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Video: Why Data Caps Suck

Kellen January 16, 2013 58

We've made it painfully obvious that we hate data caps, tiered data, and any thoughts of sharing that data with someone else. In fact, most of you hate all of that as well. The day that we first jumped onto 4G LTE was something we may never forget, but we'll...

Almost 50% of Verizon’s Data Traffic Happens Over 4G LTE

Kellen January 11, 2013 36

According to Mike Haberman, VP of netwok engineering for Verizon Wireless, in an interview with Fierce Wireless, almost 50% of the company's data load happens over 4G LTE. In October, the company announced the number at around 35%, which has more than likely...

Verizon to Launch Share Everything Plans for Small Businesses on January 24

Kellen January 7, 2013 47

Today, Verizon became the "first carrier to offer shared data plans for business" after announcing that Share Everything for businesses will launch on January 24. These new shared data plans are being sold as a way to manage multiple employee accounts on a...

Tuesday Poll: What Kind of Data Plan do You Currently Have?

Kellen November 6, 2012 189

It has been a while since we asked the DL community which data bracket they fall under. A year ago, the world was set on doing whatever they had to do to keep unlimited data. But now that shared data plans and individual tiers have been around for a while, and...

Thursday Poll: How Much Data Did You Use Last Month?

Kellen September 27, 2012 210

Data usage is going to be a hot topic whether you want it to be or not. Now that carriers like Verizon and AT&T have created tiered and shared data plans, it's obvious that they have realized what their next cash cow will be. Gone are the days of worrying...

Verizon CFO: “Unlimited” is Just a Word and It’s Going by the Wayside

Kellen September 20, 2012 341

Verizon's CFO Fran "ShamWow" Shammo sat down for a chat at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference today to talk about the state of Verizon's financial business. This is the first time we have heard from Shammo since his company launched Shared Everything...

Sprint Starts Marketing Campaign to Encourage You to “Say No to Sharing”

Eric August 31, 2012 66

We are not exactly fans of Shared Data plans that AT&T and Verizon have adopted lately, but the other carriers, Sprint and T-Mobile, are not impressed either. Sprint has long been touting they have one of the last true unlimited data plans in the country...

Reminder: Verizon has Mega Share Everything Plans, Ranging From 12GB to 30GB

Kellen August 8, 2012 73

Reports are floating around the web today, suggesting that Verizon has had a set of super secret Share Everything tiers for the mega-data hogs out there that they aren't promoting. The fact is, that these plans have been there since day 1, Big Red has just...