Maui Recovers, with Help from Verizon and AT&T At excruciatingly slow pace, Maui begins to rebuild from the ashes. Following the wildfire that ravaged the western half of the island and killed well over a hundred people, phone and internet…Continue Reading →
JOINT AT&T-VERIZON CELL TOWERS It’s not often that fierce competitors in the communications industry will work together. This morning marked a rare exception, with AT&T and Verizon announcing a joint project to build cell towers all over the U.S. Tillman…Continue Reading →
IS OTT THE FUTURE OF TV? Charlie Ergen has never been afraid to gamble. From his youth, when he tried to build a career in playing blackjack and poker, to his founding of Dish Network, his bitter feud with Rupert Murdoch,…Continue Reading →
AUSTIN IS SITE OF AT&T 5G WiFi TEST Verizon Wireless, America’s largest wireless services provider, beat everyone else in field-testing 5G WiFi. Its closest competitor, AT&T, isn’t far behind. On Monday, AT&T stated in a blog post that, having tested…Continue Reading →
10 GB/S BROADBAND TESTED BY VERIZON The race to offer the fastest residential broadband speed just got much more interesting. Verizon Wireless announced on August 11 that it had successfully tested a blistering 10 gigabit per second (10 GB/S) broadband…Continue Reading →
VERIZON SMALL BUSINESS BUNDLE After being very unhappy with my business internet and phone services, I switched to Verizon. Not only was the process easy, but I got far more than I expected. Verizon worked with me to make the…Continue Reading →
VERIZON FiOS CUSTOM TV The customary pay TV bundle may soon be tossed onto the ash heap of history. Smaller and more flexible channel packages are gaining ground in the multichannel TV market, as cable and satellite system operators scramble…Continue Reading →
FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN CHOOSING AN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER Choosing an internet service provider should be easy, Often, though, it’s not. With several providers competing for your business, all offering several different plans with sharply different prices, you have a…Continue Reading →
Internet: DSL vs Cable vs Fiber When we look for internet access, most of us don’t pay much attention to the differences between DSL, traditional cable, and fiber-optic cable. We just want something that works. While all three can…Continue Reading →
GETTING VERIZON’S SMALL BUSINESS BUNDLE (Guest post by Elizabeth Stilwell) Unhappy with my existing internet and phone services, I switched to Verizon. The process was easy, and I got much more than I expected. Verizon did not charge anything for…Continue Reading →