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As you might understand over the past few weeks, things haven’t exactly been stress-free in my household with my son being sick. He’s doing much better, thanks, but we’re not entirely out of the woods yet. He’s currently taking antibiotics …

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Ok, this has come up again. Deutsche Telecom, the company that owns T-Mobile in the U.S., is supposedly …

There are a lot of great companies out there that offer some form of VoIP on a …

A while ago, Luca Filigheddu asked me about prepaid mobile phone options in the U.S.. I wrote up a short email explaining it to him, and I thought a more comprehensive work piece on the subject as in order.

I’m only covering the two major GSM carriers in the U.S.: AT&T and T-Mobile. There are a number of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) that make use of GSM, but I am not going to cover them. In some cases, you might find a slightly better deal with these MVNOs, but they typically only include voice and SMS service, no data service whatsoever.

I also realize that the CDMA carriers, especially those that are MVNOs, might even have better deals. I have no experience with them, nor do I want to do anything to encourage the use of CDMA. They’re not being covered.

One thing to keep in mind here in the U.S.: you pay for both incoming calls and SMS, unlike most of the rest of the world. You will need to factor that into your calculations for how many minutes you’ll need.

Details after the jump.

I was catching up on my viewing of Heroes this evening when I noticed a rather obvious product placement for Sprint. The product placement doesn’t bother me so much, it’s the …

There was an article in the New York Times today about my employer’s desire to increase their market share numbers here in the United States. Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, pictured left, or OPK …