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Verizon Introduces New One Unlimited for iPhone Plan
Verizon introduces their newest plan – the One Unlimited for iPhone Plan.
iPhone 14 Brings Emergency Satellite Communications, Ditches SIM Slot
Apple earlier today announced this year’s batch of new iPhone models – the mainstream iPhone 14 and large-screen iPhone 14 Plus, and the new flagship iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. The big new connectivity feature this year is support for direct satellite communications, coming to market in fully functional form a full year before […]
T-Mobile And SpaceX Starlink Partnership – “Coverage Above & Beyond” Aims To Eliminate Dead Zones
SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk and T-Mobile CEO and President Mike Sievert hosted a live press event Thursday evening to announce T-Mobile’s new “Coverage Above & Beyond”. It’s an initiative that aims to use SpaceX’s Starlink satellites to eliminate T-Mobile dead zones – allowing most existing phones on T-Mobile’s cellular network to get connected via […]
T-Mobile Introduces “Home Internet Lite” Tiered Data Plans
T-Mobile’s Home Internet service is intended as a fixed-location cellular alternative to traditional landline internet service providers and is also a popular option with our audience of nomads, RVers, and boaters. Since the service debuted in 2020, T-Mobile’s Home Internet service includes unlimited data for only $50 a month, but data is always deprioritized and […]
Visible Revamps Plan Lineup And Retires Party Pay
Visible, the Verizon prepaid subsidiary is completely revamping its popular smartphone-based cellular service and bringing the brand much closer to its parent-brand Verizon. Even the logo changed to specifically note that Visible is a Verizon brand. Visible now offers two new plans, Visible Basic and Visible+, and will transition the existing Visible plan and Party […]
Verizon Launches the MiFi X PRO 5G UW – A New Flagship 5G Mobile Hotspot From Inseego
Today Verizon quietly released the next-generation Inseego mobile hotspot device – the MiFi X Pro 5G UW. This hotspot features the Qualcomm X65 modem chipset, which provides significant future-proofing enhancements over the X55 modems used in previous 5G Verizon hotspots, such as the Inseego M2100 5G and the Orbic Speed 5G UW. The new Inseego […]
T-Mobile Adds Tiered Data Options to “Home Internet” Business Plans – Consumer Plans Expected To Follow
T-Mobile’s Unlimited Home and Small Business internet service is a popular option as an alternative to landline ISP’s for fixed-location customers as well as those whose homes are mobile. But a big caveat with that unlimited service is that T-Mobile restricted sign-up locations to areas where it has excess network capacity to support demand. And […]
Starlink Testing Out Soft Data Caps in France With a Price Cut
Some Starlink users in France recently got an email (copy of the email in French users received) that their monthly service cost would be almost cut in half from their 99€/month to 50€/month, but included in that email was a new fair use policy stating that starting in October, users would still have access to […]
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