewer, and with no enrollment required. The new platform is a FAST service. FAST (free…Continue Reading →
Hurricane Victims Get Aid from AT&T You probably wouldn’t choose to have your dwelling hammered by a hurricane. You’d avoid it if you could. The situation isn’t entirely without its compensations, though. You might at least get free broadband service…Continue Reading →
Hopper Plus, New DISH Video Tool Dish Network has long distinguished itself from other video service providers by technical innovation. For example, it released the Hopper seven years ago. That was the world’s first whole-home HD DVR receiver. The Hopper…Continue Reading →
VIX+ Comes to DISH & Sling TV For anyone seeking Spanish-language TV, this may be the best option. Dish Network and its streaming subsidiary Sling TV, announced last week that they will carry VIX+, a new Spanish-only channel bundle launched…Continue Reading →
Ma Bell’s Flying Cows If you’ve seen The Wizard of Oz, you may remember the flying cow carried by a tornado past Dorothy Gale’s window. An executive at AT&T evidently thought, “We need something like that!” With that in mind,…Continue Reading →
Vegas: DISH Goes Live with 5G Internet What happens in Vegas, won’t stay only in Vegas. Dish Network has entered a 5G Wireless market that, until now, has been almost the exclusive property of T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T. On Thursday,…Continue Reading →
Too Timid to Try TriLink? Of course you’re not. You have no reason to be. If you want full 4G LTE internet access while away from home, TriLink Internet may provide exactly what you need. And we proudly carry it….Continue Reading →
Vidgo Video Viewing (Voraciously) When Shane Cannon launched Vidgo TV in December 2019, he knew he was picking a fight with giants. Disney, Dish Network, AT&T, and Google had already entered the streaming video market. And they had carved it…Continue Reading →
The War Online Two weeks ago, Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then, the war has taken a few dramatic and unexpected turns. And the kinetic war: bombs, bullets, missiles, etc, has elicited reaction by subtler electronic forms of warfare. Keyboard warriors…Continue Reading →
Multi-Gigabit Broadband: AT&T Shatters All Existing Speed Records We’re hearing a lot about wireless internet lately. The press can hardly contain its excitement over the newer wireless systems. Meanwhile, cable and fiber internet providers, with far less fanfare, have been…Continue Reading →