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Offer Extended: Sprint Offers One Year of Unlimited Service for Free (!!!) to Smartphone Switchers
UPDATE: Sprint has extended this offer multiple times, and as of May 2018 it is being re-promoted as a “Limited Time Offer.” We tested the process out, and were able to switch an old rarely used AT&T line over – though it did take way too much time on the phone to make it happen. […]
AT&T Brings Back Unlimited Tablet Plan for $29.99/month
(9/18/17): AT&T will be raising the price of non-auto pay Tablet Plans to $35/month starting October 2, 2017. Plans on auto-pay will continue to be $29.99. These highly coveted plans were originally brought out in 2010 when the iPad first came out, and then quickly discontinued – but customers who had set up auto-renewals were […]
Verizon Prepaid Increases Data, Decreases Prices
Verizon Prepaid is shaking up its prepaid offerings again – and that is mostly a good thing for prepaid data seekers. Here are two of the major changes that will be effective tomorrow: The $50 prepaid plan will be increased from 5GB to 7GB – yay! The 10GB plan will reflect a price decrease to $60/month […]
ViaSat-2 Launched – World’s Most Powerful Internet Communications Satellite
We’ve been closely tracking satellite internet provider ViaSat since 2014 when it’s Exede division launched “virtually unlimited” 12Mbps satellite internet service for just $70/month, momentarily generating a lot of excitement. But… Exede’s spot-beam technology did not at all support mobile users who left their assigned regional spots behind, and Exede’s ViaSat-1 satellite powering the Exede service was […]
Verizon Introduces “SmartHub” Home Internet Replacement – With A Huge Catch!
Verizon today announced the SmartHub – a box designed to use a cellular connection to provide residential home internet, a “landline” phone jack, and smart home control of lights, thermostats, and locks. Verizon explains it this way: “SmartHub is a wireless, smart home solution that manages your connected home devices, provides reliable, high-speed internet powered by America’s […]
A New Type of Cell Booster: Introducing the Cel-Fi Go M
We’ve been tracking Nextivity’s unique Cel-Fi cellular boosters for years now – but their technology in the Unites States has only ever been used in residential boosters that were a very poor match for mobile and RV installations. But last summer a Nextivity product manager called us up to confidentially share tentative plans for an upcoming mobile […]
Sprint’s “Magic Box” Promises Improved Coverage – If You Qualify
Sprint this week announced “The Sprint Magic Box” – the “World’s First All-Wireless Small Cell” designed to act as a relay to help overcome Sprint’s notorious problem with indoor slow speeds and dead zones. Sprint describes the box this way: “The Sprint Magic Box is an indoor, self-configuring small cell, about the size of a […]
Winegard Announces ConnecT 4G1: Rooftop Wi-Fi & Cellular Combined
Last October when we wrote about the new Winegard ConnecT roof-mounted long-range Wi-Fi receiver, there was something that we were asked not to share. Our test unit, which we had been previewing since May, was also equipped with cellular capabilities. From the very beginning Winegard had been designing this new product line to combine Wi-Fi and […]
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