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Black Wireless No Longer offering T-Mobile Plans, Current Customers Canceled Effective April 10
Black Wireless, a subsidiary of Red Pocket Mobile, began offering plans on the T-Mobile Network in early February 2020. Their multi-month plans in particular were pretty attractive, offering 70GB of data for only $25/month. But the multi-month plans became unavailable after only a few short weeks – as of February 26th, they were listed as […]
Quibi Launched: New Mobile Only Video Streaming Service, Free to Some T-Mobile Customers
A new streaming service called Quibi launched on 4/6/2020. Quibi is unique in that it is designed to be used on mobile devices only, and all of its content is in short form. Quibi describes its content as “quick bites.” All shows are only 10 minutes or less. Currently, they have over 50 original shows, […]
No Joke: T-Mobile & Sprint Merger is FINALLY Complete!
It has been nearly two years since Sprint and T-Mobile first announced their proposed merger. The engaged couple have been on a roller coaster ride ever since – seeking out and winning approval from state and federal regulators and fighting off a litany of objecting lawsuits along the way. But as of the opening of the […]
Space Race Update: OneWeb Declares Bankruptcy, SpaceX Secures FCC Terminal Licenses
We’ve been tracking satellite internet provider OneWeb’s mission to bring “Internet to everyone, everywhere on Earth” since 2015 – and as recently as March 21st (when OneWeb launched another batch of 34 satellites), OneWeb seemed well on its way towards making this vision a reality. But OneWeb’s dreams came crashing to earth this past weekend when […]
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 […]
An Overview of T-Mobile LTE Band 71 and Compatible LTE Modems & Routers (WiFiRanger, Gli.Net, Mofi, Pepwave, etc.)
With the nascent merger of T-Mobile and Sprint almost upon us, and with so many AT&T resellers suddenly shifting to offer T-Mobile based service due to AT&T’s major shifts with unlimited data plans – our readers have recently had a lot of questions about T-Mobile’s network and service. All this churn in the market is […]
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 […]
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