#mobile-networks on Hacker News

3 stories tagged mobile-networks, newest first.

Screenshot of nickvsnetworking.com: Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength

Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength (nickvsnetworking.com)

365 points by tsujamin 11 months ago | 142 comments

A blog post on Nick vs Networking about an Android carrier config option (KEY_INFLATE_SIGNAL_STRENGTH_BOOL) that lets carriers inflate displayed signal bars.

android signal-strength carrier-config mobile-networks

Screenshot of neilzone.co.uk: Using eSIMs with devices that only have a physical SIM slot via a 9eSIM SIM car

Using eSIMs with devices that only have a physical SIM slot via a 9eSIM SIM car (neilzone.co.uk)

369 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 208 comments

A blog post describing how to use a 9eSIM physical SIM card to provision and switch eSIMs on devices with only a physical SIM slot, using Android and Linux.

esim 9esim sim-card android

Screenshot of adriano.fyi: AT&T Wireless traffic shaping apparently making some websites unusable

AT&T Wireless traffic shaping apparently making some websites unusable (adriano.fyi)

537 points by acaloiar 3 years ago | 269 comments

Blog post by Adriano Caloiaro describing how AT&T Wireless traffic shaping appears to make some websites unusable, observed while living in an RV.

att traffic-shaping mobile-networks net-neutrality

#mobile-networks on Hacker News

Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength(nickvsnetworking.com)

Using eSIMs with devices that only have a physical SIM slot via a 9eSIM SIM car(neilzone.co.uk)

AT&T Wireless traffic shaping apparently making some websites unusable(adriano.fyi)

Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength (nickvsnetworking.com)

Using eSIMs with devices that only have a physical SIM slot via a 9eSIM SIM car (neilzone.co.uk)

AT&T Wireless traffic shaping apparently making some websites unusable (adriano.fyi)