A just-announced joint venture between Verizon and Redbox will soon offer a service combining video streaming and physical DVD rentals. Now wait just a sec. Isn’t there some company that already does both of those things?
Updated: 6:45 p.m., Dec. 30. Why should banks have all the fun? We can only imagine that’s what Verizon Wireless executives asked themselves before deciding to hit customers with a $2 fee — for paying their bill via a one-time payment on the carrier’s website. Angry customers have taken to the Internet to flood social [...]
Smartphones—and therefore, deals—are everywhere this holiday season. This means that shoppers should have an especially easy time getting the best price on gifts. Then again, it also means that retailers have an especially easy time reaching consumers and tempting them into making purchases.
Today, the FCC is announcing new guidelines that should make sneaky mobile phone fees a thing of the past.
Most consumers like the idea of pay per channel cable TV, in which the customer would select a la carte the channels he actually watches, rather than pay for a bundled service with dozens, sometimes hundreds, of channels that are quickly skipped past with the clicker. Cable providers obviously prefer selling channels in bundles, ensuring [...]
The spectacular success of Apple’s iPhone is spilling over to the telecoms that provide wireless service – particularly the two giants in the business, AT&T and Verizon. This gives rise to an excellent opportunity for long-term investors, since both stocks provide generous yields of 5.2% or more.
Starting July 7, you’ll no longer be able to purchase an unlimited data plan through Verizon, which is moving instead to a “usage-based” model. This isn’t the first such move – AT&T dropped its unlimited data plan last summer – but it does seem to represent a tipping point for the industry. So what gives — and is there [...]
Apple is still listing the iPhone 4 for $199, but at least for a limited time, Walmart stores are selling the 16GB iPhone 4 (in black or white varieties) for just $147. The special price, offered through June 30, is available only in Walmart’s brick-and-mortar locations (not online), and a two-year contract from AT&T or [...]
Are the rumors of a less-expensive, no-contract “iPhone Nano” true?
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When Verizon announced it would be selling the iPhone, a certain breed of consumers were overjoyed with the prospect that they’d soon be able buy an iPhone without an AT&T contract, and without the restrictions of an AT&T limited-data plan. Verizon iPhone customers should be able to pay a flat $30 all-you-can-eat fee for data. [...]
