At the end of every year we do a wrap-up of major changes in the mobile internet industry. But this year, there’s been so many significant changes since that major update that we thought it would be worthwhile to present a quick mid-year review to keep all of our readers up to date. First, here’s […]
Last week’s huge news story was the Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA) launching an amazing deal on Verizon unlimited data hotspots – just $43.99/mo for an unlimited hotspot data plan that was well more than an order of magnitude cheaper than anything you could get from Verizon directly. With a deal that good – the FMCA’s […]
I remember the day well, the very first iPad was delivered to our RV’s doorstep 7 years ago this month. We excitedly unpackaged it, held it in our hands and marveled at this new class of product. We turned it on, and activated AT&T’s month-to-month unlimited data plan for $29.99/month. This was a time when […]
Last week was the busiest ever here at the RV Mobile Internet Resource Center – starting with Verizon’s surprise announcement that it was bringing back unlimited data plans. This started a chain reaction – with every other carrier scrambling to respond with new or updated unlimited plans of their own. Here is a quick recap of the […]
Verizon representatives where greeted on April 1st with a message in their InfoCenter (internal communications system) that Phase 2 of the unlimited data plan price hike would be going into effect on May 15. As word started to leak out on various sites, there was speculation as to what exactly this meant. After all, Verizon […]
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 […]
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 […]
In a regular scan over the weekend, we noticed that while the previously announced weBoost RV 4G cellular booster was still listed as ‘Out of Stock’ on the weBoost website – a ‘Buy from Camping World’ button was now posted, along with a link to the PDF manual. According to a customer service reply, the new booster […]
For RVers who are interested in having a Sprint option on board, some new options are now shipping this week. Karma Pre-Ordered Hotspots Now Shipping Karma, a unique mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) who offers a mobile hotspot where you can purchase data that NEVER expires, announced their new LTE Sprint based plan last fall and […]
July 23 Update: Verizon has extended this offer, with no announced expiration data. In our normal scan of the carriers, we noticed that Verizon has posted your last chance to snag their promotion on 10GB of data on their More Everything shared plans. In April they started the promotion, dropping the price of 10GB […]
Yesterday Twitter announced a “a more streamlined consumption experience” for their video media displays in your timeline feed. What does that mean? For mobile internet users, it means Twitter is by default now wanting to consume more of your precious limited resources. The new media experience is billed as richer (ie. thus more bandwidth intensive) and videos […]
A little over two years ago, the Uncarrier (T-Mobile) shook up the industry by offering Simple Choice plans. No discount subsidies for equipment purchases and no contracts. Just pay upfront for the device you want, and enjoy lower monthly plan access fees. Prior to this, the carriers offered substantial discounts to consumers to acquire a […]
Yesterday tech journal ars technica published a story about UK mobile provider Three and their ‘Feel at Home’ prepaid plan that allows you to use your device abroad at no extra cost. If you subscribe to their unlimited data plan, when roaming in one of their partnered network carriers abroad, customers are limited to just 25GB […]
UPDATE (4/2017): Sprint has indeed added a good sum of countries to their International roaming list – 165+. In addition, customers now get free ‘basic data use’ in all 165+ of those countries at no additional cost. Sprint has also changed their high speed data pricing scheme as follows: Canada & Mexico: LTE high-speed data $2/day […]
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. […]
We just wrapped up an awesome and exhausting week attending and presenting at the Escapees Escapade rally in Tucson, AZ. Over 900 rigs were in attendance at the Pima County Fairgrounds, and the daily population was easily well over 2,000 people. And all of them, it seemed, wanted to get online. The fairgrounds was supposed to […]
After several weeks of hard work, we’ve just completed a refresh of The Mobile Internet Handbook for 2015! It’s amazing how much has changed in just 6 short months since we came out with the 2014 Edition. Things in the mobile internet world seem to never slow down. The 2014 edition hadn’t even been out for 2 […]