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Verizon Updates Postpaid Shared Data Plans from S,M,L to 5GB or 10GB
Verizon has updated their tiered data plans, where data can be shared amongst multiple devices – creatively named ‘Shared Data Plans’. It’s important to note that these are ‘old school’ shared data plans, which means all devices on the plan share the same bucket of data. Unlike more modern-day plans where each device has its […]
Verizon Prepaid Offers Loyalty Discounts, Unlimited Smartphone Plan Now Offers 10GB Mobile Hotspot Data Option
Verizon Prepaid has reworked their phone plan line-up. In addition to slightly changing some of the data amounts offered, Verizon Prepaid is now offering a ‘Loyalty Discount’ for customers who remain on their plan for 3+ and 9+ months. A mobile hotspot data add-on option is now available for the new Unlimited phone plan, and […]
New Moxee Mobile Hotspot Released – Available for AT&T Business and Cricket Wireless
The Moxee Mobile Hotspot was recently released for both AT&T Small Business and Cricket Wireless (AT&T’s prepaid brand) consumer customers. The Moxee is a basic hotspot device, with a low-end Category-4 modem and support for both 2.4 and 5GHz Wi-Fi. The device is lacking some critical features for mobile internet road warriors – such as […]
weBoost Introduces New Drive Magnetic Exterior Antenna
weBoost has introduced a new low profile exterior antenna to their line up – the Drive Magnetic Antenna. This new antenna is designed for use on vehicle roofs and attaches via a magnetic mount installation or an adhesive disk. The Drive Magnetic Antenna will replace the classic 4″ Mini Magnet Mount antenna (which we affectionally have […]
The Importance of Redundancy: T-Mobile Suffered Massive Network Outage Yesterday
One of the biggest cellular network outages in years struck yesterday (Monday, June 15th) when T-Mobile suffered a cascading failure that took down its network across most of the country. Even once data services came back up late in the afternoon, many T-Mobile customers were unable to place voice calls or do any text messaging until well […]
Satellite Internet Update: Starlink Is Exciting, But Reality Check Needed For RVers and Cruisers
With OneWeb going through bankruptcy and Amazon’s Project Kuiper seemingly stalled, SpaceX’s Starlink has become the clear leader in the race to provide next-generation satellite internet service. Some RVers and cruisers are already dreaming of ditching their cellular plans next year, hoping that SpaceX will be able to deliver on the dream of global coverage, […]
AT&T-Based MVNOs H20 Wireless and PureTalk USA Increase Data Limits on Smartphone Plans
Two different prepaid AT&T-based MVNOs, H20 Wireless and PureTalk USA, recently made changes by increasing the amount of data available on some of their smartphone plans. H20 Wireless The data plan increases for H20 Wireless went into effect as of June 1, 2020. Their previous 10GB plan now comes with 15GB of data. The pricing […]
AT&T Prepaid Introduces New 12GB/$40 Plan – Available at Authorized Prepaid Dealers Only
AT&T Prepaid has introduced a new plan, but this plan is available only at “select authorized AT&T Prepaid dealers.” It is not available online, nor is it available at corporate stores. The plan is $40/month and includes unlimited data, but with a high-speed data cap of 12GB. Speeds will be at 2G speed after the […]
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