Tag: Verizon
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The Recap: Huge Cable TV Losses, Prime Video’s Ad-Free Tier Gets Priced, and More
It was another busy week of earnings, which meant a load of revelations from the various companies. It was a bloodbath for the cable companies, while the wireless companies once again saw strong growth in 5G home internet. Amazon also finally shared how much you’ll have to pay to get rid of ads in its…
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Verizon Is Giving Away Free Disney+ Premium To Select Total By Verizon Customers For 6 Months
Have you been looking for a new wireless provider and love Disney+? Verizon wants you to give their Total by Verizon service a try, as select plans include free Disney+. The best part is this offer is for the Disney+ Premium plan that is ad-free. The catch is this offer is only for six months…
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Walmart’s ‘$4.08’ 5G Wireless Plan From MobileX is Available at Nearly 1,000 Stores
After launching in Walmart last month, prepaid wireless service provider MobileX is now available at nearly 1,000 stores across the U.S. The company made headlines last month by offering a “$4.08 a month” plan that seemingly undercut all other competitors. We break down the ins and outs of the plan, and what you actually get,…
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Verizon Added 100,000 Postpaid Phone Subscribers in Its Third Quarter
With the release of its third quarter earnings on Tuesday, Verizon said it added 100,000 postpaid phone subscribers — a massive jump from the 8,000 the carrier reported for its 2022 second quarter. Over the last year, the nation’s largest wireless provider has fallen behind its more aggressive rivals, AT&T and T-Mobile, and has only…
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Verizon Lost 78,000 TV Customers But Added 384,000 5G Home Internet Customers, Putting Pressure on Comcast & Spectrum
Today, Verizon Wireless announced its 3rd quarter earnings for 2023. With that, they announced total revenue of 33.33 billion, a drop of about 2.6% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2022. Verizon lost 78,000 Fios TV customers as Verizon continued to move away from TV and shift customers over to YouTube TV. Verizon added more…
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Verizon Now Offers Its Fastest 5G in All 30 NFL Stadiums
When Taylor Swift performed at Los Angeles’s SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in early August, Janette Smrcka went down to the field among the crush of fans live-streaming the concert, taking selfies and consuming massive amounts of data. The vice president of IT innovation and revenue for the stadium and surrounding Hollywood Park ran a…
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This is the Fastest 5G Wireless Carrier in the US
T-Mobile blew past rivals Verizon and AT&T in a wireless speed test conducted by Ookla — and it wasn’t even close. In the third quarter, T-Mobile boasted average download speeds of 163.6 Mbps, more than double Verizon’s 75.7 Mbps and AT&T’s 72.6 Mbps, according to Ookla, which captures its data through its Speedtest app. On…
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MobileX CEO and His ‘$4.08’ Plan Are on a Mission to Change How You Pay For 5G Wireless Service
MobileX CEO Peter Adderton doesn’t mince words when he talks about how people are when it comes to choosing their wireless plans. “Consumers are dumb,” said Adderton, adding that carriers have convinced them they need overpriced unlimited data plans in case they go over their limit. “They never go over.” Adderton knows a thing or…
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Verizon’s Visible and T-Mobile’s Metro Are in a Prepaid War, With George Costanza Caught in the Middle
Verizon’s Visible just set off a war of words with T-Mobile’s Metro, and used Jason Alexander, better known as George Costanza of Seinfeld fame, to do it. Visible, which is Verizon’s prepaid service geared towards younger customers, unveiled a new ad campaign with Alexander that took a direct shot at T-Mobile’s prepaid service, Metro, and…
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Straight Talk Wireless Adds Walmart+ Membership For Free To Some of its Plans
Prepaid service Straight Talk Wireless said on Thursday that it is throwing in membership to Walmart+ for free to customers on its two highest plans. Customers on Straight Talk Wireless Gold and Platinum plans will get Walmart+ for no extra charge. The perk is active starting today. It’s a natural partnership given that Straight Talk,…