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AT&T Adds Network Management at 100GB to Business Unlimited Elite Plan
AT&T introduced three new unlimited smartphone plans for business customers in late 2019. The Business Elite plan offered two major perks for heavy data users – 100GB of high speed personal mobile hotspot use and no network management, ever. But in March 2020, AT&T made a big change and quietly added a new network management threshold of […]
OTR Mobile Announces New BLAST Plan – T-Mobile Based Unlimited; AT&T Offered for Existing Customers at $90/mo
Yesterday popular AT&T unlimited data reseller OTR Mobile announced new gear and plan options that they have teased for the past couple of weeks. The announcement includes a major shift away from an AT&T-based plan to a T-Mobile unlimited plan that promises 5G access later this year. Existing customers who choose to remain on the […]
AT&T Releases New Prepaid $34.99/mo Tablet Plan – But It’s Not Unlimited
Earlier this month AT&T abruptly retired their popular $34.99/month ($40 without autopay) unlimited prepaid DataConnect plan for iPads and other tablets. And customers who had been using the plan in unauthorized devices like hotspots and cellular embedded routers have been facing cancellations. AT&T confirmed with our staff that the plan was indeed retired and customers […]
AT&T Confirms Grandfathering of $34.99/Month Prepaid Tablet Plan
When AT&T abruptly pulled the popular AT&T DataConnect Unlimited Tablet Plan for $34.99/mo (or $40 without autopay) a week ago, there was much consumer confusion about the plan’s status going forward. The plan was officially retired – a fact which AT&T confirmed to us at the time, but grandfathering the plan was still an open question. […]
Verizon Canceling Prepaid Unlimited Jetpack Plans for Excessive Domestic Roaming
Last May Verizon retired their sweet prepaid unlimited Jetpack plan, which we refer to as the pUDP, for $65/month. This plan offered truly unlimited data for mobile hotspot devices, subject only to network management. Even though the plan was retired, customers who keep paying the monthly bill have thus far been grandfathered and can keep […]
Cricket Wireless Data Only Plans: 40GB/$50 or 20GB/$35 with Canada/Mexico Use
Cricket Wireless is a wholly-owned prepaid subsidiary of AT&T, offering prepaid smartphone and data-only plans. Cricket’s data-only plans were launched in April of 2019 – originally as a line-up of three options. Now there are two plans with a better value. These new plans also now include use in Mexico and Canada. Video Version Subscribe […]
AT&T Pulls Prepaid DataConnect $34.99/Month Unlimited Tablet Plan
Yesterday, February 12, 2020, reports started being shared that the popular AT&T DataConnect Unlimited Tablet Plan for $34.99/mo (or $40 without autopay) was suddenly gone from AT&T’s buy-a-session website. Most of yesterday it was unclear if this was a temporary glitch (as we’ve seen before), or if the plan was being eliminated, or perhaps AT&T was […]
Mango Mobile and Black Wireless MVNOs Offer New $25 Multi-Month Plans on T-Mobile With 70GB of High-Speed Data
Mango Mobile and Black Wireless, two MVNO’s owned by Red Pocket Mobile, announced new T-Mobile-based multi-month smartphone plans with a promotional price of $25/month that includes 50GB of on-device data and 20GB of mobile hotspot data, for a total of 70GB per month. Mango Mobile was originally launched in 2016, and Black Wireless was […]
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