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Sprint Reveals “Biggest Offer Ever” – Announces its “LTE Plus Network”
Following in T-Mobile’s footsteps in cranking up the hype machine to 11, Sprint has announced the “#SprintCountdown” to a press conference tomorrow morning (Wednesday November 18th) where they claim they will unveil “The Biggest Offer In US Wireless History”. “The other carriers are not going to like this… guaranteed.” That is a mighty big claim […]
MetroPCS Prepaid T-Mobile Plans Get More Data & Music Streaming
Yesterday, T-Mobile launched increased data options and video streaming services on its direct Simple Choice plans. Today, the uncarrier announced that its prepaid brand, MetroPCS is also getting some new perks. Starting on November 19, some of the plans will now include an extra GB of data. And the unlimited data plan will now included […]
AT&T Adds Mexico Roaming Bonus to Mobile Share Plans
On Friday, AT&T added in an extra bonus for its consumer and business Mobile Share Value plan customers – free talk and text within Mexico, and 1GB of data per line. Additional data usage is charged at $20/GB, and is not eligible for rolling over like their domestic plans. Calling to the US from Mexico […]
Verizon Introduces TravelPass – New Option for International Travel
Update: As of 4/2017, Verizon’s TravelPass has increased to $5/day in Canada/Mexico. Verizon is joining the other carriers and making it easier and more affordable for their customers to use their existing cellular and data plans in other countries. Yesterday, the red carrier introduced their new TravelPass international option. For $2 per device for a […]
Downsides of Binging: T-Mobile’s Stealth Price Increase, New Data Stash Limits
T-Mobile’s #uncarrierX announcement on Tuesday was bursting at the seams with good news for customers – the highlights being doubled data plan sizes and especially the new “Binge On” feature that allows for video streaming from compatible services (including Netflix, HBO, and many others) without it counting against your monthly high-speed data caps. But while T-Mobile was […]
T-Mobile Doubles Data Plans, Announces “Binge On” Unlimited Video Streaming
T-Mobile’s #uncarrier X event just wrapped up, and the rumors were right – T-Mobile is gearing up to start providing video streaming that does NOT count against data limits. But that wasn’t all that was announced today. T-Mobile also announced that it will be doubling the data provided with every cellular plan – including the amount […]
Farewell WiMAX: Sprint’s Original 4G Network (Mostly) Shuts Down Today
If you are one of the few remaining customers on Sprint’s WiMAX network – it is time to say goodbye. Today (November 6th) is the official end-of-days for Sprint’s legacy 4G WiMAX network. From today forward, WiMAX phones and hotspots are essentially worthless unless they also support LTE, or falling back to Sprint’s 3G EVDO service. […]
Karma Launches Unlimited Hotspot Plan on Sprint’s Network
January 7, 2016 Update: Karma has contacted Neverstop customers saying they never intended this plan to be used for ‘extreme usage’ and will be making some adjustments. Now the plan is just 2-3 mbps (used to be 5), and they state the plan is intended only for occasional video streaming. They now specifically disallow work […]
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