Verizon’s roaming plan slammed by customers over unexpected $1,000 bills
Like most carriers, Verizon has moved away from pricey per-MB roaming plans and towards systems that charge a set rate per day. The $10-per-day TravelPass …
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Verizon already killed its secret unlimited hotspot deal
In this week’s special edition of We Can’t Ever Have Nice Things, Verizon has killed off a quiet unlimited hotspot deal it was providing to …
Verizon barely edges out T-Mobile as the fastest network of 2017
For years, the battle between mobile carriers wasn’t a very competitive one. Verizon and AT&T were at the top of the food chain while T-Mobile …
T-Mobile is updating its network faster than Apple can update iPhones
T-Mobile is bored of being the butt of jokes about bad cell service, and it’s spending billions of dollars over the next couple years to …
There’s a secret way to get unlimited Verizon hotspot data for $50 a month
These days, cell carriers are pretty clear that they don’t want you using mobile internet as an alternative to hardline broadband. With the exception of …
A new study of wireless carriers has bad news for Verizon
It’s been a rough year for Verizon so far. After losing the battle for subscribers for most of 2016, Verizon ultimately had to offer an …
Verizon finalizes Yahoo acquisition, instantly starts laying people off
In a vote today, Yahoo’s stockholders formally approved the sale of sad former internet company Yahoo to telecoms giant Verizon. The sale values Yahoo at …
Yet another study shows Verizon and T-Mobile are the fastest networks
For the last decade, the wisdom of the ancients has held that there are two types of wireless network in the US: cheap and slow, …
Verizon introduces cheaper prepaid plans with higher data caps
As the mobile market becomes increasingly competitive, the big carriers have had to make some concessions when it comes to pricey plans. On Friday, that …
Sprint’s LG G6 deal is good, but Best Buy’s is even better
Poor Sprint. It probably thought it would have a killer deal if it cut the price of the LG G6 in half forv Memorial Day, …
Verizon may have just made the world’s most pointless thing
Someone, somewhere, deep in the bowels of Verizon’s marketing department, has apparently read a study saying that the Internet of Things is going to be …
Verizon iPhone owners, you’d be crazy to turn down this T-Mobile deal
If there’s one thing T-Mobile CEO John Legere loves more than gratuitous swearing, it’s trolling Verizon’s marketing department. T-Mobile’s latest deal is a direct challenge …
Verizon confirms that a new TV streaming service is on the way
Confirming a rumor that originally surfaced earlier this year, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam recently said that the company plans to launch an over-the-top TV streaming service …
Real-world 5G test is 120 times faster than home broadband – in a moving car
We’ve heard so many times that companies are going to start testing 5G networks “soon” that it’s actually surprising when a test really takes place. …
Verizon wins vicious bidding war for major 5G spectrum company
Verizon announced today that it is acquiring Straight Path Communications, a major holder of 5G spectrum licenses, for $3.1 billion. That’s a little unexpected, because …
Check your carrier’s roaming coverage for any country with this comparison
Most good cell contracts now include some kind of roaming coverage for when you travel. But it’s rarely as simple as you’d like, and coverage can …
Yes, you can actually get worse cell service than Sprint
Poor Sprint gets a lot of bad press for being the worst of the big four wireless carriers. Compared to Verizon and T-Mobile, it has …
Verizon wins a network test that isn’t about speed
Normally, Verizon wins tests and comparisons based on its network coverage and only its network coverage. But to mix things up a little, Tom’s Guide decided to …
Verizon’s new $80 unlimited prepaid plan isn’t exactly unlimited
Verizon on Tuesday announced a new unlimited plan, this time targeting customers who’re more interested in prepaid offers rather than contracts. The plan sounds great …
The best plans for your new Galaxy S8
The most wonderful of the time of the year, as it happens, is this morning. Not only is it Friday, but it’s also launch day …
Verizon is losing customers like crazy, even with unlimited data plans
In the first six weeks of 2017, Verizon Wireless lost 398,000 on-contract wireless customers. Considering that analysts expected Verizon to add nearly 250,000 customers in the …
Verizon is spending big to make its 4G network even faster
Verizon’s pitch has always been simple: pay us more money than any other wireless carrier, get the fastest speeds and best network coverage in return. …
This is your last chance to get T-Mobile’s best promo for free
The T-Mobile One plan is already a decent deal, offering (mostly) unlimited data, free roaming and unlimited talk for $70, taxes and fees included. But …
Sprint is axing its oldest and best deal
For the last three years, Sprint has had one killer deal to try and persuade people to switch. If you walked in off the street …
AOL and Yahoo are merging into ‘Oath,’ one giant ball of sadness
AOL and Yahoo, two failed internet companies that now mostly serve to leak your data, are hurtling towards a merger. Verizon already owns AOL, and …
One of T-Mobile’s best promos is going away
“Capitalism breeds competition, and competition is good for the consumer” is one of the central tenents of the modern economic system. Much as you might …
Verizon will offer a cheap streaming TV package this year, report claims
2017 is shaping up to be the year that anyone who hates their cable provider can finally ditch the set-top box. Verizon is just the …
Order your Galaxy S8 on Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and more starting at midnight
Samsung’s long-awaited and repeatedly leaked next-generation Galaxy smartphone was finally made official today at the company’s Unpacked event in New York City. As expected, the …
Verizon wins another wireless speed test thanks to its last real advantage
Verizon has long had a reputation for the best service in America, with prices to match. Things are changing these days: other networks are catching up, …
T-Mobile adds more data to its unlimited plan before it starts throttling you
So far, 2017 has seen more changes to cellphone plans than the last five years before. In the space of a couple of weeks, all …
