Verizon has announced that three towns in New Jersey will soon have a chance to see what it's like to have 5G network service - the world's fastest cell phone speed.
Under a recent settlement approved by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Verizon can raise rates on residential and business landline phone service. Opposition was staunch and immediate.
Someone blithely bought about $1,300 worth of electronic goods in a Verizon Store in Brick Township, and paid cash. Turns out they were counterfeit hundreds. Now, there's a hunt on to find the big spender.
Critics of Verizon claim the company has failed on a promise to deliver fiber optics statewide, despite the collection of $15 billion in surcharges, tax breaks and rate hikes for that purpose.
Many of us are attached to our cell phones without even realizing it. After yesterday's Verizon fiasco, a lot of people realized just how connected most of us really are.
Verizon's plan to discontinue land-based phone service in Mantoloking and other areas that took the worst of Superstorm Sandy's damage finds no favor at the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
Clamor is rising for New Jersey regulators to examine Verizon's elimination of land-line service in Mantoloking. Shore-based Assemblyman Greg McGuckin (R-10) has thrown his support behind AARP's call for a probe by the Board of Public Utilities.
The Obama administration on Thursday defended the National Security Agency's need to collect telephone records of U.S. citizens, calling such information "a critical tool in protecting the nation from terrorist threats."