there will come a time when that contract runs out. Once your contract is done, you've got a choice to make: do you continue your contract as normal (usually the worst option), do you stick with the provider but change the plan or do you go elsewhere?
Dee is a home services editor for U.S. News & World Report, focusing on home warranties and medical alerts. Prior to joining U.S. News, Dee was a content editor for a virtual home exterior design company. Read more Rachel Hisle
apps for Android, TextFree provides free text and picture messaging forever. Friends don’t need TextFree to receive text or picture messages and there’s no carrier or contract required for the app. If simplicity is what you’re after in a free texting app, TextFree may be the ideal ...
The contract can be transferred to another person as long as that person passes a credit check. All the major carriers offer pay-as-you-go services that allow you more flexibility than long-term contracts. Most U.S. wireless devices, unless modified, work with only one network.Anderson...
These smartphones all made it past the one-year warranty, which leaves us with an inoperative phone and usually about one more year of a contract to fulfill. Verizon has no good answer for this. Their remedy is to purchase another phone with data at full price. I have purchased two used...
If the phone doesn’t have an IMEI, it most likely has an alternative number called an electronic serial number, or ESN. When the phone is turned on and connects to a network, the IMEI is transmitted to the carrier, which then does a cell phone blacklist check. If the phone is ...
If the phone doesn’t have an IMEI, it most likely has an alternative number called an electronic serial number, or ESN. When the phone is turned on and connects to a network, the IMEI is transmitted to the carrier, which then does a cell phone blacklist check. If the phone is ...
A corporate BYOP program more likely refers to an employee’s ability to use their personal device for company matters, shares Anurag Lal, CEO of NetSfere. While the wording may be two in the same, if you see BYOP or BYOD listed on a cell phone plan provider’s website, it almost ...
If you got a new cell phone as part of your contract and are still paying it off, your phone may be locked and will only work with a valid SIM card from your cellular provider.You may notice that your phone has lost its service, and you cannot send text messages or make phone calls...
BYOD has become commonplace across various industries as more companies embrace a hybrid work model — i.e., when employees come into the office on some days and work from home on others. Rather than using a company-issued computer in the office and a personal device at home, BYOD to work...