It looks like Verizon is rolling out LTE faster with each new market launch, as just after a massive 40+ market addition/upgrade a couple of weeks ago the carrier announced a slew of LTE network upgrades out west, particularly California, Nevada (and maybe even Indiana). For Nevada, residents of Reno should now begin seeing “LTE” on their phones (provided they’re LTE phones of course) as well as, according to Droid-Life, residents of Kokomo, Indiana and...
You know, our wireless carriers don’t nickel and dime is enough. How about another fee. But wait a minute. It isn’t AT&T serving the latest slap in the face — it’s Verizon. Beginning April 22nd, VZW will charge a $30 fuck you over “upgrade fee” to upgrade to a new device when re-signing a new contract. Some small saving grace can be found in the fact that if you trade-in your old phone through VZW’s green program you can...
It appears that VZW has been slyly slugging away on their LTE network. A lot of the time we’ll be sent a boastful (for good reason) PR sheet telling of the latest LTE additions/enhancements/expansions that VZW is rolling out across their network. This time, however, Droid-Life has stumbled upon the latest rollout information before VZW could send it to us. In short: Verizon has a ton of new developments on the LTE front with…new additions, enhancements to...
As smartphones become more mainstream and widely adopted, the necessity of having a separate $20-$50 data plan attached to each device/line is greatly reduced. What carriers really need to do, as they already do with SMS and voice minutes plans, is offer a shared pool of data. Rumors of such services being added to existing plan options has been rumored for U.S. carriers AT&T and Verizon for over a year now. And while no firm date has been mentioned yet regarding when...
Good news Indiana residents: Your mobile data experience on LTE is about to get a lot better. Specifically, residents of Cromwell, Howe, Kimmel, LaGrange, Lake Wawasee, Leesburg, Ligonier, Shipshewana, Syracuse, Topeka, Warsaw & Winona Lake will be able to make use of Verizon’s fantastic LTE network beginning tomorrow, March 15th, as the carrier surpasses 200 LTE markets in the U.S. with the aforementioned cities as well as those listed below. In our testing...
