VERIZON OFFERS PREPAID DATA PLANS ON TOP PHONES
In what could be the first phase of a transformation in the way its smartphone users pay for Internet use, the nation's biggest carrier, Verizon Wireless, has introduced prepaid data plans. The no-contract plans, which go into effect Sept. 28, offer unlimited 3G access on select handsets for $30 per month, or $10 per month for 25 megabytes, with a 20-cent charge for each additional megabyte....
MIFI IS LATEST WEB NOVELTY
Someday, they'll build wireless Internet into every building, just the way they build in running water, heat and electricity today. Someday, we won't have to drive around town looking for a coffee shop when we need to check our e-mail....
100+ UPCOMING SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH EVENTS
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PREPAYING WON'T ALWAYS SAVE MONEY
Determining whether it's good or bad to buy a prepaid item depends entirely on what's being offered. There's no universal advice ......
ASK MAGGIE: ON BUGGY ANDROID UPGRADES
Also in this week's Ask Maggie advice column find out why Verizon Wireless is able to charge more for its service and why T-Mobile gives customers who don't sign a contract a break on their monthly fees....
IT'S TIME FOR UNIVERSAL DATA PLANS
If you've got a couple of cell phones, an iPad, or maybe a FIOS or U-Verse connection, you're probably paying for "data" several times over. It's time carriers charged us once for network access and quit ripping us off with multiple "data plans."...
