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weBoost Rebrands Drive 4G-X Cellular Booster to Drive X – and Lowers the Price
weBoost today announced it was changing the name of their popular weBoost 4G-X cellular booster, and also lowering the price. The weBoost 4G-X had been the ‘gold standard’ of mobile cellular boosters since it came out in 2015, and earned its top pick status with our staff. As of today, it will now be known […]
SpaceX Starlink & LEO Satellite Internet Update: Second Batch Of 60 Satellites Launched, Service Coming in 2020
SpaceX this morning launched the second batch of 60 Starlink satellites, and it has given an update on just when Starlink satellite internet service will actually begin rolling out to consumers. A lot sooner than many people originally thought possible. Starlink’s newly launched website makes this bold claim: “Starlink is targeting service in the Northern […]
T-Mobile Unveils 5G Coverage Map, Sprint Merger Status Update
T-Mobile yesterday announced that its new 600MHz nationwide 5G network will go live on December 6th, and there are three new “uncarrier” initiatives that T-Mobile says will focus on using this network for public good to provide free access to both first responders and low-income households. But the unspoken main goal with T-Mobile’s latest uncarrier announcement […]
AT&T and FTC Finally Settle – $60 Million Payout For Deceptively Throttled “Unlimited” Plans
Way back in 2014 (when the Mobile Internet Resource Center was still new!) we covered a story about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) suing AT&T for deceptively selling “unlimited” data plans that were in practice being hard-throttled after just 5GB of usage a month. This pressure from the FTC forced AT&T and other carriers to […]
H20 Wireless Enables Personal Mobile Hotspot on Unlimited (30GB) Phone Plan
H20 Wireless, an MVNO that utilizes AT&T service in the background, has added personal mobile hotspot capability to their ‘Unlimited’ Phone Plan. Personal Mobile Hotspot is a feature on a smartphone that allows you to share its data connection with other devices as a Wi-Fi hotspot or tethering via a USB cable. Like many unlimited […]
T-Mobile Prepaid Adds New ‘Simply Prepaid Unlimited Plus’ Plan Offering 10GB of Highspeed Hotspot Data
T-Mobile’s direct prepaid division, T-Mobile Prepaid has added a new unlimited plan to their current phone/tablet plan line-up: T-Mobile Simply Prepaid Unlimited Plus. This new prepaid plan ‘unlimited’ iteration is priced at $60/month offers unlimited voice, text, on device data – and 10GB of mobile hotspot data. After 10GB of mobile hotspot data is used, […]
T-Mobile Home Internet – $50/month Unlimited LTE – But Is It RV Mobile Friendly?
After six months of testing, T-Mobile has expanded its trial Home Internet program by putting up a new website and creating a waiting list for customers to sign up. In early 2019, T-Mobile started testing this LTE-based home-internet service to a limited number of invite-only subscribers. This service was specifically targeted at providing broadband service […]
Visible Introduces Party Pay – Reducing Cost of Unlimited Verizon Plan to As Low as $25/month
Visible, a prepaid subsidiary of Verizon, today has launched and announced their new way for groups to save money on their already low $40/month unlimited prepaid smartphone plan. They’re calling it Party Pay, and it while it might sound similar to family plans – there are some major differences that make this an incredibly flexible […]
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