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Sprint’s “Magic Box” Promises Improved Coverage – If You Qualify
Sprint this week announced “The Sprint Magic Box” – the “World’s First All-Wireless Small Cell” designed to act as a relay to help overcome Sprint’s notorious problem with indoor slow speeds and dead zones. Sprint describes the box this way: “The Sprint Magic Box is an indoor, self-configuring small cell, about the size of a […]
Winegard Announces ConnecT 4G1: Rooftop Wi-Fi & Cellular Combined
Last October when we wrote about the new Winegard ConnecT roof-mounted long-range Wi-Fi receiver, there was something that we were asked not to share. Our test unit, which we had been previewing since May, was also equipped with cellular capabilities. From the very beginning Winegard had been designing this new product line to combine Wi-Fi and […]
Verizon Prepaid Offers Unlimited Data – With Many Caveats
Verizon Prepaid (Verizon’s direct prepaid division) has launched an unlimited data plan – with multiple limitations. This plan is similar to ordering pancakes at a restaurant and receiving a stack of dry, slightly burned, flavorless pancakes while your friend across the table receives a fluffy stack of chocolate chip pancakes spread with butter, drizzled with syrup, […]
FCC’s 600MHz Auction Concludes: T-Mobile Wins Big Nationwide
600MHz UPDATE – August 2017 T-Mobile has announced that they have just deployed the world’s first 600MHz LTE (now known as LTE Band 71) cellular towers in Cheyenne, Wyoming – and that T-Mobile is pushing hard to encourage UHF TV stations to fast-track their migrations so that T-Mobile can free up spectrum to deploy 600MHz […]
ALERT: Verizon Now Enforcing 10GB Hotspot Limit with New “Unlimited” Plan!
When Verizon launched the new Verizon Unlimited Plan in February, the fine print clearly stated that hotspot / tethering usage would be limited to 10GB per billing period – with tethering speeds supposed to be throttled to a glacial 600kbps once that limit was crossed. But Verizon’s own sales reps for the most part never understood […]
Major Update to ‘Coverage?’ Released – Featuring HD Maps & Android Support
We’re thrilled to announce that the newly re-written ‘Coverage?’ app is now available – featuring fully updated maps, and the option to subscribe to get higher resolution coverage map overlays and a satellite view basemap. And at long last…. ‘Coverage?’ for Android is live in the Google Play store too! For those who may not be familiar […]
weBoost Launches Drive 4G-X RV Cellular Booster / Antenna Kit
When weBoost first announced the Drive 4G-X cellular booster in February 2015, they also announced a special weBoost Drive 4G-XR bundle “coming soon” that was intended specifically for RVers. For the longest time – this upcoming kit was even featured prominently on the weBoost website. But then in April 2015, weBoost removed the Drive 4G-XR […]
Cable Bundles with Cellular: Comcast Rolling Out Xfinity Mobile Service, Charter Up Next
Cellular companies have been making it ever easier for customers to “cut the cord” – ditching their cable TV and even home internet services to go all cellular. Why keep paying a cable bill, when you can take all your shows with you by subscribing to various streaming TV apps? America’s largest (and least loved) […]
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