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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, […]
The Wirie Pro Now Available: Long Distance WiFi and Worldwide 2G/3G/4G
Full-time sailing nomads Mark and Liesbet (check out their sailing adventure blog) run a business The Wirie designing marine-grade WiFi boosting systems. They have built up an excellent reputation in the marine market, and they have been on our radar for a long time as a worthy alternative option for RVers to consider as well. This week […]
AT&T Fights For It’s Right To Throttle
In October we reported that the Federal Trade Commission was suing AT&T for deceptively selling “unlimited” data plans that were actually quite limited in practice – with data speeds throttled way back after just a few GB usage each month. Today – AT&T fired back with a motion to dismiss, claiming that the FTC has no […]
AT&T To Follow T-Mobile’s Lead with Rollover Data
AT&T, the carrier that started the rollover concept with voice minutes, is now following the Uncarrier’s latest move and today announced that it is introducing Rollover Data! Starting January 25th, all AT&T Mobile Share Value plan customers will have this feature automatically added to their accounts at no additional cost – you do not even have to […]
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