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SpaceX’s Starship Experiences Third Consecutive Failure – Implications For Starlink?
SpaceX’s Starship development program is having a bad year – yesterday experiencing its third major failure in a row. Yet another “Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly” without meeting key test objectives is a major embarrassment for SpaceX – and this stumble will potentially slow down the development of the massively upgraded Starlink V3 satellites. The test flight […]
2025 Satellite Mobile Internet Update: Starlink, Kuiper, Direct To Cellular, and More!
We have tracked satellite internet options for nomads from the very start here at the Mobile Internet Resource Center, and things have sure come a long way since our days of using a surveyor’s tripod to tediously aim a huge HughesNet dish between the trees to get online from the most remote campsites. Now, you […]
Calyx Institute’s New Sprout Membership – With BYOD SIM for Unlimited T-Mobile Data
The Calyx Institute is a non-profit organization that includes T-Mobile based data plans with their memberships – a perk they are able to offer due to old terms negotiated by Clear Wireless and Sprint (who T-Mobile acquired). There are other non-profit organizations offering these plans, like PCs for People, at even lower costs – but […]
Amazon’s Starlink Competitor Project Kuiper Blasts Off – At Last!
We have been tracking Project Kuiper since 2019, when Amazon first revealed its plans to build a global broadband satellite internet constellation designed to rival SpaceX’s Starlink. Amazon is claiming that it is setting out “to build the most advanced and the most modern communications system in the world” and “the most advanced satellite network ever […]
T-Mobile Announces New “Experience” Plans, Including Up to 250 GB Of Mobile Hotspot Data, But Taxes and Fees Are Now Extra
Note: This article was edited after the plans went live with additional details and context. T-Mobile announced two new “Experience” plans to its postpaid and business smartphone plan lineup. These changes follow Verizon’s major shakeup last week, and it seems clear that today’s announcement from T-Mobile is, at least in part, a response to Verizon’s […]
Verizon Upgrades Its Premium Unlimited Ultimate Smartphone Plan With More Hotspot And International Data
Today, Verizon rolled out a massive upgrade to its top-tier consumer postpaid smartphone plan, Unlimited Ultimate. Bucking the industry trend of instituting price increases over the last year, Verizon substantially increased the features of this plan without a price hike. The plan price remains $90/month with autopay for a single line. This follows Verizon’s recent […]
Verizon Adds New Business Smartphone Plan – My Biz Plan
Verizon Business has introduced a new option for business smartphone plans called My Biz Plan. Video Story My Biz Plan Overview Somewhat similar to the myPlan lineup of consumer plans introduced in 2023, the new My Biz plan is a basic, base plan that you can customize by adding a la carte features. The […]
Starlink Adds Restrictions To Roam Unlimited in “Sold Out” Areas
Starlink Roam plans are not tied to a specific service address, and users on these plans are free to roam to any area that Starlink offers service, including worldwide access and in motion, with very few restrictions on when or how they can be used. The main downside of that data use is deprioritized behind […]
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