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New Alcatel LINKZONE 2 Hotspot Available for T-Mobile
T-Mobile has a new hotspot offering – the LINKZONE 2 by Alcatel. This model is an updated version of the previous LINKZONE model. The key improvements of this model over its predecessor are that it adds support for T-Mobile’s band 71, which is a newer band that is critical for making the greatest use of […]
AT&T Launches HBO Max Streaming Service
After much anticipation and fanfare, AT&T today launched it’s latest video streaming service, HBO Max, adding to AT&T’s growing collection of current and defunct streaming services and apps. This service is much more than just HBO as it includes tons of other content, much of which is not available anywhere else. AT&T hopes that HBO […]
Verizon Prepaid ‘Limited Time’ $10/month Discount on 16GB or Unlimited Data Phone Plans
Verizon Prepaid, Verizon’s direct prepaid department, is promoting a ‘limited time only’ $10 per month discount on either their 16GB phone plan, or on their Unlimited data phone plan. Eligible Plans Verizon Prepaid is offering this promo only on their two higher-tiered smartphone plans, and only for new activations. Their prepaid Jetpack and tablet plans […]
Consumer Cellular Offers New ‘Unlimited’ Plan With Mobile Hotspot Capability for $60 – But It’s Really a 35GB Plan
Retiree-focused Consumer Cellular, an AT&T and T-Mobile MVNO, has re-worked their plan offerings. They have increased the price on two plans, and have introduced an ‘Unlimited’ Data Plan. This ‘unlimited’ data plan offers 35GB of high-speed data, and then ‘unspecified’ throttled data speeds after 35GB of use. Which carrier they assign to you – AT&T […]
Metro by T-Mobile adds $15 Unlimited Data “Bring Your Own” Tablet Plan
Metro by T-Mobile, T-Mobile’s prepaid subsidiary, recently added a new “bring your own device” tablet plan with unlimited data for $15/month. Metro’s two previous tablet plans were sold with the Alcatel JOY TAB tablet. There are two data plans sold with this device: Unlimited data with HD (1080p) streaming for $30/month Unlimited data with SD […]
weBoost X RV Outside Antenna Available Separately – 4G OTR Antenna for RVs
weBoost has at long last made their RV version of the 4G OTR Antenna available a la carte, and has branded it as the Drive X RV Outside Antenna. Last summer weBoost released a new cellular booster kit based on the Drive X / Drive 4G-X, but kitted with a more RV-friendly version of the 4G […]
Wi-Fi Technology Evolves: 6 GHz “Wi-Fi 6E” More Than Doubles Wi-Fi Network Capacity
The FCC last week approved the use of Wi-Fi technology over the 6 GHz spectrum band – more than doubling the amount of airwaves available for Wi-Fi networking. This new 6 GHz band adds on to the existing 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi frequency bands – and should go a long way towards reducing […]
T-Mobile Ramps Up Sprint Integration: Mid-Band 5G Coming in Philly and NYC, More Updates
T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint closed less than a month ago (our story), and the two companies have been hard at work ever since integrating their systems to become one. T-Mobile this morning announced the first major fruits of this labor, with a major expansion of 5G speeds and coverage going live in Philadelphia and (soon) New […]
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