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Verizon Teases VoLTE – Dubs It “Advanced Calling 1.0”
At the moment, all voice calls on Verizon’s network requires the phone to connect over Verizon’s old 3G CDMA network – not over Verizon’s newer 4G/LTE network. This is why some phones (including all iPhones) can not support simultaneous voice calls and data connections on Verizon’s network, and why occasionally an area with seemingly great […]
T-Mobile Smacks Sprint With An Unlimited LTE Comeback
A few days ago Sprint announced it was rolling out new shared data plans with twice the amount of data for the price as the other big carriers. The sweetest deals however were reserved for new customers who transfer lines to Sprint from another carrier – leaving current Sprint customers out in the cold. T-Mobile noticed […]
MIA Exclusive: First Look at WiFiRanger’s New Data Management Tools
We spent the past two day’s visiting WiFiRanger’s offices in Boise, ID – the highlight of which was getting to brainstorm with the WiFiRanger team around what sort of features mobile internet users will find most useful for managing usage and avoiding overages. Their idea is to go beyond just monitoring how much data is used, […]
Sprint Doubling Data Allotments
Things are suddenly starting to get interesting at Sprint. To start – Sprint gave up on long rumored plans to acquire and merge with T-Mobile, and in the process a new CEO Marcelo Claure was put in place to take Sprint in a new direction. And in his first week on the job, he is […]
T-Mobile to Crack Down on Unlimited Abuse
Verizon isn’t the only carrier planning to add some limits to its “unlimited” plans. An internal T-Mobile memo leaked this week detailing plans to begin throttling certain unlimited plan users beginning August 17th. T-Mobile confirmed the memo to Engadget, and added an official statement with more details: A very small number of our customers are misusing […]
Verizon Unlimited Upgrade Loophole Closing
It has been years now since Verizon offered an unlimited data plan, and Verizon has been making it harder and harder for customers with this plan to keep it. But for obvious reasons – these plans are considered to be the ultimate, especially for full-time RVers. All you can eat LTE with no worries about […]
Get your ‘Mobile. Connected.’ T-Shirt! Limited Edition Run!!
To celebrate the launch of The Mobile Internet Handbook – 2014 US RVers Edition, and the launch of this website, we’ve designed a T-shirt. We didn’t want something that was promotional of the book or the new website. We wanted something that anyone who depends on mobile internet would be proud to wear as a […]
“Virtually Unlimited” Satellite Internet Arrives, Disappoints Mobile Users
Satellite internet tends to be all about limitations – slow, capped, and often very expensive. So it is little wonder that a lot of RVers were excited by the news this week about new service plans from ViaSat’s Exede division — offering “virtually unlimited” 12Mbps internet service for just $70/month. Wow! But… Exede is a […]
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