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SpaceX Launches Official “Starlink For RVs” – Deprioritized Service That Can Be Paused As Needed
Earlier this month Starlink officially debuted a new Portability feature that allows residential Starlink service to be used while traveling away from your home service address – suddenly making Starlink vastly more appealing to RVers and Cruisers. Perhaps recognizing the resultant flood of demand, SpaceX has today come out with a new service offering based […]
Starlink Releases an Updated Map – Anticipated RVer & Boater Destination Timelines
Starlink updated their availability map to now be a blue in color (instead of green) and it gives official timeline estimates for many new locations including several Q2 – Q4 estimates for 2022 and Q1 estimates for 2023. Below is the new availability map that now shows “Available, Waitlist, and Coming Soon” Starlink Availability Map […]
Cellphone Carriers Planning Price Increases
AT&T and Verizon are both planning price increases for existing customers.
Starlink “Portability” Is Here – Enabling Roaming Across North America, For A Price
Back in March we reported that a section on “Service Portability” was added to the Starlink Terms of Service, and that we suspected that this feature would officially roll out soon. And indeed – for the past two months, all Starlink customers have discovered that Portability was indeed unofficially working, with the Starlink Dishy automatically […]
Is Starlink Preparing to Charge for Roaming?
A few Starlink customers noticed they received a $25 Tax Invoice for something called “Portability – FAKE”. Those that opened a support case with Starlink were quickly told it was a mistake and it would be removed from their account. Portability is how Starlink refers to roaming and it is listed in the Service Agreement […]
New AT&T Flagship Hotspots Announced: Netgear Nighthawk M6 and M6 Pro, First With Qualcomm X65 Modem
AT&T and Netgear today announced two new flagship 5G mobile hotspots – the Netgear Nighthawk M6 and Nighthawk M6 Pro. Both hotspots are the first to come to market featuring the Qualcomm X65 modem chipset – enabling some significant future-proofing improvements over the X55 modem that has been used in all 5G hotspots and routers […]
Google Fi Increases Data Limits, Lowers Price on Unlimited Plus and Simply Unlimited Plans
Google Fi increases data limits, while lower prices, on Unlimited Plus and Simply Unlimited plans.
Starlink Adds an Availability Map to their Website
Starlink at last published an availability map on its website today, taking all the guesswork out of where you can order Starlink immediately and where you’ll be waiting. The map is available on the top left corner of the Starlink front page, or directly here: Starlink Map Taking a quick look – the Western area of […]
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