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CONFIRMED: T-Mobile Eliminating One+ International Plan – The Last Official Unlimited Mobile Hotspot Option!
UPDATE: We have received further confirmation directly from T-Mobile’s Media relations team that the One Plus International add-on is indeed being eliminated, and this is being done to “reduce complexity” based upon customer feedback: The ONE Plus International add-on option will be retired on Friday, Aug 10. Customers who have International will be grandfathered and […]
Boost Mobile Offers New Unlimited Plan with 40GB Mobile Hotspot Data
(Original Article – August 2018) – Sprint MVNO Boost Mobile has a new limited-time offer for an “Ultimate Unlimited” smartphone plan that is only available in Boost Mobile stores through August 31, 2018. The new plan is similar to Sprint’s revamped Unlimited Plus plan but comes with a pretty nice benefit: 40GB of mobile hotspot […]
T-Mobile Adds New Unlimited ‘Essentials’ Plan & Increases Hotspot Data on One+ Plans
Today T-Mobile announced a new unlimited plan – the ‘Essentials’ plan – offering a few less features than their previous plans – at a reduced price. But of high interest to mobile consumers, T-Mobile has announced they are doubling the hotspot threshold on their Unlimited ONE+ Plans from 10GB to 20GB, with a price increase […]
Verizon Introduces “Safe Wi-Fi” VPN Service for iOS and Android
On Friday Verizon rolled out a new optional service called “Safe Wi-Fi” that it describes this way: “Safe Wi-Fi is a VPN which protects your privacy when you use public Wi-Fi, so you can connect confidently and securely.” Verizon hopes that customers will choose to connect via the Safe Wi-Fi app whenever they are on […]
The Wirie Ceases Operations – Popular Marine Cellular & Wi-Fi Gear is Orphaned
The Wirie line of products has been on the market for nine years – providing popular long range Wi-Fi (and eventually cellular) options for boaters and even some RVers. But if you are a Wirie owner, there is some bad news this month. Island Consulting, the company behind The Wirie, has abruptly shut down. Two […]
AT&T Domestic Roaming Cap Enforcement – Permanent Restrictions Reported
In the past few weeks we have been receiving reports from members that AT&T has sent out a round of domestic roaming cap enforcement notifications. The reports are coming in from customers of all types of AT&T lines – smartphones, hotspots, Connected Car devices and wireless home internet devices. These have come in the form […]
Sprint Revamps Unlimited Plans – Adds 55+ and Military
Following in the recent footsteps of Verizon and AT&T, Sprint is also revamping their unlimited options. Beginning tomorrow, July 13th two new plans will take Sprint’s previous offering of Unlimited Freedom’s place. The Unlimited Freedom plan was originally launched way back in August 2016. The new plans are called Unlimited Basic and Unlimited Plus. We suppose […]
Xfinity Mobile Adjusts Plan – Implements Hotspot & Video Throttle
In August of 2017, Comcast launched Xfinity Mobile, a Verizon + Wi-Fi hotspot based smartphone offering, with hotspot features enabled so that it could act as a solid mobile internet option. Now, Xfinity has added a 600kbps throttle to ALL hotspotted data – and a 480p video throttle as well. This is a very unwelcome […]
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