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AT&T Raises Price on 100GB Prepaid Hotspot/Router Data Plan – Now $90/mo
AT&T Prepaid has increased the price on their 100GB data plan.
T-Mobile Launches New 5G Mobile Hotspot – Made By Quanta
T-Mobile today launched its own branded 5G mobile hotspot device simply called the “T-Mobile 5G Hotspot.” The device itself is made by Quanta Computer, a Taiwan-based electronics company that is best known for manufacturing laptops for companies like Dell and Apple. This new device has similar technical specifications to T-Mobile’s existing 5G hotspot, the Inseego […]
A New Fourth Carrier: Dish’s Project Genesis Expands to 120+ Cities, Offers Unlimited Hotspot Plan
Dish, as part of the T-Mobile and Sprint merger deal negotiated with federal regulators in 2019, was given the spectrum rights necessary to take Sprint’s place as the new fourth nationwide cellular carrier. Ever since then – Dish has been on the clock, facing a deadline to launch a network covering at least 20% of […]
You Can Now Change Your Starlink Residential to Starlink For RVs Service
Starlink has now started to roll out the change at the account level to allow users to easily change from their Starlink Residential service to Starlink for RVs right from their account page and not have to change equipment. We alerted last week in our Change to Starlink For RV’s Service Story that the FAQ […]
FMCA Tech Connect+ Data Plan Transitioning from T-Mobile to AT&T – $59.99/mo Unlimited Hotspot
Back in 2017 the FMCA – Family Motor Coach Association – a non-profit RV membership club, stepped into the role of offering cellular data plans to its members. Over the years they’ve offered both a Verizon based plan (which disappeared without notification at the end of 2020), and a Sprint based plan as part of […]
AT&T Unlimited Premium Replaces Unlimited Elite for Consumers: Now With 50GB Mobile Hotspot Data
AT&T has quietly made some small adjustments to their consumer postpaid smartphone plans – replacing their top end Unlimited Elite plan with Unlimited Premium. AT&T Unlimited Premium Video Unlimited Premium Plan Differences The Unlimited Elite Plan was AT&T’s top-tier consumer postpaid plan for smartphones, starting at $85/line for a single line of service. The […]
T-Mobile 5G Home and Small Business Internet – Portability Now Supported
For the past couple of years, T-Mobile has been competing with landline internet service by offering an unlimited “home internet” service for residences and small businesses for only $50/month which includes unlimited and unthrottled data only subject to deprioritization on congested towers. Congestion was often rare, as T-Mobile limited sign-up locations to areas where it […]
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