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Come Home With Memories, Not a Shocking Phone Bill

Baua Electric

Almost all of them send a text message detailing your options when your phone connects to a foreign network. AT&T automatically adds a day pass when customers with unlimited plans connect to the network in a foreign destination. Some exceptions: Cuba and the Maldives. Exceptions: Cuba and the Maldives.

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SpaceX successful in epic third Starship test launch

Teslarati

The ships’ engines shut down just over eight and a half minutes into flight and were officially in space, coasting between the Florida Keys and Cuba on its way to its planned re-entry over the Indian Ocean. Starship re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. The on-screen telemetry stopped at a speed of 25,707 km/h at a height of 65 km.

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Ham Radio Jamming, Wireless Industry Battlegrounds, and IoT in Space

Cars That Think

Here are the highlights of what went down in telecom this year: Cuba Jamming Ham Radio? After coordination with operators in South America and Europe, the source of the interfering signals—which sound like “the unfortunate offspring of a frog and a Dalek ”—was quickly identified as Cuba.

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A Girls’ Trip to Costa Rica. But With No Phones, Did It Happen?

Baua Electric

I had wondered if a vacation without my phone would reprogram my iPhone-addled brain, whether it might deepen the connections I made or improve my travel experiences. She added that FTLO’s phone-free trips this year, which start at $1,699 and also head to Iceland, Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico, are in strong demand.