T-Mobile launches new prepaid unlimited plan to undercut Verizon
Just yesterday, Verizon announced changes to its prepaid plans to make them more competitive with rival offerings. Effective immediately, prepaid plans from Verizon now start …
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Verizon just cut the price of its prepaid unlimited plan by $5 (or $10 if you use Auto Pay)
Yes, you read the headline correctly: Verizon on Tuesday announced that it is lowering the price of its prepaid unlimited plan from $75 per month …
FCC tells phone carriers to have a system ready to combat robocalls by 2019
Robocalls have become so frequent and unavoidable in recent months that US Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai this week sent a letter to thirteen …
OnePlus 6T may be the first OnePlus phone to work on Verizon
OnePlus will unveil its second flagship of 2018 in just a few days, although it did have to move the event when Apple rained on …
Pixel 3 automatically unlocks for other carriers when you activate it on Verizon
Verizon remains the exclusive Pixel 3 carrier in the US, and that isn’t such a great thing this year, as the Pixel 3 phones are …
OpenSignal: Verizon offers the best streaming video quality in the US
As each of the major US carriers continue to inch ever closer to one another in terms of overall quality, there are still countless ways …
Verizon might have just leaked the price of the unannounced Pixel 3
Just because it’s Google’s Pixel 3 day today, that doesn’t mean the Pixel 3 leaks are done. Earlier this morning, we pointed out some brand new camera …
Analyst speculates about how cell companies are going to make money off 5G
On Monday, Verizon lit up something that can charitably be described as a ‘5G’ network in a handful of locations around the country. It’s a …
Verizon stops selling the Pixel 2 days ahead of Google’s Pixel 3 event
With less that a week to go before Google unveils the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones at a press event in NYC, Verizon …
Verizon’s secret $40 unlimited plan is now available to everyone – you just need an iPhone
Earlier this year, it emerged that Verizon is very stealthily funding a company called Visible, which is offering a slightly different kind of wireless service. …
Verizon is encouraging employees to retire early to cut costs
Verizon, the nation’s largest wireless network by subscribers, has launched a program to incentivize employees to take early retirement. The move is one of a …
T-Mobile says its 5G network will bring home broadband to half the country
The regulatory discussion over the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint is chugging along at the usual speed of government bureaucracy, but new details about T-Mobile’s …
AT&T is already dreaming up ways to milk 5G for every possible cent
After literal years of breathless hype, 5G is finally set to arrive. Verizon is rolling out the first sorta-5G network in a handful of neighborhoods …
Verizon has the most congested network of any carrier, new report suggests
For years, Verizon has had a reputation for owning the most reliable, furthest-reaching network in the US. It’s the most expensive of the big four …
Verizon’s ‘5G’ home broadband will launch October 1st, cost $50
The 5G hype machine has been pumping out hot air for the last two years, but with promised launch dates just months away, we’re just …
Yahoo is still reading some of your emails
It’s not unheard of for email service providers to read users’ emails to target them with better-tailored ads that would help the company make more …
Verizon refused to un-throttle a California fire department’s ‘unlimited’ plan during wildfires
Although calling out wireless carriers is a frequent pasttime here at BGR, sometimes a story comes along that sounds so cartoonishly villanous that you assume something …
How to get six months of free Apple Music from Verizon
Last week, Verizon announced that it would be giving away six free months of Apple Music to customers on its Unlimited plan, and today’s the …
Galaxy Note 9: Deal prices from every major wireless carrier and Best Buy
Although there wasn’t much left to unveil, Samsung made the Galaxy Note 9 official on Thursday at an Unpacked event in New York City. One …
Make sure you get your free Apple Music if you’re on Verizon Unlimited plans
If you happen to be a Verizon Unlimited customer or plan to switch to Verizon’s unlimited plans, you should make sure you take advantage of …
Verizon lied about its 4G coverage to the FCC, trade group claims
Wireless networks love to talk about their coverage, as we’ve mentioned countless times before. Normally, measuring coverage is only good for establishing bragging rights over …
New report explains how AT&T and Verizon profit from DSL internet customers twice
Living with slow home internet is a punishment that courts would likely rule cruel and unusual, assuming the victims ever get a consistent enough signal …
T-Mobile has a very confusing take on what makes the ‘best’ network
Working out which wireless network is the best is, as we’ve covered here extensively before, not a simple thing to do. There’s a bunch of …
Why two seemingly identical wireless network tests give such different results
Wireless carriers spend billions of dollars every year to make their network the fastest and most consistent, so as you can imagine, crowning a winner …
Rootmetrics once again shows Verizon to be head and shoulders every other network
Thanks to fierce competition between the four national wireless networks in the last decade, all the carriers are hunting for anything that can differentiate their …
Comcast lost $185 million trying to be Verizon last quarter
In the spring of 2017, Comcast surprised the industry by taking a committed dive into the world of mobile, debuting a new brand called Xfinity …
I am bored of Verizon constantly sweeping the JD Power awards
Testing which wireless network is the “best” is not a simple process, as we’ve covered before. There’s a handful of different testing companies that use …
T-Mobile was just crowned the fastest mobile network by two different companies
In the constant battle between wireless companies for your monthly cell dollars, the most visibly important metric is who has the fastest LTE network. In …
Wireless companies are making more money, which is bad news for the rest of us
The recent announcement of T-Mobile and Sprint’s merger has everyone thinking a little more than usual about wireless competition. The US has enjoyed a fierce …
Apple’s 2018 iPhone X could be a big headache for mobile carriers
As excited as consumers might be for the next iPhone, mobile carriers might be in for a nasty surprise. As Barron’s notes, Apple might debut …
