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AT&T Teases Future DirecTV Plans – No Dish Required
AT&T (which has owned DirecTV since last July) this week announced its intention to launch three new DirecTV plans that will give customers streaming access to DirecTV content over the internet – with no satellite TV subscription or bulky dish required. AT&T claims you will be able to watch from “virtually any device”, and explains: “Our […]
Now Available: The Mobile Internet Handbook – 2016 US RVers Edition
We’re excited to announce that the completely updated 2016 Edition of the book this website is built around, The Mobile Internet Handbook, is now available in PDF, Kindle & iBooks format! (The Print edition should be available in about a week once we get and approve the proof). And through March 6th, the eBook versions are […]
Karma Neverstop well…. Stops.
Back in November, Sprint MVNO Karma announced their new unlimited plan for $50/month, but capped to speeds of 5 mbps (suitable for streaming.) In January, they rescinded the plan, and capped it at 15 GB a month instead of unlimited – but still at slower speeds. And this morning, a month later, they announced they’re ditching […]
Campendium.com Adds T-Mobile Coverage Reports to Campground Reviews
Last year a new RV park review site launch called Campendium. The site is run by fellow full time RVers, and lists a wide variety of camping options ranging from commercial RV parks, public campgrounds and popular free boondocking locations. Aside from the comprehensive diversity of camping options listed, one of the unique features we […]
Yes, 5G Cellular Technology Is Coming!
The mainstream press has been abuzz this week with news stories about fifth generation (5G) cellular “coming soon”, thanks in large part to an AT&T announcement that it will begin testing 5G technologies in Austin later this year. For some reason the AT&T story went viral and we have been getting a ton of questions about it, though […]
WiFiRanger Releases First Firmware Update Since July – Aims For More Frequent Future Releases
WiFiRanger today pushed out a new 7.0.3 firmware release for all WiFiRanger routers – the first update since iOS device tethering was added in July 2015, and the third overall bug fix release to last February’s massive “Phantom 7.0” update. Despite having seven months in incubation – the newly released 7.0.3 isn’t a huge update filled with […]
ViaSat Announces Plans to Build World’s Highest Capacity Satellite
Satellite broadband company ViaSat (the company behind consumer brands Exede and WildBlue) yesterday announced plans for its third generation satellite network. The new ViaSat-3 design will have an amazing Terrabit/second of total network capacity, which should be capable of providing “100+ Mbps broadband to any home” with support for 4K ultra-high-definition video streaming, and even faster […]
Unlimitedville.com Offers T-Mobile Unlimited Data Plan
Unlimitedville is a small company out of Tennessee that has been providing cellular services to folks in rural areas who can’t get cable or DSL services. They’ve just recently become aware of the RVing market, and that our needs are similar. Last November, they launched a Sprint Unlimited data plan for $42.99/month that we covered. […]
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