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An Overview of T-Mobile LTE Band 71 and Compatible LTE Modems & Routers (WiFiRanger, Gli.Net, Mofi, Pepwave, etc.)
With the nascent merger of T-Mobile and Sprint almost upon us, and with so many AT&T resellers suddenly shifting to offer T-Mobile based service due to AT&T’s major shifts with unlimited data plans – our readers have recently had a lot of questions about T-Mobile’s network and service. All this churn in the market is […]
Possible Mobile Internet Impacts of COVID-19 As More Stay Home
COVID-19 is on a lot of our minds, and there are many concerns and plans for preparing for social isolation to varying degrees. Companies are shifting to having staff work remotely from home and schools are closing with the idea of having students learn online instead of in classrooms in an effort to slow down […]
Verizon Launches Yahoo!Mobile – Based on Visible – Unlimited Data for $39.99
Verizon has launched another prepaid brand for smartphones – this time utilizing the branding of Yahoo, which Verizon purchased 3 years ago. The new smartphone service is called Yahoo Mobile, and it offers very similar service and terms of service as Visible does. Yahoo Mobile is an app-based phone plan offering customers unlimited calling, text, […]
Calyx Institute Introducing Quarterly Pricing on Unlimited Sprint Hotspot Offering
We first covered the Calyx Institute back in 2016 (our news story) when we heard about this feisty non-profit offering a truly unlimited Sprint hotspot plan to its members. But Calyx wasn’t actually “selling” cellular service. Rather – the plan was offered as a perk to supporting members of the Calyx Institute who made an […]
AT&T 5G+ Open To Consumers – Samsung Galaxy S20+ and S20 Ultra
AT&T claimed bragging rights in 2018 when it delivered on its promise to launch the nation’s first mobile 5G network – squeaking the debut in just under the wire before the end of the year. But this was an extremely underwhelming launch – with 5G service offered on just a single compatible hotspot device in […]
AT&T Adds Network Management at 100GB to Business Unlimited Elite Plan
AT&T introduced three new unlimited smartphone plans for business customers in late 2019. The Business Elite plan offered two major perks for heavy data users – 100GB of high speed personal mobile hotspot use and no network management, ever. But in March 2020, AT&T made a big change and quietly added a new network management threshold of […]
OTR Mobile Announces New BLAST Plan – T-Mobile Based Unlimited; AT&T Offered for Existing Customers at $90/mo
Yesterday popular AT&T unlimited data reseller OTR Mobile announced new gear and plan options that they have teased for the past couple of weeks. The announcement includes a major shift away from an AT&T-based plan to a T-Mobile unlimited plan that promises 5G access later this year. Existing customers who choose to remain on the […]
AT&T Releases New Prepaid $34.99/mo Tablet Plan – But It’s Not Unlimited
Earlier this month AT&T abruptly retired their popular $34.99/month ($40 without autopay) unlimited prepaid DataConnect plan for iPads and other tablets. And customers who had been using the plan in unauthorized devices like hotspots and cellular embedded routers have been facing cancellations. AT&T confirmed with our staff that the plan was indeed retired and customers […]
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