In an email today, AT&T informed customers of the prepaid Data Connect Tablet plan that a $5/month increase is coming starting with their next billing cycle: The cost of the data plan for your tablet or other connected device will increase by $5.00 per month beginning with your bill cycle that begins on May 18, […]
Verizon “JustKids” Smartphone Plan Released
Today Verizon released a new postpaid plan option specifically designed for kids called, appropriately, “justkids.” It’s part of Verizon’s main family of mix-and-match unlimited smartphone plans (Go, Beyond and Above Unlimited), though this new plan is not an unlimited plan. Verizon is clearly rolling this out to meet the demand from the increasing number of […]
T-Mobile Announces Mobile Unfriendly Home Wireless Broadband Service
T-Mobile finally announced its long-rumored wireless home broadband internet service which is being rolled out in a pilot program to a few select markets. Initially the offering is by invitation only, and T-Mobile plans to connect 50,000 homes by the end of the year. Primarily in rural areas underserved by landline internet options. The service […]
T-Mobile Upgrades Simple Choice Customers to Unlimited Data
In a surprise move, T-Mobile announced an upgrade for smartphone customers on legacy Simple Choice plans. On March 16, 2019, smartphone lines on legacy Simple Choice plans will be switched to unlimited on-device data, which will replace the tiered data cap, with no price change. Unlimited data always sounds great, but the change does come with some considerations, […]
Sprint: No More 3G Device Activations Starting April 30 2019
With the coming of 5G, and following on the recent news of AT&T’s announced shutdown of its 3G network, Sprint quietly let customers with legacy devices know that it will cease activating 3G-only devices beginning April 30th, 2019. Although activations of older devices will end on April 30th (The full list of impacted devices), those with already […]
AT&T Increases Data and Prices on Old Mobile Share Value Plans
AT&T announced today that it is changing the pricing and data allowances for customers on its grandfathered Mobile Share Value plans. Data caps will be doubled in most cases for a $5-10 price increase. The Mobile Share Value plans were replaced way back in August 2016 with the Mobile Share Advantage family of plans. This […]
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