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Mobile to the rescue in San Francisco!

Last weekend while I was in San Francisco, the local public transit system, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), was on strike. I arrived on the 18th with the anticipation of using the subway system to get to my hotel downtown. Unfortunately the morning of the 18th was the kickoff of the weekend-long strike by BART, during a very busy weekend for the city including several street festivals, a music festival and the Nike Women’s Marathon. A weekend that was going to be tough for commuting already just got even more difficult. That is until I remembered to use my smartphone…

 


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Hispanic Consumers Leading the Way in Wireless

Coinciding with the kickoff of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we recently released the findings of our 2013 Hispanic Consumer Survey. Throughout the survey, one of the most dominant trends is how Hispanics utilize their wireless device in significantly more ways than others - from making calls and texts, to accessing the internet, to various forms of social interaction.

 


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Wellness Goes Wireless

Last month, I went to my doctor for my annual checkup. Everything went pretty well, but the doctor did recommend that, as a precaution, I should keep an eye on my blood pressure since high blood pressure runs in the family.

 


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Survey Says: Time to Do Something About These Unfair Wireless Taxes

At MyWireless.org, a significant amount of our time is spent fighting unfair wireless taxes and fees, and for good reason. Between federal, state and local taxes and fees, American wireless consumers are paying nearly two and a half times more in taxes and fees (17.18%) than the average sales tax rate (7.33%) applied to other […]

 


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