Verizon Wireless

Apple iPhone with an SOS, indicating there is no normal connection to the subscriber's cellular network available (CARDINAL NEWS)

Verizon and Metra Experience Outages, Service Disruptions; Unknown if Related

Mon Sep 30, 2024 03:46 pm Cardinal News

Both Metra service and Verizon service have been affected by communications issues causing significant disruptions in their services. Initially there was no information indicating that the two outages were related. Metra passenger trains were delayed […]

Watching a Monarch butterfly float from the Prospect Heights Natural Resources Commission, crowds were packed on both sides of Miner Street near the end of the parade route, which also included Dunton Avenue and Oakton Street -- also packed with viewers (CARDINAL NEWS)

Record Crowd at Arlington Heights 4th of July Parade Route May Have Caused Verizon 5G Outage

Thu Jul 4, 2024 03:29 pm Cardinal News

Did your Verizon 5G cellphone show SOS instead of signal bars this morning, Thursday, July 4, 2024? SOS mode indicates you can make emergency calls to 9-1-1, but can indicate that you can’t make regular […]

New Cell Tower Planned at Cross and Crown Lutheran Church, Only 4,000 Feet Away from Cell Antennas Attached to Existing ComEd Tower Near Chestnut Ave, Arlington Heights

Sat Mar 23, 2019 09:56 am Cardinal News

A plan to erect a 75-foot antenna tower just northeast of the Rand Road and Hintz Road intersection in Arlington Heights — needed to improve improve cellphone coverage where Verizon Wireless says a “dead-zone” exists […]

T-Mobile and Sprint Pushing 5G As Reason for FCC, Justice Dept Merger Approval

Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:29 pm Cardinal News

T-Mobile CEO John Legere and Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure speak to “Squawk on the Street” about inking the $26 billion deal that could shake up the telecommunications sector. The next generation of wireless technology, known […]

Corrupt ASes: Outages at Comcast, RCN, Verizon and More Caused by Misconfiguration at Level 3 Internet Backbone Company

Tue Nov 7, 2017 06:21 am Cardinal News

An Internet outage Monday November 6, 2017 was caused, according to several media sources, by a misconfiguration of manually typed characters at Level 3, an internet backbone company headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. The misconfiguration caused […]

Verizon Wireless Stops Offering Two-Year Contracts with Discounted Phones

Sun Aug 9, 2015 09:10 am Cardinal News

Verizon Wireless plans will stop offering phones at discounted prices as they have been doing when customers sign two-year service contracts. Verizon customers will no longer have two-year commitments by a wireless contract, but they […]

Verizon Buying AOL at $50 per Share; “Pipes Buy Content” Example

Tue May 12, 2015 06:35 am Cardinal News

Telecom giant Verizon announced Tuesday it will be buying AOL for $50 per share, or about $4.4 billion. The transaction will be completed this summer and will take the form of a tender offer followed […]

Senator Mark Kirk Grills U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on NSA Collection of Phone Records from Verizon Wireless

Thu Jun 6, 2013 03:33 pm Cardinal News

Attorney General Eric Holder sidestepped questions about the government’s collection of Verizon phone records when asked in a hearing if any phones on Capitol Hill were monitored. Holder and senators agreed to a classified session. […]

Be on the Lookout for Verizon Wireless Phishing Email

Wed May 23, 2012 10:49 pm Cardinal News

Be on the look out for an e-mail phishing attempt using an email that pretends to be from Verizon Wireless. Actual fake email with links to a spoof website in Europe and unusually high balance. […]

New Verizon Wireless Throttle Policy for Top 5% Usage User with 3G Devices

Sat Sep 17, 2011 01:41 pm Cardinal News

A new policy page from Verizon Wireless explains that the “top 5 percent of data users with 3G devices on unlimited data plans” (LTE and tiered data users are not included) will experienced managed speeds […]

For Years Struggling with the World’s Most Popular ‘Almost Phone,’ Jon Stewart, John Oliver Trash AT&T’s Network After Verizon Wireless iPhone Announcement

Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:33 pm Cardinal News

Jon Stewart of The Daily Show had a little fun, rejoicing with the news that Verizon Wireless with a superior wireless network compared to AT&T will be selling the Apple iPhone 4. Jon Stewart of […]

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