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Verizon to Run “Double Data” Promo During November? 4GB of Data For Just $30?

Kellen November 7, 2011 115

A couple of reports this morning are suggesting that on November 8, Verizon will start a new "double data" promo. What exactly does that mean? That if you sign up as a new customer or add a new line, that you will be given 4GB of data for just $30 rather than...

Verizon Testing the Shared Data Waters? #DATA Texts Make It Appear That Way

Kellen October 24, 2011 64

Verizon has been extra-quiet lately on the family shared data plans that were first mentioned back in May by their CFO. A date, month or year wasn't given at that time, but the peculiar text message that one of our readers saw over the weekend after dialing...

Download 60GB of Data in 13 Days on 4G LTE and Verizon May Throttle You, Thought Only 3G Customers Were Affected? (Updated)

Kellen October 6, 2011 295

Verizon has made it clear that they want the majority of their new and current customers to have an enjoyable network experience throughout the life of their contract. One of the ways they will make sure this happens is through what they are calling "Network...

As of Yesterday Verizon Started Throttling its Top 5% Data Hogs, Doesn’t Affect 4G LTE or Tiered Data Customers

Kellen September 16, 2011 184

Back in February, there were reports of Verizon's plans to start throttling (data speeds reduced) or using "Network Optimization Practices" on their top data hogs (5%). Policies like this clearly are not taken well by customers, however, until today we had...

Onavo Lite Released to the Android Market, Take Control of Your Mobile Data

Kellen August 30, 2011 22

If you upgraded to a smartphone some time after July 7 and are stuck with a tiered data plan, Onavo is an app that should help you better understand and control that specified amount of data that you have each month. It's essentially a data monitoring tool...

Onavo Lite Beta Launches, New Tiered Data Participants Take Note

Kellen July 25, 2011 26

Update: Seems as if I forgot that the Onavo team had asked that we not post screenshots or talk much about the app once it was released to the test group. Whoops! So we've taken everything down as we want to continue to be a part of their beta program. I'...

Straightening Out a Ridiculous Situation, Verizon is NOT Remotely Removing Apps From Your Phone

Kellen July 14, 2011 71

Some clown in the tech world started pushing around a story yesterday, suggesting that Verizon is "entering user phones" to remove "apps it doesn’t like" without your permission. He goes into some theory about how Big Red is "remotely" browsing through your...

Verizon Prepaid Data Plan Remains Unlimited at Just $30

Kellen July 13, 2011 34

We're now 1 full week into Verizon's new tiered data plan era - how is everyone doing? Any prepaid users in the building? We just wanted to point out that you will also be able to bathe in the unlimited lake for the foreseeable future along with smartphone...