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Consumer Reports Ranks Cell Phone Carriers
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – If you’re shocked by your cell phone bill, you’re not alone. According to Consumer Reports, one in five people got an unexpectedly high bill in the past year. Nearly 60,000...
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How To Avoid Spam Messages On Your Cell Phone
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) – Business seems to booming for text message spammers. However, there are ways you can prevent them from reaching your cell phone. Kent German with CNET said, in the last few years,...
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Cell Phone Companies ‘Throttling’ Largest Data Users
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s called throttling — deliberately slowing down your access to the internet from your smart phone. “Throttling is this idea if you consume too much of my bandwidth I’m going to...
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Consumer Reports Compares iPhones & Androids
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — In a TV commercial, Samsung makes fun of Apple fans, claiming that Android phones have had better features and capabilities than the iPhone 5 for ages. Back in the labs, Consumer...
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Amber Alert Flub: Phone Companies Sent Messages In Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Amber Alert for the missing 5-year-old girl from Philadelphia may have been helpful in her recovery. However, that Amber Alert intended for the Philadelphia region, went out to...
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Fayette Co. Woman Admits To Impersonating World Champion Rodeo Star
VANDERBILT (KDKA) – A Fayette County woman accused of impersonating a rodeo star pleaded guilty to fraud Thursday. Assistant U.S. Attorney James Kitchen says 39-year-old Susan Rowan of Vanderbilt...
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Consumer Reports Calls Sprint’s “Cut Your Bill In Half” Deal “Complicated”
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — You’ve probably seen the ads. People armed with chainsaws, hedge trimmers and more literally cutting their wireless bills in half. The new promotion by Sprint aims to lure customers...
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Radio Shack Bankruptcy Could Affect 16 Stores In Western Pa.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Soon there are going to be thousands of people joining the unemployment lines. Radio Shack has filed for bankruptcy. A hedge fund has agreed to buy nearly half of Radio Shack’s...
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Get Marty: Woman Tries To Cut Phone Bill In Half, Ends Up With $4,000 Bill
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Have you seen the TV commercial where Sprint offers to cut rate plans in half? Kathleen Forte of Perryopolis certainly did. She decided to take Sprint up on that offer, but instead...
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Police Arrest 3 Men In Theft Of 92 Smartphones From Sprint Store At...
FRAZER TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Police in Frazer Township say they have arrested three men in connection with the thefts of more than 90 smartphones from a Sprint store in the Pittsburgh Mills Mall. According...
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City Officials Order Sprint Ad Removed From Old Bayer Co. Sign On Mt. Washington
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — City of Pittsburgh officials are warning Lamar Advertising and Sprint Corp. to remove an advertisement erected earlier this week on the iconic Bayer Co. sign on Mt. Washington....
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Lamar Advertising Tells City They Will Not Be Taking Down Sprint Ad
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The latest version of the sign atop Mount Washington is an advertisement for the Sprint mobile phone network with words “Pittsburgh WINS with Black & Yellow.” The Peduto...
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Judge Orders Lamar Advertising To Clean Rust From Back Of Old Bayer Sign
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Now adorned with a vinyl, bright yellow Sprint banner, there’s no denying the contentious relationship between the City of Pittsburgh and Lamar Advertising over the billboard on...
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Cell Phone Service Coming Soon To Squirrel Hill Tunnel
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It won’t happen instantly, but the solution to zero cell service in the Squirrel Hill Tunnel begins Monday night. “Tonight we’re going to start conduit installation in the inbound...
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RootMetrics Study Ranks Verizon As Top Wireless Service
Verizon is number one when it comes to wireless service, according to a new study from RootMetrics.
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Proposal Would Put Hollywood-Style Pittsburgh Sign On Mt. Washington
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh could be going Hollywood if a local non-profit has their way. WESA reports that Scenic Pittsburgh wants to replace the controversial black and yellow Sprint sign on Mt....
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Pittsburgh-Area Sprint Customers Experience Outage
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An outage affected a large number of Sprint customers in the Pittsburgh area for a few hours Saturday morning. Sprint reported late Saturday morning that customers may be...
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Experts: Paying For What You Use Can Save Big Money On Cell Phone Bill
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It used to be that cell phone bills were based on how many minutes you used per month. But with the advent of smartphones, bills have gotten a lot more complicated. Customers now...
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Sprint Changes Sign Atop Mt. Washington As Legal Battle Continues
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – There’s a new black and gold banner atop Mount Washington as the battle continues between Lamar Advertising and the City of Pittsburgh. Over the weekend, Sprint changed the sign to...
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Follow NewsRadio 1020 KDKA: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (News Radio 1020 KDKA) – An effort to reach a court compromise between the Peduto administration and Lamar Advertising over the big, yellow...
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