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Cellular Carriers Add Extra Data in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Story Last Updated: 6/1/20 (text version only) The COVID-19 pandemic is having a tremendous impact on all of our lives. For many people, cellular connectivity is becoming more and more important as people are being required to work at home. As RVers and boaters who have already relied heavily on our cellular connections, we are […]
Crisis Response: Cellular Carriers Get Temporary Spectrum, Increasing Capacity, and Speed
Cellular spectrum can be thought of like real estate – and cellular carriers have spent billions of dollars buying up prime airwaves to build their networks upon. But just like in real estate – some investors buy land not to build on, but to hold. This is why you sometimes see vacant weed-filled lots next […]
Possible Mobile Internet Impacts of COVID-19 As More Stay Home
COVID-19 is on a lot of our minds, and there are many concerns and plans for preparing for social isolation to varying degrees. Companies are shifting to having staff work remotely from home and schools are closing with the idea of having students learn online instead of in classrooms in an effort to slow down […]
Verizon Launches Yahoo!Mobile – Based on Visible – Unlimited Data for $39.99
Verizon has launched another prepaid brand for smartphones – this time utilizing the branding of Yahoo, which Verizon purchased 3 years ago. The new smartphone service is called Yahoo Mobile, and it offers very similar service and terms of service as Visible does. Yahoo Mobile is an app-based phone plan offering customers unlimited calling, text, […]
Calyx Institute Introducing Quarterly Pricing on Unlimited Sprint Hotspot Offering
We first covered the Calyx Institute back in 2016 (our news story) when we heard about this feisty non-profit offering a truly unlimited Sprint hotspot plan to its members. But Calyx wasn’t actually “selling” cellular service. Rather – the plan was offered as a perk to supporting members of the Calyx Institute who made an […]
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