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Dear Verizon – Your New Data Plan Policy is Stupid

Joe Russo — Tue, 22 May 2012 10:00:54 +0000

Last year, Verizon Wireless decided to charge extra for using more than 2 GB's of data on your smart phone. Luckily, I was grandfathered into the unlimited data plan and wasn't affected. That's about to change as Verizon begins converting grandfathered users into the more expensive alternative once they upgrade their phones.

Verizon Wireless Abandons Plan for $2 Monthly Fee After Customer Uproar

Shauna Wright — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:18:05 +0000

In a head-snapping about-face, Verizon Wireless has dropped the $2 monthly fee it planned to impose on some of its customers. Mere hours after the company announced it would begin charging the fee to customers making one-time bill payments using credit cards, the backlash began. But Verizon stood firm, saying there were plenty of other [...]

Verizon Wireless Announces New 'Convenience Fee'

Shauna Wright — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:00:27 +0000

If you listen closely, you’ll hear the collective screams of a lot of Verizon Wireless customers — the company has announced that starting next month, it will impose a $2 fee on anyone who pays a monthly bill using a credit or debit card online or by phone.

ISP's Attempt to Reign in Attempted Piracy with Stern Warnings

Jack FM Staff — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:30:33 +0000

In what's being heralded as a win for film and music studios, the country's top internet service providers -- Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision and Verizon -- have all signed on to a new initiative called the Copyright Alert System to combat internet piracy.

The new process will identify users suspected of digital copyright infringement, such as heavy downloaders, and then send out a series of six warnings, each promising "progressively harsher consequences if the initial cautions ignored."

The iPhone Is Coming! The iPhone Is Coming!

Joe DiNardo — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:40:32 +0000

In what will probably go down in history as the worst kept Apple secret ever, word has leaked out that TOMORROW January 11th, Verizon Wireless will be holding a press event to announce that after 4 long years of waiting, customers on the Nation's largest wireless network will at long last be able to purchase an APPLE iPHONE! Here's a rundown of what you should know about the pending release: