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Cell Carriers Respond to Hurricane Irma
On the heels of Harvey’s hit to Texas & Louisiana, Hurricane Irma decided to pay a visit to the Caribbean, Florida and other parts of the Southern US. Once again, the nation has watched, prayed, and sent good vibes to those in Irma’s path. And now, many will send aid in hopes of helping those […]
T-Mobile Now Includes Netflix on Family Plans
Article updated 10/6/17 to reflect Netflix price increase, which T-Mobile will still fully cover for the standard plan. Starting September 12th, the self-proclaimed ‘Uncarrier’, is giving their customers free Netflix. Some of their customers, that is. T-Mobile announced today that Netflix will be “on us” (aka, paid for by T-Mobile) for those customers on their […]
Cell Carriers Respond to Hurricane Harvey With Free Data, Calls, COWs, and COLTs
It is heartbreaking to see the disaster unfolding across the Texas Gulf Coast as Harvey slowly rolls through, dumping absolutely unimaginable amounts of rain. In this sort of disaster – wired infrastructure is easily damaged, and people forced to evacuate are left with only mobile technology to rely on. Fortunately – all the major cellular […]
Verizon’s Beyond Unlimited & Go Unlimited Plans Heap New Limits On “Unlimited”
Verizon is making some major changes. Starting tomorrow (Wednesday, August 23rd) Verizon is retiring its newly launched Unlimited plan from February, and is replacing it with a whole new set of Unlimited plans – with a whole lot of complicated fine print and limitations attached. Most significantly – video is now being throttled on every […]
Xfinity Mobile Now Available to All Comcast Internet Customers
(UPDATE: 6/2018) Xfinity Mobile’s fine print has been noticed to be updated to include that mobile hotspot use will be restricted to 600 kbps at all times. Xfinity Mobile customers can now bring their own iPhones (BYOD) to use on Xfinity Mobile’s service. Android phones are not yet eligible for BYOD. Due to carrier compatibility, not […]
Simple Mobile T-Mobile Plans Discounted for Amazon Prime Customers
T-Mobile based cellular plans are abound this week it seems, and another deal is just announced specifically for Amazon Prime members. MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) Simple Mobile has partnered with Amazon to offer a limited time promotion (undisclosed for how long) of 25% off their cellular phone plans. You can keep the special rates […]
Metro PCS Offering Solid Promos – With 8GB+ Mobile Hotspot Ready Data
(8/8/17 UPDATE): Metro PCS is once again offering slick pricing promos on their plans. Most notably for mobile internet seekers, lines can be added to their $60 unlimited plan (the 8GB of mobile hotspot data one!) for $25 each additional line. That means you can get 2 lines of unlimited on device data, with 8GB of […]
The Race to Gigabit LTE (And Why Things Seem To Actually Be Getting Slower)
Two of the top stories in the past week in the cellular industry seem to be in direct conflict with each other. On one hand – there are reports of carriers demonstrating real-world gigabit cellular speeds, with Verizon and T-Mobile both boasting that they will be rolling out gigabit capability in some areas and on […]
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