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Karma Neverstop well…. Stops.
Back in November, Sprint MVNO Karma announced their new unlimited plan for $50/month, but capped to speeds of 5 mbps (suitable for streaming.) In January, they rescinded the plan, and capped it at 15 GB a month instead of unlimited – but still at slower speeds. And this morning, a month later, they announced they’re ditching […]

Campendium.com Adds T-Mobile Coverage Reports to Campground Reviews
Last year a new RV park review site launch called Campendium. The site is run by fellow full time RVers, and lists a wide variety of camping options ranging from commercial RV parks, public campgrounds and popular free boondocking locations. Aside from the comprehensive diversity of camping options listed, one of the unique features we […]

WiFiRanger Releases First Firmware Update Since July – Aims For More Frequent Future Releases
WiFiRanger today pushed out a new 7.0.3 firmware release for all WiFiRanger routers – the first update since iOS device tethering was added in July 2015, and the third overall bug fix release to last February’s massive “Phantom 7.0” update. Despite having seven months in incubation – the newly released 7.0.3 isn’t a huge update filled with […]

ViaSat Announces Plans to Build World’s Highest Capacity Satellite
Satellite broadband company ViaSat (the company behind consumer brands Exede and WildBlue) yesterday announced plans for its third generation satellite network. The new ViaSat-3 design will have an amazing Terrabit/second of total network capacity, which should be capable of providing “100+ Mbps broadband to any home” with support for 4K ultra-high-definition video streaming, and even faster […]

Unlimitedville.com Offers T-Mobile Unlimited Data Plan
Unlimitedville is a small company out of Tennessee that has been providing cellular services to folks in rural areas who can’t get cable or DSL services. They’ve just recently become aware of the RVing market, and that our needs are similar. Last November, they launched a Sprint Unlimited data plan for $42.99/month that we covered. […]

Verizon Makes go90 Free To Stream – Without Burning Any Data
Earlier than many expected – an app update today revealed that Verizon has decided to test the limits of the FCC’s network neutrality rules by making its own go90 video video service free to stream over LTE – without burning any data. This of course gives the otherwise unremarkable go90 app a huge competitive advantage […]

Verizon & T-Mobile Prepaid Plans Get More Data
Verizon & T-moble have added more data to their prepaid Smartphone plans in the past week. Verizon For $45 a month, they now include 2GB of data (previously 1GB), and for $60/month they include 5GB of data (previously 3GB). Both plans are eligible for a 1GB per month bonus if auto payment is setup, bringing […]
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