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Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay a $1 million penalty levied by the Federal Communications Commission after a 2022 service outage left people across the Southeast unable to call 911. “Today’s action is part of the FCC’s ongoing effort to ensure that the public has reliable communications, including access to...

Verizon to Pay $1M Penalty Due to 2022 Outage That Blocked 911 Calls in SE

WASHINGTON, June 27, 2024 – The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote next month on a proposal to require mobile providers to unlock customers’ phones within 60 days of activation. The proposal, announced on Thursday, would force all mobile providers to open up their devices to other...

FCC Considering Rulemaking on Requiring Mobile Providers to Unlock Phones Within 60 Days

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a new rule that could eliminate one of the most frustrating aspects of smartphone ownership: carrier locking. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel wants to require mobile providers to unlock customers’ mobile phones within 60 days of activation, making it easier for consumers to switch providers.

A new FCC rule could make your phone carrier way less annoying

For the better part of the last two decades, PCMag has been running hundreds of speed tests, crunching upload and download speeds, and bringing you an authoritative ranking of the fastest internet service providers (ISPs) across the country. Now, in addition to speed, we also consider price, coverage, and customer satisfaction data in our rankings. By aggregating these data points, we're able to zero in on the best overall ISPs in the United States—not just the ones with the fastest speeds.

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to make it easier for US mobile consumers to unlock their carrier-locked phones. The agency has proposed a new rule that requires wireless carriers to unlock the devices within 60 days of activation. The rule is currently in the draft stage with the Commission set to discuss it at its July 18 Open Meeting.

FCC proposes rule for carriers to unlock phones within 60 days

If you have an older unlimited plan from AT&T, it will soon cost you more. Starting in August, the second-largest mobile company in the U.S. will charge extra for several different legacy plans. At the same time, it’s adding new benefits for those customers. According to an AT&T support...

Do you use AT&T? You need to keep a close eye on your next bill

AT&T has announced another price increase, this time affecting customers who are grandfathered into retired unlimited plans. The carrier says that prices will increase by as much as $20 per month starting in August. AT&T says that the price increase affects “most” of its “retired unlimited wireless plans.” Here’s the...

AT&T announces up to $20/month price increase for older ‘Unlimited’ plans

If you’re a legacy AT&T customer, your phone bill could be going up as much as $20 a month, with the popular US telecommunication provider planning to increase the price of its older plans from August. As telecommunication providers continue to steer loyal users to their newer plans, the...

AT&T Is Raising Its Unlimited Plan Prices, Check To See If You’re Affected

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Your cable bill might increase come July — but luckily, it's one of many bills you can negotiate.

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What if you could turn a soda can into a smartphone?. That’s a question probably few outside of PepsiCo have ever pondered. Recently, however, the beverage giant decided to realize the concept and showed it off last week at Cannes Lions. Pepsi’s Smart Can isn’t designed to replace conventional...

Move Over Apple, Pepsi Unveils ‘Smart Cans’

An international roaming outage is leaving customers of the three major US mobile carriers in the dark, making it difficult or impossible for American customers who are currently out of the country to make calls, send messages and use data.

Massive AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon outage for US customers traveling abroad

If you've ever struggled to get your smartphone unlocked, then you should appreciate the FCC's latest initiative. On Thursday, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel proposed that the agency require mobile carriers to unlock all phones within 60 days of activation. The goal would be to ease confusion among customers by applying the same unlocking rules across the board.

The FCC wants mobile carriers to unlock every smartphone within 60 days of activation

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T-Mobile now offers home internet with a 5G-based modem-router gateway combo, which some customers have taken traveling with them. Recent internal documents have revealed T-Mobile's plan to crack down on home internet customers who aren't at their registered address. While T-Mobile had temporarily put these plans on hold, internal documents...

T-Mobile is finally ready to crack down on internet users logging on away from home

Major international outages are affecting Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile roaming data plans. The root cause is unclear, possibly related to carrier transitions from 2G/3G to 4G/5G. Carriers are working on fixes, but it's recommended to use Wi-Fi, VPNs, local SIM cards, or eSIMs as alternatives in the meantime. If you're...

AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile customers hit with major international roaming outage

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California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

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When it comes to performance, quality, and reliability, T-Mobile is undoubtedly one of the best carriers in the U.S. It offers the fastest speeds and the broadest coverage with reasonably priced plans that include quite a few perks. Contents. However, that may still add up to more than you want...

5 carriers you should use instead of T-Mobile

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AT&T said that it resolved the issue before 8 p.m. Tuesday.

AT&T Customers Furious After Second Mass Outage in 4 Months: 'You're Expecting Me to Pay This Bill?'

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A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

While T-Mobile has made a lot of changes for the better over the past decade, the carrier still might not be the right choice for everyone. And if you’re looking to switch from T-Mobile to another carrier, you’ll want to cancel your service. Like most carriers, T-Mobile does make it a bit difficult to cancel your service, which is actually a good thing. Let’s face it, you don’t really want anyone to be able to cancel your phone service and potentially lose your phone number.

How to Cancel T-Mobile service

Although we wish some things could always stay the same, that's not often the case, especially when it comes to the bills that we pay. And while wireless carriers like T-Mobile have brought incredible change over the past decade, it looks like things are finally reaching a tipping point, with carriers now making more changes than ever in an attempt to secure additional profits.

The party's finally over for grandfathered AT&T unlimited plans

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Verizon will pay a $1 million fine to settle a 911 outage investigation

Has agreed to pay a $1.05 million penalty to settle a investigation into whether the company broke the agency's rules after a 911 outage. Over a...

Verizon will pay a $1 million fine to settle a 911 outage investigation

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