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How AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile are responding to the LA wildfires
As wildfires continue to devastate parts of Los Angeles County, hundreds of thousands of residents are without power as utility crews work to restore connectivity. Mobile carriers are also taking action to keep their services online and provide relief to affected residents. Here’s how major carriers are responding. In an update on Thursday, Verizon said it will waive call, text,…
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AT&T and Verizon say networks secure after Salt Typhoon breach
AT&T and Verizon confirmed they were breached in a massive Chinese espionage campaign targeting telecom carriers worldwide but said the hackers have now been evicted from their networks. “We have not detected threat actor activity in Verizon’s network for some time, and after considerable work addressing this incident, we can report that Verizon has contained the activities associated with this…
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Verizon Just Killed Its Messaging App
Verizon subscribers who have been using the company’s Message+ texting app are now being forced to switch to an alternative, following the service’s discontinuation on Monday. The app is the latest victim in the move to cross-platform RCS, and while it’s probably for the best, loyal users are bemoaning the loss of some fan-favorite features. In a reddit thread on…
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Your Verizon Bill Just Got a Little More Expensive
If you pay close attention to your Verizon bill this month, next to the nebulous “Administrative and Telco Recovery Charge,” you’ll notice that you’re paying 20 cents more per voice and data line than before, as confirmed by Verizon spokesperson Greg Koroneos to The Verge. The increase, meager as it seems on the surface, takes the total administrative fee for…
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Verizon Is Having a Massive Outage Right Now
Verizon customers around the U.S. are currently experiencing a massive service outage, with phones either not getting any bars or even being stuck in SOS mode. News of the outage first started hitting the internet around 12 p.m. ET, with DownDetector (which shares the same parent company as Lifehacker) showing over 100,000 user reports of Verizon outages. Reports have fallen…
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