Archive for the 'cell phones' Category

The upside of limited data plans

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

So it looks like new users of everybody’s favorite mobile device (well mine at least) will no longer have access to unlimited data plans on AT&T. It’s no secret that iPhones, and now iPads, have been perpetually crushing AT&T’s 3G network. While I’m sure most of the internet is pissed off at AT&T’s announcement, no [...]

Also Verizon Still Bad

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

I’ve never been one to dwell, but just to round out my (as of now) three post series on why Verizon is bad, here’s a link to a recent Times article. The first paragraph pretty much says it all:

Verizon Wireless, one of the nation’s largest cellphone carriers, has stirred up controversy with a letter it [...]

Verizon (and Internet), Still Crappy

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Three weeks ago I went on a bit of a rant about why Verizon does worse things than offer subpar phones. Here’s one more item for the list. Last week Verizon denied Naral Pro-Choice America permission to use their network to send text message alerts to Verizon customers who signed up. Today, Verizon decided to [...]

Verizon: more than just bad phones

Friday, September 7th, 2007

My old friend Matt recently decided to write a random post questioning Verizon’s decision to have a great network but subpar phones. I can’t help but feel there are a number of other ways Verizon is short changing their customers.
First, as several of Matt’s commenters point out, Verizon cripples their phones. For years they’ve removed [...]

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