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T-Mobile Debuts Rollover Data – 10GB Free to Start
T-Mobile this morning made one of its best #Uncarrier moves yet, announcing that most T-Mobile plans will now feature roll-over data, accumulating all unused data each month in a “Data Stash” account. This has been a feature that we have long craved, and it is awesome to at last see a major carrier embracing it. T-Mobile […]
T-Mobile Offers “Unlimited” Deals for Multi-Line Families
T-Mobile has just announced new “Unlimited Family Plans” that are a great deal – if you have reasons to want multiple voice lines on T-Mobile’s network. We love the way T-Mobile has been shaking up the mobile industry, and have long recommended T-Mobile as a great secondary network for nomads on the road. But T-Mobile’s […]
Happy 4th Birthday LTE! (3G’s Days Are Numbered)
This week marks the 4th anniversary of the December 2010 initial public deployment of Verizon’s LTE network – the first large scale 4G/LTE network in the world. What a four years it has been! LTE has gone on to become the global standard for cellular data communication, blowing away the speeds of older 3G networks. […]
T-Mobile Forced To Put Speed Brakes on Speed Tests
Back in June, T-Mobile announced that it was white-listing most music streaming services and online speed testing sites so that data used would not count against your monthly limits – and these sites would also continue to operate at full speed even on throttled connections. In the past few days then even expanded Music Freedom […]
WiFiRanger Black November Sale / New Year’s Firmware Update Resolution
WiFiRanger today announced a special limited-time “Black November” discount, offering the $150 XT Antenna upgrade for free with purchase of the $499 roof-mounted MobileTi, and also offered as a free upgrade with the $599 RV PackTi – which also includes an interior Go2 router in the bundle. If you already have a WiFiRanger Mobile, the Black […]
AT&T Joins Promotional Pricing for 15GB Shared Data
Beginning tomorrow, new and existing AT&T customers can snag 15GB of data for the price of 10GB ($100/month) on Mobile Share Value plans. Prices are before any device fees for smartphones, tablets or hotspots added to the plan. The new pricing now makes AT&T’s 15GB data plan on par with the recent pricing change Verizon announced […]
Canadians Gaining More Options for US Mobile Internet
As Canadian RVers start heading south into the US to seek warmer winter adventures, the question of how to keep online always comes up. With Millenicom out of the picture and signing up directly with US based carriers difficult without a US address and credit card, the options used to be pretty slim. But a […]
Verizon Unlimited Data Plans No Longer Transferrable via AOL effective November 13
We have received reliable confirmation that Verizon representatives have been officially notified that effective November 13, Verizon is changing their Assumption of Liability (AOL) policy. Previously, whoever was assuming liability of an unlimited data plan would be able to keep the unlimited plan plan on an older style Nationwide plan. With the upcoming change, all […]
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