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Verizon Extends Grandfathered UDP Cancelation Deadline Until March 16th
In early January Verizon welcomed in the New Year by sending out thousands of letters to customers with out-of-contract grandfathered unlimited data plans – giving notice that they must change to a limited data plan by February 16th or face unilateral account cancelation. But then earlier this week Verizon brought back a new Unlimited Data Plan. […]
HughesNet “Gen5” Satellite Internet Service – Coming April 1st!
Ever since satellite internet provider HughesNet launched its 5th generation satellite in December, we’ve been eagerly awaiting details around the service plans, pricing, and when the next generation service would roll out. But so far all HughesNet has teased the world with is this: “EchoStar XIX, the world’s highest-capacity broadband satellite, will power HughesNet Gen5, the next […]
AT&T Introduces ‘International Day Pass’ Option for International Travel
(1/26/17) – AT&T is now “making it easier to stay connected when you travel” internationally by allowing their customers to use their existing cellular and data plans in other countries. Starting tomorrow, AT&T will offer their new International Day Pass option to personal account plans. For $10 per device per 24-hour period in over 100 countries – customers can utilize […]
AT&T Based Prepaid Mobile Hotspot Plans with H20 Wireless’ ‘Bolt’
(1/25/17) – Limited Time Promotion Alert: An MIA member alerted us to a current Bolt promotion offering 20GB of 4G LTE data for $50. Not only is this 10GB more data than Bolt typically offers on their $50 plan, but all of the data is advertised to be at LTE speeds. And, this promo beats out […]
Cricket Wireless Adjusts Plans – 8GB for $50/mo | 12GB for $60/mo
(11/14/17) UPDATE: Cricket has terminated their 8GB and 12GB data bucket plans. They now offer a 2GB, 5GB, and two unlimited type plans. (1/25/17) – Data Plan Allotment Increases: AT&T’s Cricket Wireless just announced that beginning January 27, 2017, it will be increasing the amount of high speed data included on its $60 plan. The […]
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