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Verizon is a broadband and telecommunications company, headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 2000 after one of the original seven Baby Bells that was created after the large break up of AT&T in 1983, Bell Atlantic, acquired the company GTE. It's primary service area is on the east coast of the United States. Verizon is best known for its land line and wireless phone services.
The company is currently in the process of remaking itself as a data and video provider with its service Verizon FIOS. At an estimated cost of $4,000 per household the company is installing fiber-optic cables directly to consumers' homes. This allows the company to give users fiber-optic speeds of up to 50 Mpbs and good HDTV picture quality.
As a large and well known company, Verizon is often covered and discussed on blogs for its wireless product announcements, company privacy practices and customer service issues.
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in TechnologyBlog Focus on Tech Misfits, Boo-Boos, and Practical Jokes
Tech products and companies put together a clip show of bad behavior worthy of Santa's critical eyeby tuffyr / on Nov 8, 2009 -
in TechnologyBlog Focus on Verizon's iPhone Attack
Verizon began their marketing blitz against the iPhone; will it work?by tuffyr / on Oct 19, 2009
Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Verizon”
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The Verizon Hub has been Discontinued
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Mari and I have been following the Verizon Hub , from its pre-release iterations through the product that ultimately shipped in February of this year. And I’m sad to say that Verizon has decided to pull the plug. The Hub was designed to be both an Internet-connected widget station and serve as the household VoIP ...1 hour ago -
GREAT GALLOPING GOBS OF GHOSTLY CRANES
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A glance out the window early this morning told me it had been a frosty night. Rays of sun breaking over the Swiss Helm mountains cast an eerie yellowish pastel glow over the valley through a low hanging bank of fog. The day later dawned clear as a bell & all the magic mushroom like clouds of the past couple ...3 hours ago -
Google clicks in for Mobile
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During the past week Google made two significant splashes in the mobile arena. Their much heralded, bombing of middle America with Stealth fighters announced the landing of the “Droid” mobile device. Secondly, their acquisition of the leading U.S. mobile advertising company, Admob for $750M announced the full ...3 hours ago -
AT&T responds to Verizons 3G ad campaign — by bragging about EDGE
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Filed under: ATT , Verizon Wireless My iPhone 3GS, in downtown Chicago, as I wrote this post. Verizon certainly seems to be getting under AT&T’s skin with its ads focused on comparing 3G coverage — not only is Ma Bell suing over ‘em , it’s now issuing PR to clarify what it sees as the ...5 hours ago -
Taylor Swift Tickets Washington, DC June 2, 2010 Verizon Center
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Taylor Swift Tickets Washington, DC June 2, 2010 Verizon Center Taylor Swift is coming to Washington, DC in the Verizon Center June 2, 2010. Buy Verizon Center Taylor Swift tickets for June 2, 2010 now for the best seats. Buy Taylor Swift Verizon Center tickets in advance online. Taylor Swift tickets and seats ...7 hours ago -
Bugatti Veyron Wreck: Is Anything not on Video?
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You really dont want to be texting while driving if you command the $1.73 million Bugatti Veyron . You may have heard a man recently drove his into a salt water marsh. Oh, by the way, supercars and salt water dont mix. As it happens, other than coral, seaweed, sand and marine life, really not much mixes with ...7 hours ago -
Verizon’s $350 Early Termination Fee Now Active
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There have been rumors going around that Verizon would increase its early termination fee for certain devices. Well yesterday that rumor became a reality and new customers will now have to shell out $350 it they cancel early. Of course this doesn’t apply to all phones just what Verizon calls “ advanced devices ...7 hours ago -
AT&T Tries To Set The Record Straight On Its Verizon Lawsuit
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AT&T continues to blast ( and sue ) Verizon over its recent ads, which make a point of hammering home the 3G coverage holes in AT&Ts network. AT&T has said that the ads are misleading, and on Friday, AT&T said it wanted to set the record straight regarding its lawsuit. In its press release , titled ...8 hours ago -
AT&T Tries To Set The Record Straight On Its Verizon Lawsuit
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AT&T continues to blast (and sue) Verizon over its recent ads, which make a point of hammering home the 3G coverage holes in AT&Ts network. AT&T has said that the ads are misleading, and on Friday, AT&T said it wanted to set the record straight regarding its lawsuit.8 hours ago -
Verizon Drops The Ball, Droids Arent That Attractive Anymore!
