PC Magazine July 2017
PC Magazine July 2017 issue, we feature PCMag's eighth annual Fastest Mobile Networks report. Testers drove within and between 30 cities, running speed tests and collecting more than 124,000 network-speed data points. Find out which carrier leads the pack—and where. The results may surprise you! PC Magazine is America's #1 technology magazine, delivering authoritative, lab-based comparative reviews of technology products and services to more than 6.6 million professionals every issue. PC Magazine is the only publication with in-depth reviews and accurate, repeatable testing from PC Magazine Labs placed in the unique context of today's business technology landscape.
PC Magazine July 2017 issue, we feature PCMag's eighth annual Fastest Mobile Networks report. Testers drove within and between 30 cities, running speed tests and collecting more than 124,000 network-speed data points. Find out which carrier leads the pack—and where. The results may surprise you!
PC Magazine is America's #1 technology magazine, delivering authoritative, lab-based comparative reviews of technology products and services to more than 6.6 million professionals every issue. PC Magazine is the only publication with in-depth reviews and accurate, repeatable testing from PC Magazine Labs placed in the unique context of today's business technology landscape.
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The 3G and LTE bands are encrypted and considered fairly safe. But a dedicated<br />
hacker can use a Femtocell, basically a portable cell tower, to offer up an<br />
unsecure 2G network and then jam the higher bands, forcing you to fail over to<br />
the unsecure network. A VPN can help protect against this kind of sophisticated<br />
attack too, though it’s worth noting that the chance of coming up against such a<br />
sophisticated cell hacker is very small. They’re far less common than the<br />
garden-variety Wi-Fi snooper.<br />
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A month-long subscription with VPN Unlimited costs only $6.99, making it<br />
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Those are the plans listed on the site, but you have a lot more flexibility once<br />
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You can pay even less for a VPN. TunnelBear, for example, offers an excellent<br />
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for Android.<br />
If you already use KeepSolid VPN Unlimited on<br />
your desktop, don’t worry; you don’t have to pay<br />
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you can add one for 99 cents per month, five for<br />
$2.99 per month, or 10 devices for $5.99.
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