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AT&T Extends Double Data Deals Until 11/15
For those still trying to make decisions in response to what we have come to call the October Cellular Shake-Up, AT&T today announced that they are extending their double data deals for Mobile Share plans in excess of 15GB until November 15. This could be a huge sigh of relief, especially for former Millenicom customers who […]
Halloween Surprise: BMI Abandons Mobile Internet Users with Just One Day’s Notice!
If you thought Millenicom customers have had it rough, users of Blue Mountain Internet’s Sprint-powered unlimited data plan are finding a lot more trick than treat in their inboxes today — they are having their service canceled with just one day’s notice! BMI is not nearly as well known in the RVing world as Millenicom, […]
Feds Sue AT&T For Unlimited Abuse
The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it is suing AT&T for deceptively selling “unlimited” data plans that were actually quite limited in practice. Even though AT&T hasn’t allowed new customers to sign up for an unlimited data plan in years, many AT&T customers have held on to their grandfathered unlimited plans thinking that they were actually […]
AT&T Takes the Shine Off the Apple SIM
Last week the mobile internet world was abuzz about the promise of the new Apple SIM that was launching included with the Apple iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3. The Apple SIM is the first multi-carrier SIM, allowing you right from within the iPad’s settings app to pick a carrier and sign up for short term pay-as-you-go cellular […]
Verizon Unlimited Plan Prices TANKING!
In the process of researching our guide to acquiring a Verizon Unlimited Data plan, I’ve spent a lot of time over the past few weeks closely watching eBay prices on these plans fluctuate. With Verizon’s announcement on October 1st that they were backing down on plans to throttle unlimited plans, I had actually been expecting […]
Millenicom Update: Still Waiting For Options
The earthquake shaking the RV mobile internet world this week is the news that Verizon has taken over all Millenicom Hotspot Plan customer accounts. Millenicom has a long history of offering good service and a great overall deal to the data-hungry RV market, and for the past six years they have had a relationship with Verizon where Millenicom […]
One SIM to Rule Them All: Introducing the Apple SIM
All LTE cellular devices have a place for a tiny removable card, known as the “subscriber identity module” or SIM, to be inserted. The SIM identifies your account to the your cellular carrier. If you move the SIM to another compatible and unlocked device, you transfer your service and your phone number to that new device. SIM […]
Millenicom Customer Accounts Acquired by Verizon
The most current information on this story: 10-27-2014: Verizon Starting to Make Contact with Millenicom Customers 10-22-2014: Alternative Options to Millenicom 10-21-2014: Millenicom Update: November Billing & Service Questions 10-19-2014: Millenicom Update: Still Waiting For Options E-mails to Millenicom customers have gone out confirming the news we got a hint of earlier today – Verizon is acquiring all Millenicom customer […]
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