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Verizon Increases Waiting Period Before Prepaid Devices Can Be Used On Other Services
A recent update of the language on Verizon’s Device Unlocking Policy page indicates that new phones and devices purchased through Verizon Prepaid will need to be used on Verizon Prepaid services for at least one year. Conversely, you could also add the amount specified on the back of a product’s packaging to device’s prepaid account in order to […]
Verizon Crackdown on Unlimited Plans Continues: Lines Used In T1114 Routers Being Canceled
In July Verizon caused a mild panic by sending out letters to roughly 1,200 “excessive” heavy data users with out-of-contract unlimited data plans, telling them that their plans were being summarily canceled on August 31st. Verizon then moved against many gray-market providers of unauthorized rental unlimited plans, in many cases shutting down service without notice – leaving […]
Thousands Complain of Surprise Verizon Overage Charges – FCC Investigating
It started just over two weeks ago in Cleveland – with local reporter Teresa Dixon Murray noting in her Money Matters column that her family Verizon account was showing mysterious data usage in the middle of the night, and she asked others to chime in if they had also noticed any other strange Verizon issues. She heard from […]
Apple Fans: Brace For Impact (To Your Data Plans)
Tomorrow (Tuesday, September 13th) is a big day for Apple: iOS 10 and watchOS 3 are being released to the public, soon to be installed on hundreds of millions of phones and tablets and wrists around the world. And while new features and bug fixes (for free!) are always welcome, every year we hear from […]
Free Streaming Update: AT&T’s “Data Free TV” & Verizon’s NFL Mobile Partnership
AT&T late last week announced a major new initiative for DirecTV customers likely to be of interest to some RVers: Data Free TV: Video streaming that does not count against your monthly usage limits! Not to be outdone – Verizon also announced that it was sponsoring the NFL Mobile App to let Verizon customers: “Watch live local and […]
Apple’s New iPhone 7: Understanding Carrier Models & Cellular Limitations
Apple launched the new iPhone 7 yesterday – showing off major new features like water resistance, stereo speakers, and some extremely impressive new camera capabilities. For mobile internet fans – the big news on the cellular front is yet another leap in theoretical peak speed – with the addition of 3x cellular carrier aggregation. Apple describes it this […]
T-Mobile Yawns At Verizon’s LTE Advanced Launch, Rolls Out 4×4 MIMO And More
When Verizon made a big splash launching its LTE Advanced network last week, we pointed out that this was actually the launch of a marketing campaign, not a new technology. We noted that T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T have all also deployed LTE Advanced carrier aggregation to various extents, and said: “LTE Advanced is indeed awesome technology, […]
FoxFi Fans: Beware Upgrading to Android 7.0 “Nougat”
Update: The newer tool called PDAnet, from the makers of FoxFi, supports more recent versions of Android. Google’s newest major Android Operating System release, version 7.0 “Nougat”, is beginning to trickle out to the world – and word is spreading that new security improvements under the hood will permanently break the once popular FoxFi application that […]
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