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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. […]
iOS 9’s “Wi-Fi Assist” Improves Your Life, May Eat Into Your Data Plan
One little known feature lurking inside Apple’s newly released iOS 9 update for iPhones and iPads is “Wi-Fi Assist” – a new feature enabled by default that causes your device to: “Automatically use cellular data when Wi-Fi connectivity is poor.” What does this actually mean? Don’t phones already do this? Will you be burning through […]
RV Mobile Internet Resource Center – Site Update & Recent News
Some of you may have noticed fewer posts than usual here on the RV Mobile Internet Resource Center over the past two weeks. And a few of you might have noticed that a substantial chunk of our Knowledge Base of in depth guides and topic overviews was seemingly missing, especially older content. Ah, what a […]
Is the OmniLynx Verizon Unlimited Data Plan Ride Over Already?
OmniLynx, the new unlimited data plan on the Verizon network that sounded too good to be true, seems to have reached its limits. Since about September 12, the devices have been on ‘back order’ according their ordering website. This morning, customers who had pending backordered devices got the following e-mail: The wireless provider previously servicing […]
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