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Sprint Joins T-Mobile in Eliminating Overage Charges – Plans go Unlimited
Earlier this week, T-Mobile CEO flew over Verizon headquarters with a skywriting plane encouraging the other major carriers to eliminate overage charges. T-Mobile was the first of the carriers to offer plans that include a set amount of high speed that when used up, reverts to throttled lower speeds – but unlimited usage. Sprint today […]
Verizon Releases Firmware Update 2.5 for Novatel MiFi 6620L
We’ve long considered the Novatel MiFi 6620L (our in-depth review) to be the go-to hotspot for Verizon customers – delivering overall solid performance and reliability. And one of the best things about the 6620L is that it has been getting better via ongoing firmware updates – with the LTE Band 2 and LTE-Advanced Carrier Aggregation being […]
Verizon Refuses To Join AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile in “Unlimited” Throttling
The definition of “unlimited” has been getting murky lately. In July T-Mobile added fine print to its Unlimited Data Plans indicating that users who use more than 21GB during a month will “have their data usage de-prioritized” on congested cell towers, sticking the heavy users in the slow lane relative to everyone else. And last […]
Today Only: Instant Invites to Google’s Project Fi
To celebrate the release of the new Android flagship Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P phones, Google today announced (via Twitter) a one-day “Instant Invite” program to sign up for Google’s “Project Fi” cellular plan. If you’ve been intrigued by Project Fi, this is a great chance to jump on board without the usual six to eight week wait for […]
Sprint’s Unlimited Plans now $70/month AND Subject to Throttling after 23GB of Usage
Today, Sprint’s price increase to their Unlimited Smartphone Data plans went into effect – raising the price from $60/month to $70/month. Along with the price increase also comes the news that they are implementing network prioritization which could mean speed throttling for customers who exceed 23GB of data usage in a month. This is a direct retraction of […]
Verizon Changes Prepaid Data Only Pricing & Options
In Verizon’s continuing effort to make their prepaid plans more attractive, they today announced changes to their prepaid data-only pricing. For customers wishing to pay as they go for data on a mobile hotspot or tablet, the new pricing is: 500mb for 1 week – $15 1GB for 1 month – $20 2GB for 2 […]
AT&T Enables Wi-Fi Calling – A Great Feature For Nomads
We reported in August that the iOS 9 beta revealed that AT&T has been working on joining T-Mobile and Sprint in supporting Wi-Fi calling – and as of this week AT&T has announced that at last this feature is enabled! Wi-Fi calling (also known as “voice over WiFi” or VoWiFi) is a technology that allows for cell phones to […]
Verizon to Raise Price of Grandfathered Unlimited Plans by $20/month
Those who have acquired a coveted grandfathered unlimited data plan on Verizon have always wondered what might be coming down the pike in the future. Will the plans stay around? For how long? Verizon has never made it a secret it is fundamentally opposed to the concept of unlimited data, and even though less than […]
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