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AT&T Confirms Grandfathering of $34.99/Month Prepaid Tablet Plan
When AT&T abruptly pulled the popular AT&T DataConnect Unlimited Tablet Plan for $34.99/mo (or $40 without autopay) a week ago, there was much consumer confusion about the plan’s status going forward. The plan was officially retired – a fact which AT&T confirmed to us at the time, but grandfathering the plan was still an open question. […]
Verizon Canceling Prepaid Unlimited Jetpack Plans for Excessive Domestic Roaming
Last May Verizon retired their sweet prepaid unlimited Jetpack plan, which we refer to as the pUDP, for $65/month. This plan offered truly unlimited data for mobile hotspot devices, subject only to network management. Even though the plan was retired, customers who keep paying the monthly bill have thus far been grandfathered and can keep […]
Cricket Wireless Data Only Plans: 40GB/$50 or 20GB/$35 with Canada/Mexico Use
Cricket Wireless is a wholly-owned prepaid subsidiary of AT&T, offering prepaid smartphone and data-only plans. Cricket’s data-only plans were launched in April of 2019 – originally as a line-up of three options. Now there are two plans with a better value. These new plans also now include use in Mexico and Canada. Video Version Subscribe […]
AT&T Pulls Prepaid DataConnect $34.99/Month Unlimited Tablet Plan
Yesterday, February 12, 2020, reports started being shared that the popular AT&T DataConnect Unlimited Tablet Plan for $34.99/mo (or $40 without autopay) was suddenly gone from AT&T’s buy-a-session website. Most of yesterday it was unclear if this was a temporary glitch (as we’ve seen before), or if the plan was being eliminated, or perhaps AT&T was […]
Mango Mobile and Black Wireless MVNOs Offer New $25 Multi-Month Plans on T-Mobile With 70GB of High-Speed Data
Mango Mobile and Black Wireless, two MVNO’s owned by Red Pocket Mobile, announced new T-Mobile-based multi-month smartphone plans with a promotional price of $25/month that includes 50GB of on-device data and 20GB of mobile hotspot data, for a total of 70GB per month. Mango Mobile was originally launched in 2016, and Black Wireless was […]
It’s (Almost) Over – Federal Judge Approves Sprint / T-Mobile Merger
The mega-merger of the wireless world took a major step closer to completion this morning when a federal judge came down strongly in favor of allowing Sprint and T-Mobile to merge, ruling against the 14 states that had sued to stop the transaction. US District Judge Victor Marrero has clearly become a T-Mobile fan: “T-Mobile […]
Space Race Update: OneWeb Launches 34 Broadband Satellites with Monthly Launches Planned, Starlink up to 240 and Launching Twice Monthly
OneWeb became the first of the next generation satellite constellation providers to reach orbit when it launched its first six satellites in February 2019, but there has been little news out of OneWeb since then. But OneWeb hasn’t been sitting still – it spent the past year testing and tweaking its design, and ramping up a […]
Total Wireless Adds Personal Mobile Hotspot and Offers Double Data Promo
Total Wireless, an MVNO and Tracfone brand that offers Verizon based smartphone plans, has officially added the ability to use personal mobile hotspot on some of their plans. Total Wireless has also revamped their cellular plan line-up and are offering a double data promotion to new customers. Video Version Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Total […]
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