For Faster Summer 'Surfing,' Verizon Offers New Customers in New Jersey Hot Broadband at a Cool New Price
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NEWARK, N.J., May 30  /PRNewswire/ -- Sending vacation photos over a dial-up Internet connection can seem to take longer than the vacation itself.
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The Thames has been lined with free wireless Internet coverage, while fee-based hot spots emerge across the U.K.
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Verizon Wireless set off a stampede to unlimited voice plans among U.S. mobile operators on Tuesday.After the carrier said it would let subscribers talk for as long as they want within the U.S. for $99.99 per month, rivals AT&amp;T and T-Mobile USA followed suit. Sprint Nextel, which offers 2,000 anytime minutes per month for $99.99, did not.Verizon&#39;s unlimited individual plan, as well as a shared family plan starting at $199.98, is available now.T-Mobile&#39;s plan, becoming available Thursday, will allow unlimited voice as well as messaging. That carrier, which targets youth as a key demographic, has been offering several plans for big talkers, including an Individual Ultra plan with 2,500 minutes for $99.99 and Individual Supra with 5,000 minutes for $129.99. AT&amp;T likewise had offered such plans, including a 6,000-minute service for $199.99.The major U.S. carriers haven&#39;t traditionally offered unlimited minutes. The rush to match Verizon&#39;s plan indicated the level of competition in the mobile market, where carriers are now pushing e-mail, Web access, and other data services as the price of voice minutes has fallen.But the new plans will probably appeal to only a small segment of the market, analysts said. Realtors and small-business owners who spend a lot of time on the road might find it useful, they said. Most carriers already offer free calls on nights and weekends and plans that include free calling to frequent contacts or people on the same network. Mobile data services such as Verizon&#39;s BroadbandAccess 3G (third-generation) will cost extra. And the $99.99 unlimited products are separate from family plans with shared minutes, which cost more.Also Tuesday, Verizon revamped its data offerings to reach different types of customers. A $39.99 plan will allow for 50MB of data traffic per month, and a $59.99 offering will cover 5GB. The new data plans will become available March 2.Sprint offers unlimited data on its EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) network, which is similar to Verizon&#39;s, for $59.99 per month. There are some uses that aren&#39;t allowed, including continuous heavy data traffic and Web hosting. AT&amp;T places a 5GB limit only on plans for mobile data cards to be used in notebook PCs, not on phone plans. Verizon and some other carriers have been criticized in the past for advertising unlimited data while actually cutting off users who went over a certain limit.
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Based on a CDMA EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) 3G network, Verizon&#39;s BroadbandAccess promisses speeds of 300-500kbps. The company announced BroadbandAccess will be available in 13 major metropolitan markets
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Verizon has signed an agreement with Revver that would allow the site's content to be made available through the telecommunications company's broadband service by the end of March, and on FiOS TV by the end of this year.
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Verizon recently announced plans to roll out its new wireless BroadbandAccess service in 14 American cities, with more to follow.
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InfoWorld - A startup says it can give subway riders wireless Internet access that's faster than most home broadband in the U.S.
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Verizon Communications is expanding the roll-out of its high- speed fiber-optic network to six more states in a move Verizon says will create 3,000 and 5,000 jobs by the end of next year.
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IRVING, Texas, March 2  /PRNewswire/ -- Anything Verizon customers in Argyle, Bartonville, Copper Canyon and Justin want to do on the Internet -- from gaming to movies to video conferencing to Web surfing, e-mail and shopping -- just got easier and faster than ever.
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Verizon Communications Inc. on Tuesday introduced an unusual plan for its fiber-optic Internet service: one that uploads as fast as it downloads.
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Verizon Communications Inc., the nation's largest telephone company, announced yesterday it is digging up streets and stringing wire in six states, including Washington's Maryland and Virginia suburbs, to build a new fiber-optic network that will deliver high-speed Internet service and cable-style television to homes and businesses.
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Cellular service competitors followed Verizon with unlimited monthly voice plans for $99.
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A tiny Pennsylvania telecommunications company is raising the hackles of giants Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless LLC, offering consumers unlimited cellphone calls for a $10 monthly premium by exploiting the carriers' unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling plans.
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Starting today, users of wireless broadband should find it safer to surf the Web from a T-Mobile HotSpot.
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Joins rivals AT&T and Verizon in offering unlimited $99-a-month plans.
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A prospective buyer says the early municipal Wi-Fi service could have thousands more subscribers.
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The service lets users make calls over Wi-Fi from their homes as well as T-Mobile hot spots.