Alex(a) Explain Advanced Communications
The UCC story at Verizon is pretty big and includes multiple options for UCaaS and CCaaS. Some of them even include 5G, and some of them even disguise the 5G as ordinary desktop phones. Some of them are Verizon branded…
The Dual SIM challenge
I was very very hesitant when I decided to switch from Verizon to T-Mobile. I had been with Verizon for decades and they had a good (although declining) network. I perceived of T-Mobile as a third-tier company. (I would later…
How to Watch YouTube on Verizon
For years I have been frustrated by my inability to watch YouTube videos on my Verizon phone. When I do a SpeedTest there is more than enough speed to watch videos. My data plan has more than enough high speed…
The Moth and the Candle and 5G
If I could describe the mindset of telephone companies it would be the story of the moth and the candle. In May, AT&T announced with great fanfare that it is back to being a telephone company again: AT&T to refocus…
Switching to T-Mobile from Verizon
I was a Verizon mobile customer for decades. I’ve had a cell phone for 35 years now (not many can say that) and I have always wanted (and was willing to pay for) the best service. And, for a long…
Widespread Internet Outrages hit Northeast US
People should be outraged by this. The Internet was designed to be robust, self healing, unstoppable. It was designed so if one route blocked traffic would get rerouted around the blockage. That was the most fundamental design principle. The Internet…
UnCarrier is Uncool
T-Mobile is no longer the un-carrier. John Legere the inspired rule-breaking maverick executive that led T-Mobile from being a broken down jalopy to the industry leading cellular company is gone. The suit-and-tie folks are now fully back in charge and…
Verizon Wireless for $25/mo
I could never have imagined that Verizon could make shopping for a cellular plan more complicated. But in the past several years they have found ways to make it so utterly complicated that even Verizon can’t keep their facts straight….
TalkingPointz Research: Verizon and BlueJeans
This week, Verizon announced its intent to acquire BlueJeans: NEW YORK– Verizon Business today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BlueJeans Network, a trusted enterprise-grade video conferencing and event platform. The acquisition expands Verizon’s immersive unified…
Verizon Delaying #5G Internet
I thought I would assist with the interpretation of this recent news story: Verizon is delaying its home 5G internet rollout again Verizon has just realized that 5G frequencies can’t travel very far, as in, they can go about a…
The ABCs of Verizon’s Call Filter
A week ago I signed up for Verizon’s new Call Filter service that identifies callers as Robo Callers, Spammers, etc. When you subscribe to the basic (free) service Verizon blocks the name portion of Caller ID so you cannot see…
RCS is Coming
2019 will be the year that RCS moves from tech punchline to reality. One never knows if a Google initiative is real or a lark (and to be fair we still don’t know), but Google’s efforts with RCS are coming…
The Verizon International Blues
Verizon changed its Travel Pass rules. I learned this the hard way while traveling in India. The new plan limited me to 0.5 GB of data per day (about my average). To go over this limit requires paying a fee…
Betting on Magenta
I’ve always thought T-Mobile’s Legere was super smart. I don’t necessarily mean in IQ, but he is street smart. If he is as smart as I think, he is going to gore Verizon and AT&T. Here’s how it will play…
Liar Liar Phones on Fire
Before AT&T acquired Time Warner it claimed that this is somehow good for consumers. I cannot possibly imagine how it is good for consumers. Almost immediately after completing the acquisition AT&T raised its prices. Not long ago AT&T acquired DirecTV…
T-Mobile Gets Tech
Verizon thinks 5G is going to allow people to connect their lightbulbs and toasters to the internet. They think this is possible and that people will pay $5 per month per device to do so. Never mind that 5G frequencies…
I’m Down to Two Bars
At my home I have enjoyed 5 bars of Verizon coverage for decades. This is the reason that I went with Verizon so long ago. AT&T had spotty coverage and a lot of dropped calls. T-Mobile only had “2G Edge”…
Progress with Verizon OneTalk
Four days ago I was interested in Verizon OneTalk, a service that lets me move my phone number into the cloud and then have menus, voice mail, and simultaneously ring multiple phones at the same time. I went to the…
It’s 2018 to Us, It’s 1980 to Verizon
How exciting, Verizon seems to have a product called Onetalk that will allow our staff to integrate their VOIP and cell number on a single device. And, it has IVR and also multi-ring capability It sounds interesting. So I went…
AT&T and Verizon’s Towers
Just a few years ago both AT&T and Verizon sold off most of their cellular towers. For that, they got about $5 Blllion in cash, each. Verizon used the money to purchase AOL, and as that was such a strategic…