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T-Mobile Introduces the Coolpad Surf – Their First Mobile Hotspot With Band 71 Support
T-Mobile has finally brought Band 71 support to a data-only mobile hotspot device! The Coolpad Surf is T-Mobile’s newest hotspot and although it is fairly basic in terms of features, it does support T-Mobile’s newest LTE spectrum – 600MHz Band 71. Why is this important? T-Mobile is aggressively rolling out Band 71 across the country […]
Dealing with Overloaded Cellular Towers in Winter Snowbird RV & Cruising Destinations
This time of year, we start to hear an increase in reports of super slow speeds & disconnects on cellular data services. The reason for this is very often network congestion due to more and more RVers & boaters congregating in the few non-frozen parts of the country. It’s the annual snowbird flock. While you […]
Verizon Based Visible $40/mo Smartphone Plan Enables Android Compatibility, Hotspot Use Official
Visible is an app based prepaid phone service, a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon. Visible offers a single plan to customers: unlimited talk, text, and 5mbps capped speed, with mobile hotspot permitted for $40/month. Visible was launched in May of 2018, but only those customers who used iPhones had access to the app based service […]
AT&T $20/month Unlimited Mobley Plan – Back for a Limited Time via UConnect Chrysler/Mopar eMail Campaign
Once upon a time, an unlimited data plan on the AT&T network could be procured for $20/month – the sweet $20/month Unlimited Data Mobley and Connected Car plan. Sadly, what came to be known as ‘The Mobley Plan’ was retired in September 2017. The Mobley device itself was removed entirely from the AT&T site in the summer of 2018. We […]
Upgrade Complete: Final Ten Iridium Next Satellites Launched!
Iridium Communications has been busy for the past two years replacing all 66 of their Iridium satellites with an entirely new generation – accomplishing this massive task without disrupting any existing services. Think of it like replacing the engines on a fleet of jumbo jets (in space), without landing them. SpaceX (the launch provider) describes […]
2018 Mobile Internet Year in Review & Looking Forward Into 2019
2018 has been yet another wild ride in the world of mobile internet! The undeniable biggest story of the year was the surprise release of an actual (mostly) unlimited mobile hotspot data plan from Verizon, once again making Verizon an obvious Top Pick for anyone with serious mobile data needs. But there were plenty of […]
AT&T Discontinuing Unlimited Plus for Business Lines – Are Consumer Lines Next?
AT&T’s Unlimited Plus plan was one of our Top Picks of 2017. Particularly because you could add on mobile hotspot lines with no high-speed usage limits – this plan developed a massive following amongst many with demanding internet needs. AT&T retired this sweet plan in February 2018, but everyone who heeded our warnings and grabbed […]
AT&T to “Upgrade” Millions of 4G/LTE Phones to Pretend They Are 5G
UPDATE (2/5/2019): Apple Embracing 5GE Label in iOS 12.2 As we reported in December (original story below), several Android phones have been updated to display “5GE” over the past several weeks, and it appears as if Apple customers will soon be getting an “upgrade” to 5G on AT&T too. Over the past few days some […]
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