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Verizon Brings Back Promotional 10 GB and 15 GB Plan Discounts
The first quarter of the year generally sees little promotional activity amongst the carriers. But now that spring is in full gear, we may be shaping up to enter some renewed price competition in the cellular industry. To kick it off, this morning Verizon has reintroduced its end of year pricing on 10G and 15G plans. […]
Google’s Cellular Service Unveiled: Introducing Project Fi
Google today unveiled its long-rumored cellular service: Project Fi. Project Fi is unique in that it is taking a true “pay as you go” approach to cellular data – refunding you every month for data you do not use. Rather than losing your data at the end of the month, or “rolling it over” for […]
weBoost Drive 4G-XR RV Cellular Booster – Delayed A Year?!?
In February when Wilson Electronics officially rebranded as weBoost, we were thrilled to discover some exciting new products listed as “coming soon” on the newly launched website. In particular – the Drive 4G-XR (RV) package excited us. At last, an LTE cellular booster bundle designed with RVs in mind – featuring a new roof-mounted RV […]
Hey Apple: WiFi Does NOT Mean Fast, Free, or Unlimited!
If you’ve noticed a few hundred megabytes missing from your cellular data buckets this month, the guilty party may be lurking in your pocket, or sitting on your nightstand. Yep – Apple had done it again. As we wrote about last September when iOS 8.0 was released – Apple assumes that any iOS device connected […]
Verizon Argues Against “Unlimited Data” – T-Mobile Argues Against Overage Charges
Earlier this week Verizon published an editorial on its official corporate blog, warning against the dangerous lure of unlimited data plans. Written by industry analyst Jack Gold, he makes the point that if customers had access to and actually used more data, Verizon would be forced to upgrade its network to handle the demand – raising costs. He […]
Clearwire Going Clear Away – Formal WiMAX Shutdown Scheduled for November
The writing has been on the wall for WiMAX for a long time. We first warned about the end of days coming to Sprint’s former flagship 4G network last July, and again in October. But some customers of Sprint subsidiary Clear were still caught off guard yesterday to receive a formal legal notice email letting […]
Net Neutrality Update: The 60 Day Clock Starts Ticking, The Fighting Continues
Though the FCC voted to approve sweeping new “Network Neutrality” rules back in February – the rules were not slated to go into effect until 60 days after they are officially published in the Federal Register. That clock started ticking yesterday – the rules have now been published, with an effective date of June 12th, 2015. The official […]
Unlimited Entertainment: Getting HBO (and more) on the Road
The new season of HBO’s mega-hit Game of Thrones premiers tonight. And for the first time, RVers wanting to watch along with the rest of the nation have options thanks to HBO Now, and services like Sling TV. In the past – the only (legal) way to get HBO shows on the road was to go […]
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