Tag Archives: Verizon

Verizon Ends Unlimited Data Plans

Verizon has become the latest carrier to stop offering unlimited data plans. That means subscribers will have through the end of today to lock in the carrier’s $29.99 monthly unlimited data plan — or fall into a new tiered model charging between $30 to $80 a month. Rumors surfaced in recent weeks that the Basking Ridge-based carrier, the nation’s largest …

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The Verizon Guy Comes Out

Now that the long run of Verizon’s “Can You Hear Me Now?” campaign is over, actor Paul Marcarelli has come out and is talking about the anti-gay abuse he endured while playing the character known as Test Man. Marcarelli has a home in Guilford, Connecticut, and five summers ago, kids in an SUV began driving past at night, yelling, “Can …

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Unicorns Are Real

The release of long-believed to be mythical Verizon iPhone was announced today.

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Sam Seder On Net Neutrality

What do we have to fear from Google and Verizon?

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No More White Pages For New York?

Verizon has asked New York state regulators to give them permission to discontinue annual delivery of the residential White Pages. The company estimates that it would save nearly 5,000 tons of paper by ending the automatic distribution of the books. Only about one of every nine households uses the hard-copy listings anymore, according to Verizon, which cited a 2008 Gallup …

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Verizon Votes Down Trans Protections

Verizon shareholders have voted to reject a proposed amendment to the company’s employment policies which would have added gender identity protections. Preliminary results showed that the resolution, which was opposed by the company’s board of directors, won 17 percent of shareholder approval. It takes 3 percent for a proposal to come back, which it achieved. According to Alberto Canal, of …

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