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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 […]
Google Planning Wireless Service – Tapping Sprint & T-Mobile Networks
The Wall Street Journal and tech news site The Information today are reporting that Google has closed deals with Sprint and T-Mobile, and is moving ahead this year on long brewing plans to launch a wireless service of its own. Details on the project, codenamed “Nova”, are scarce. Becoming an MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) like Straight Talk, […]
Virgin Mobile Launches Data Done Right – With Mobile Hotspot
Starting today, Virgin Mobile USA and Walmart are launching a new prepaid cellular shared data plan called Date Done Right. The plans are for multiple lines with unlimited voice and messaging, with a shared pool of data. The three plans offered are: $65/month for 2 lines with unlimited voice and messaging and 4 GB of […]
Elon Musk Plans Global Satellite Broadband – On Earth, and Mars
Elon Musk hosted an event this evening opening up a new SpaceX office in Seattle – the future home for his as-yet-unnamed hugely ambitious Space Internet venture. The SpaceX communication network will involve hundreds of satellites working together, swarming in low earth orbit 750 miles up. At this altitude, satellite data will have the potential to […]
T-Mobile Promises LTE Coverage Map – At Last!
Unlike other carriers, T-Mobile’s online coverage map has never shown areas of LTE coverage, only visually mapping out 2G coverage areas. T-Mobile instead has periodically provided a list of cities with LTE, making it extremely difficult for travelers to have any broader sense of where T-Mobile might work best for them. The only way to […]
Wilson Electronics Rebrands As weBoost
Wilson Electronics and its iconic blue boosters have been the default go-to cellular booster choice for RVers for years. We’ve actually heard “Wilson” used synonymously with “booster” a few times, the brand name has become so closely associated with cellular boosting. So of course, Wilson Electronics has announced that they are going to rebrand and rename the company: “Today, […]
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