Today T-Mobile announced its ONE line of smartphone plans will evolve into “Magenta,” and also announced a new offer to entice people to switch from another carrier. These changes take place starting on June 2, 2019. Here’s an overview of the announcement: T-Mobile ONE and ONE Plus will be rebranded and called Magenta and Magenta […]
Cellular Carriers
Spectrum Mobile Finally Adds BYOD Option
Spectrum Mobile, the mobile service available only to Spectrum home internet subscribers, finally has a Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) option, but it’s not true BYOD since it is currently limited to Apple and Samsung devices. Spectrum Mobile launched in July 2018 but with only a limited selection of Samsung flagship phones that you had to buy from […]
RIP Verizon Prepaid Unlimited Jetpack Plan (pUDP) – Double Data Promotions
After several glorious months of folks being able to claim an un-throttled (but always network managed), unlimited data only Jetpack plan through Verizon prepaid (pUDP) – the party is officially over. Late last night we saw the $70/month unlimited Jetpack/Tablet plan replaced with a 15GB plan on Verizon’s Prepaid website. As we warned, repeatedly – […]
AT&T Prepaid Double Data Promotion For New Customers
AT&T Prepaid is offering double data (16GB total) for new customers on the $50/month plan who enroll in autopay. The promotion expires on July 11th, 2019 (July 4th for online orders). The $50/month plan normally comes with 8GB of data. To get the promotional Double Data deal, new customers must select $50 monthly plan and […]
Verizon 5G Plans Come With Unlimited Data, Tethering and 4K Streaming
Verizon came out with more details on its mobile 5G service for the Above and Beyond Unlimited plans (different than the 5G home internet service), tied to the pending release of the Samsung S10 5G smartphone and the news is very promising. Mobile 5G service will include: unlimited high-speed 5G data unlimited 5G mobile hotspot/tethering […]
Verizon Prepaid Unlimited Jetpack Plan Gone Missing?
On the afternoon of April 30th, 2019, one of our Top Pick data plans went missing from Verizon’s main prepaid web page. The plan’s absence alerted immediate concern in the unlimited data areas of the hearts of the team members at the Mobile Internet Resource Center. Yes, our hearts have small sections devoted to affordable […]
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