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WiFiRanger Unleashes “Phantom” 7.0 – Massive Free Firmware Upgrade
It has been a long time coming (the beta testing started last May) – but at last WiFiRanger has unleashed their newest firmware update upon the world. This new release, dubbed “Phantom 7.0”, is hugely ambitious – and it is packed full of some fabulously powerful features. A lot of the features are directly inspired by feedback […]
weBoost Drive 4G-XR (RV) Coming Soon – RV-Optimized Cell Booster Kit
Cellular booster manufacturer weBoost (formerly known as Wilson Electronics) unveiled its new website and product line today, as promised. As expected – most of the product line is just a new weBoost skin on the old Wilson boosters, but there seems to be a truly new mobile booster “Coming Soon” that may be destined to […]
FTC Throttles Straight Talk for Deceptively Throttled “Unlimited” Plans
The FCC isn’t the only federal agency making headlines fighting for mobile consumer rights this week. The Federal Trade Commission announced this week that it has reached a $40 million settlement with TracFone, the parent company of popular prepaid providers Straight Talk, Net10, Simple Mobile, and Telcel America. The crime – deceptively offering “unlimited” data plans […]
FCC Redefines “Broadband” to be 25+ Mbps
Yesterday it only took delivering paltry 4Mbps download speeds to be able to claim you were offering broadband service. Not anymore. The FCC voted today to redefine the term “broadband” – now requiring mobile and fixed internet service providers to deliver at least 25Mbps download speeds and 3Mbps upload speeds to meet the new definition. […]
Campendium Launches – RV Park Review Site Tracks Cellular Signal Strength
There’s many RV Park Review sites out there these days competing for our attention when planning future stops – RV Park Reviews, RV Parking, RV Parky and Freecampsites.net. But a new one has just launched with a twist that RVers who value keeping online might appreciate. After two years in development and over 900 beta testers (us […]
FCC Strongly Rules That “WiFi Blocking Is Prohibited”
Imagine this happening to you… You check into an RV park, and go to get online via your cellular mobile hotspot. But despite seeing a great LTE signal, no matter what you do your laptop refuses to connect to your hotspot over WiFi. You eventually check with the campground office, and are told that personal WiFi is prohibited […]
Verizon CFO: We Will Never Roll Over Data, Compete On Price
Last month T-Mobile began offering rollover data via its flexible “Data Stash” program, and then two weeks ago AT&T introduced a more limited rollover plan of its own. What about Verizon – will they ever get on board the rollover train? Don’t bet on it. Verizon CFO Fran Shammo was interviewed by CNet yesterday, and he squashed […]
WiFiRanger Rejiggers Product Line – Discontinues MobileTi, Introduces New Elite, Changes Prices
Big news from WiFiRanger today – they have just let us know that they have discontinued our former top recommendation for roof-mounted long range WiFi, replacing the outgoing WiFiRanger MobileTi with the new WiFiRanger Elite. The Elite is very similar in function to the MobileTi, but with a few advantages: 1000mW WiFi Radio vs MobileTi’s […]
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