Verizon Wireless

Joe Paonessa - Sep 7, 2018

Back in May, Verizon Prepaid dealers using the VIDAPAY platform were privy to a special promotion from Verizon.  Subscribers who signed up for a prepaid plan through a participating dealer got double data for life.  Locating a dealer at that time proved to be a difficult task.  Later, Verizon went

Joe Paonessa - Jul 27, 2018

Verizon Wireless introduced a new feature today available for its postpaid subscribers.  The new feature is a VPN called Safe Wi-Fi.  It can be used to hide your IP address and protect your privacy while you are browsing on a public network.  It will cost subscribers $3.99/month.  The carrier also

Joe Paonessa - Jun 27, 2018

Last month, independent Verizon prepaid dealers were able to offer a double data for life promotion.  The deal got interested persons scrambling for a way to find independent dealers in their area.  People had to jump through hoops to get it.  Slowly some dealers began posting the promotion on eBay

Joe Paonessa - Jun 14, 2018

On June 18th Verizon Wireless will launch a new unlimited data plan named “Above Unlimited.”  It will cost subscribers $95/month plus taxes and fees.  It will be the third unlimited data plan in the Verizon lineup which is sure to cause confusion among customers.  Also starting on June 18th, the

Joe Paonessa - May 3, 2018

Last year Verizon began testing sales of its prepaid service through exclusive dealers. Today, some of those dealers are now offering double the data for life on all Verizon Prepaid plans that have high speed data limits. Dealers using the Vidapay platform have the special pricing. Verizon Prepaid Double The Data For

Joe Paonessa - Mar 16, 2018

Buy one get one, otherwise known as BOGO offers are a tool that carriers often use to get you to buy the latest devices on a payment plan that keep you locked into their network. The idea of getting a phone for free certainly sounds appealing, but is it really

Joe Paonessa - Mar 16, 2018

One of the complaints MVNO customers often have is that their customer support experience is not as good compared to the experience offered by a major wireless carrier. Unfortunately, at least one major wireless carrier may be about to take a step backwards in that department. Verizon Wireless recently announced

Joe Paonessa - Feb 16, 2018

Verizon Wireless announced today that it is updating its prepaid wireless plans effective February 20, 2018.  Major changes include the addition of a new plan, an option to add Travel Pass for use in Canada and Mexico, a price reduction and the addition of mobile hotspot to the unlimited data

Joe Paonessa - Oct 15, 2017

Verizon Prepaid’s Samsung Galaxy J1 is currently on sale at Best Buy for $31.99.  Normally the retail store sells it for $79.99, so that is a savings of $48 off of the regular retail price.  The next best price I could find online comes from Walmart where it is on

Joe Paonessa - Oct 15, 2017

A couple of weeks ago Target offered a 25% off BOGO on Cricket Wireless refill cards.  This week’s prepaid deal from the retail giant is for Verizon Wireless prepaid airtime cards. Those that purchase a Verizon Wireless prepaid refill card will get a second one for 20% off.  Verizon Wireless

Joe Paonessa - Oct 3, 2017

Verizon Prepaid has just added more value to its prepaid phone plans today by offering its customers the ability to save money with a family plan.  Customers can now save up to $20 per line on a multi-line account depending on which plan they subscribe to. Currently Verizon offers 4

Joe Paonessa - Sep 22, 2017

Verizon Wireless has announced a few special offers on select devices. Current Big Red customers can trade in one of several devices and get an iPhone 8 for $300 off when they switch to an unlimited data plan.  New customers can get the same deal by signing up for an

Joe Paonessa - Aug 22, 2017

Verizon.  What are you doing? That’s a question that many are asking today, and many more will later ask a similar question when they head into their local Verizon stores. Prior to today, Verizon offered just one postpaid unlimited LTE data plan that was very easy to understand.  Subscribers paid

Joe Paonessa - Jul 5, 2017

Over the past few weeks I’ve noted around the web that users of TracFone based Verizon MVNO’s have been reporting that they have been experiencing LTE speeds much faster than the 5 Mbps download and 2 Mbps upload that Verizon restricts them to. The latest report came yesterday from a

Joe Paonessa - Jun 11, 2017

A week ago Verizon announced that it tweaked its prepaid wireless plans, adding more data to some cell phone plans while lowering the cost of another.  The $40 plan got a data bump to 3 GB up from 2 GB, the $50 plan got a bump to 7 GB up