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Visible Makes Changes to Party Pay, Referral Codes, and International Calling/Texting
Visible, Verizon’s prepaid subsidiary, made some changes today to some of the features of their popular unlimited smartphone plan. The plan is $40/month for unlimited calling, txt and data. Making the plan particularly attractive to our audience, is it includes unlimited personal mobile hotspot use from the phone just capped at 5 Mbps speeds for use with one device at a time.
New AT&T Prepaid Data Plans for Hotspots and Tablets
AT&T Prepaid sells smartphone plans on their website, but they also offer some data-only plans that are available in-store only. They recently added some new plans to this line-up, and also added more data to two existing plans.
Cricket Simply Data Plan Introduces Device Restrictions – Do NOT MOVE SIM CARDS from Routers!
It appears as if AT&T prepaid subsidiary Cricket Wireless made some very unfortunate changes last week to one of our most frequently recommended data plans – the Cricket Simply Data plan.
Starlink Beta Expands – But Beware of Mobility Restrictions Before Ordering!
Starlink’s ongoing public beta has been generating an unprecedented amount of interest and anticipation – with many nomads dreaming of someday soon having access to fast low-latency satellite internet connections that will work just about anywhere. But taking Starlink on the road is still NOT possible.
Peplink Router Firmware 8.1.1 Adds SpeedFusion Cloud Zoom Optimizations, OpenVPN, More…
Peplink last week officially released firmware 8.1.1, a free update compatible with most Pepwave and Peplink routers.
Verizon Adds News Streaming Service discovery+ to Select Plans
Discovery launched their new streaming service discovery+, and Verizon customers on select plans will get the service for free for either six or twelve months, depending on their plan.
Satellite Internet Update: OneWeb Returns To Flight, Amazon Showcases Antennas, Starlink Secures Subsidies
A lot has been going on in the world of satellite internet over the past month, so as 2020 comes to a close let’s check in on the companies that are aiming to completely redefine what satellite internet is all about.
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