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Mobile Satellite Internet Options – Spring 2022 Industry Update: Starlink Gets Practical, OneWeb Derailed, Kuiper Getting Ready, and More!
The story of the past year in satellite internet has been the story of Starlink. SpaceX’s massive satellite constellation is now serving over 250,000 customers around the world – and SpaceX has kept in the news with a constant stream of new developments, and launches expanding the Starlink constellation have been steady every few weeks. […]
SpaceX Raises The Price of Starlink Service & Equipment
Starlink customers received a surprise in their email today with the announcement of a price hike both on equipment and service. Due to excessive levels of inflation, the price of the Starlink kit is increasing from $499 to $549 for deposit holders, and $599 for all new orders, effective today. In addition, the Starlink monthly service […]
Pepwave MAX Transit Pro – The Next Generation Transit Router With Dual LTE Modems From Peplink
The Peplink Pepwave MAX Transit product line-up has been in a lot of flux over the past several months as supply shortages forced the early retirement of the original series and the introduction of an interim MAX Transit Pro E model. However, Peplink is finally ready to reveal the next generation of the Pepwave MAX […]
T-Mobile Business Promo Offers Unlimited Tablet Plan for $10/month
In late February T-Mobile quietly came out with a very attractive promotion for business customers: a tablet plan with unlimited on-device data and 10GB of mobile hotspot for only $10/month. This is an incredibly good value.
Starlink “Service Portability” Coming Soon? But – Mobility Voids Dishy Warranty
We reported last month that a few Starlink customers had discovered that their systems had “roaming” enabled – allowing them to get connected via SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation even while 100’s of miles away from their registered service address. Over the past several days (ever since Elon Musk tweeted about enabling “mobile roaming” in Ukraine) – […]
Verizon Releases The Orbic Speed 5G UW Mobile Hotspot – Verizon’s New 5G Flagship
Verizon has officially released its newest 5G compatible mobile hotspot device – the Orbic Speed 5G UW.
AT&T Prepaid Sends Confusing Cancellation Notices to Hotspot Customers
Several Mobile Internet Resource Center MIA members today received cancellation notices for their AT&T prepaid accounts. The email warned that their current device will “stop working any day now” and that the account would be canceled on April first if the device wasn’t upgraded. This notification is likely related to AT&T’s plan to shut down […]
5G Industry Update: Is 2022 The Year 5G Gets Interesting?
In our major 5G industry update last summer, we concluded: “So while it might be tempting to invest in “future-proofing” now – by the time 5G networks have evolved to really take advantage of what is possible with all this underlying technology, there will likely be better (and more affordable) 5G hardware options on the […]
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