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Wilson Electronics Mobile Cellular Booster Close-Out Deals
As hoped for, there are some great deals to be had on close out models from Wilson Electronics. Earlier this year, the company rebranded as weBoost and they repackaged up their popular mobile boosters. The new boosters are essentially the same exact specifications as the Wilson equivalents, just in different colors & formats… with Canadian certifications. […]
AT&T’s Summer LTE Expansions Plans: 2.3 GHz WCS (LTE Band 30) is Coming
AT&T’s LTE network is about to get more complicated, and for a few lucky users – a whole lot faster. To understand how – it helps to think of LTE spectrum like lanes on a highway. The more lanes a carrier can offer, the more simultaneous users can be supported, and the faster each user can go. Building […]
Essential Mobile Technology Review: The New Bota Brick & Box v2 LTTE Boosters
It is always disconcerting when a key piece of technology you rely on is discontinued and replaced. We always wonder – is the new version better or worse? Was the change substantial – or just a morphing of the packaging and branding for marketing reasons? We love improvements – but especially when it comes to the essentials, […]
T-Mobile Announces Massively Enhanced Coverage… Maps
T-Mobile’s online coverage maps have always been frustrating. Unlike all the other major carriers – T-Mobile’s maps made no visual distinction between 3G, 4G HSPA, and LTE coverage areas, making it impossible for connectivity craving travelers to easily plan their routes. Even T-Mobile’s substantially updated coverage maps that debuted in January still kept the details […]
Bad Karma Slips Again
Several RVers have expressed interested in Karma – the unique mobile internet company that offers a Sprint-powered WiFi hotspot with no recurring monthly fees, and data that can be purchased when needed ($14.99/GB – $9.99/GB) and which then never expires. For part-time travelers who only occasionally need data (and who are willing to put up with Sprint’s […]
Drone Warfare: Facebook to Battle SpaceX and Google With Laser Internet Drones
SpaceX isn’t the only company with crazily ambitious plans to bring the Internet to the remote corners of the globe. Facebook announced yesterday that it has completed the first test flight of a high-altitude laser-equipped Internet drone. Yes, really. Facebook has drones. With lasers. Mark Zuckerberg posted on his Wall yesterday: As part of our Internet.org […]
Verizon Rewards Participants Can Now “Earn” Free Data – With A Catch
For a few extra gigabytes of data – would you agree to allow your cellular company to track every website you visit, web search you conduct, application you use, and even the physical locations you travel to? And to then use this information to allow marketing partners to target you for postal, email, text message, Internet, […]
T-Mobile Brings Back (Un)Contracts, Goes After Business
This morning T-Mobile hosted their 9th #uncarrier event – and while it wasn’t as exciting for consumers as the past few announcements – rollover data in December, WiFi calling in September, or free music streaming last June – today’s news still has plenty of potential to shake up the mobile industry. The primary focus of the Un-Carrier 9.0 announcements today was “Un-Carrier […]
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