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Tello – A New Sprint MVNO With Configurable Plans
This week a new Sprint reseller, Tello, is launching – and they have a unique way to choose your prepaid cellular plan. All plans are smartphone plans – you can bring your own compatible unlocked device, or you can purchase a device from Tello. You then can chose how many minutes, texts and GBs of […]
Netflix Debuts Cellular Data Usage Controls
Making good on the promised May release – Netflix today rolled out a new Cellular Data Usage Controls feature that has been under limited public testing since March. In the past – the Netflix app over cellular on most carriers throttled itself to around 600kbps, which limited streaming video resolution to 384p, well below DVD quality. […]
Millenicom is Back – With New T-Mobile Powered Plans
Once a favorite connectivity option with RVers, Millenicom vanished from the scene in late 2014 when Verizon abruptly cut off Millenicom’s ability to offer Verizon-powered hotspot plans – leading to a very rocky period of transition for those who were caught by the surprise service shutdown. Millenicom’s web page was replaced with cryptic research notes about the company […]
Maximum Signal’s Max-Amp RV: Finally Shipping
It has been a long time coming – but after spending nearly a year being “just a few weeks away”, Maximum Signal’s Max-Amp has at last been shipped to a real customer! This cellular booster has been on our radar for a long time now as a potential worthy competitor to weBoost’s product line, particularly in light […]
Amazon Challenges Netflix with $8.99/mo Prime Video
For many, the core feature of Amazon’s $99/year Amazon Prime program has always been the free two-day shipping – which many RVers have learned to take advantage of for fast reliable shipping to just about anywhere. We even use it to buy groceries and cat food! But over the years Amazon has added other perks to […]
Carriers Tell FCC: Cell Booster Rules are Working Out Great!
In May of 2014, new FCC regulations controlling the design of cellular boosters went into effect – obsoleting all boosters currently on the market. One of the most contentious parts of the new rules was a requirement that all boosters must be registered with the cellular carriers they are being used with. Some RVers objected […]
New Cricket Unlimited Data Plan on the AT&T Network
Cricket Wireless is AT&T’s prepaid brand that has offered some attractive smartphone plans in the past. Today they announced that on Sunday they will have a new unlimited data plan available. The plan will cost $70/month (or $65/month with autopay), and includes unlimited on device data capped at 8 mbps speed when on LTE and […]
Verizon & Android? Use Android Pay and Get Some Free Data!
If you use Verizon with either their The Verizon Plan or More Everything Plans and have the Android Pay app that allows you to pay directly from your Android phone in retailers – Verizon is running a free data promo. The first time you check out in a retail location using the app (referred to […]
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