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Verizon Droids Suck snapvoip.blogspot.comFor short while I was bit blinded by the Droid Ads and thanks to engadget, it all cleared up now! People who were thinking they were getting one leg up on iPhone and AT&T services has something new to look at, Verizons contracts and ETF! Verizon has just managed to make a ...8 hours ago -
Verizon Broadband Service Scores Win in 2009 PCMag.com Readers Survey
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Verizon FiOS Snags Readers Choice Honor for Fourth Consecutive Year; Outguns Cable Companies Source PCMag.com readers are again giving high praise to Verizons fast, reliable and value-packed FiOS Internet service. For the fourth consecutive year, the online magazines Readers Choice award goes to Verizon ...9 hours ago -
Verizon Droid Ads Targets Apple and Steve Jobs
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In continuation of its Droid Does advertising campaign from last month, Verizon in pursuance of anti Apple campaign, has launched yet another ad war against iPhone, which is totally Droid centric, but this time a little personal on Steve Jobs as well. Although the ad is Droid specific, it fails to express or tell ...10 hours ago -
Don’t shop drunk: Verizon’s $350 ETF is now live
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Just a word of caution to anyone out there with an itchy credit card finger: signing up for a contract with Verizon just became a considerably more binding affair thanks to a big boost of its contract early termination fee from $175 to $350. Rumored for a few days now, the change became official as of yesterday, which ...11 hours ago -
Dont shop drunk: Verizons $350 ETF is now live
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Filed under: Verizon Wireless Just a word of caution to anyone out there with an itchy credit card finger: signing up for a contract with Verizon just became a considerably more binding affair thanks to a big boost of its contract early termination fee from $175 to $350. Rumored for a few days now, the change ...11 hours ago -
Don’t shop drunk: Verizon’s $350 ETF is now live
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Just a word of caution to anyone out there with an itchy credit card finger: signing up for a contract with Verizon just became a considerably more binding affair thanks to a big boost of its contract early termination fee from $175 to $350. Rumored for a few days now, the change became official as of yesterday, which ...11 hours ago -
Dont shop drunk: Verizons $350 ETF is now live
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Just a word of caution to anyone out there with an itchy credit card finger: signing up for a contract with Verizon just became a considerably more binding affair thanks to a big boost of its contract early termination fee from $175 to $350. Rumored for a few days now, the change became official as of yesterday, ...11 hours ago -
Motorola Droid Having Speaker Problems-May be a software issue
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Seems some are having speaker problems with the new Droid phone in which a reboot seems to fix it for a while. Here is what Engadget has to say: It’s no reason to panic just yet, but apparently a good amount of people are having trouble with the external speaker on their Motorola Droid cutting out for no ...11 hours ago -
Winners Roll at Rock n Roll San Antonio Marathon 2009
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Sundays Rock n Roll San Antonio Marathon (and Half Marathon) was only the second ever, but the crowd was rockin n rollin nonetheless. More than 31,000 runners and walkers, from all 50 states and 23 countries, registered to participate. San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro participated in the Marathon, as well.12 hours ago -
Verizon Publishes Yet Another (Frustrated) Ad Against The iPhone
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Verizon’s anti-iPhone campaign is still on its way and is coming now to print, or Sports Illustrated to be precise. This time it looks like Verizon is holding its line but has slightly changed the tone to make it sound much like “The Droid is proudly fighting Apple’s tyranny”. They also dropped the network ...12 hours ago -
Don’t shop drunk: Verizon’s $350 ETF is now live
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Just a word of caution to anyone out there with an itchy credit card finger: signing up for a contract with Verizon just became a considerably more binding affair thanks to a big boost of its contract early termination fee from $175 to $350. Rumored for a few days now, the change became official as of yesterday, ...12 hours ago
