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Today Only: Instant Invites to Google’s Project Fi
To celebrate the release of the new Android flagship Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P phones, Google today announced (via Twitter) a one-day “Instant Invite” program to sign up for Google’s “Project Fi” cellular plan. If you’ve been intrigued by Project Fi, this is a great chance to jump on board without the usual six to eight week wait for […]
Sprint’s Unlimited Plans now $70/month AND Subject to Throttling after 23GB of Usage
Today, Sprint’s price increase to their Unlimited Smartphone Data plans went into effect – raising the price from $60/month to $70/month. Along with the price increase also comes the news that they are implementing network prioritization which could mean speed throttling for customers who exceed 23GB of data usage in a month. This is a direct retraction of […]
Verizon Changes Prepaid Data Only Pricing & Options
In Verizon’s continuing effort to make their prepaid plans more attractive, they today announced changes to their prepaid data-only pricing. For customers wishing to pay as they go for data on a mobile hotspot or tablet, the new pricing is: 500mb for 1 week – $15 1GB for 1 month – $20 2GB for 2 […]
AT&T Enables Wi-Fi Calling – A Great Feature For Nomads
We reported in August that the iOS 9 beta revealed that AT&T has been working on joining T-Mobile and Sprint in supporting Wi-Fi calling – and as of this week AT&T has announced that at last this feature is enabled! Wi-Fi calling (also known as “voice over WiFi” or VoWiFi) is a technology that allows for cell phones to […]
Verizon to Raise Price of Grandfathered Unlimited Plans by $20/month
Those who have acquired a coveted grandfathered unlimited data plan on Verizon have always wondered what might be coming down the pike in the future. Will the plans stay around? For how long? Verizon has never made it a secret it is fundamentally opposed to the concept of unlimited data, and even though less than […]
Verizon Offering Customers 2GB/mo Free to “Feed Your Eyeholes” with go90
There have been rumors swirling for the past year about a major new media streaming service in the works from Verizon. It is at last here, and after a period of invite-only beta testing, is at last open to the general public. And rather than something revolutionary – Verizon has seemingly invented its own mobile-only YouTube competitor, […]
Sprint to Increase Price of Unlimited Phone Plan by $10/month on Oct 16
Sprint rumored a while back that they would likely need to increase the price of their unlimited phone plans at some point, and potentially even discontinue them in the future. Today, they announced an upcoming $10/month price increase on their unlimited phone plans that include unlimited talk, text and data. The price will be going […]
The Netgear Jetpack AC791L – Verizon’s New Flagship Hotspot?
For the past year our top pick for a mobile hotspot on Verizon’s network has been the Novatel MiFi 6620L – a very capable device that has proven itself to be both fast and reliable. But Verizon and Netgear have recently announced a new potential rival for the crown – the Jetpack 4G LTE AC791L Mobile Hotspot. […]
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