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Major Upgrade to Pepwave Max BR1 Cellular Router / Minor Upgrade to Pepwave Surf SOHO
During a Mobile Internet Advising call yesterday, I was asked for thoughts on using a Pepwave MAX BR1 “Industrial Grade 4G LTE Router” serving as the heart of an RV’s networking setup. We’ve had the MAX BR1 on our radar for a while as a potential high-end option. The BR1 is a tiny box with a […]
Starting Today – Carriers Must Unlock Phones & Tablets When Asked
One of the most frustrating things about cellular devices is the practice of carriers “locking” them so that they can not be used on other networks. Locking phones prevents users from keeping their current phones as they change carriers, decreases the resale value of used devices, and locking is especially frustrating for international travelers – blocking the usage […]
Karma Slipping, But Not Dead Yet – New Karma Go Hotspots Shipping in April
Back in September we wrote about an innovative mobile broadband MVNO with a very unique angle – no monthly fees, and affordable pay-as-needed data that once purchased never expires. Every Karma Mobility hotspot out in the world is also out to share a little love – creating an open (but secure) WiFi network for others […]
Verizon More Everything Data Plan Pricing Changes Tomorrow
The news is spreading and Verizon has confirmed, starting tomorrow More Everything plans will be having some pricing changes. Most of the new pricing will reflect a $10/month discount of some of the popular data levels of 20GB and under, an increase to the 10GB plan (which was a holiday promotion) and adding in some new […]
WiFiRanger Unleashes “Phantom” 7.0 – Massive Free Firmware Upgrade
It has been a long time coming (the beta testing started last May) – but at last WiFiRanger has unleashed their newest firmware update upon the world. This new release, dubbed “Phantom 7.0”, is hugely ambitious – and it is packed full of some fabulously powerful features. A lot of the features are directly inspired by feedback […]
weBoost Drive 4G-XR (RV) Coming Soon – RV-Optimized Cell Booster Kit
Cellular booster manufacturer weBoost (formerly known as Wilson Electronics) unveiled its new website and product line today, as promised. As expected – most of the product line is just a new weBoost skin on the old Wilson boosters, but there seems to be a truly new mobile booster “Coming Soon” that may be destined to […]
FTC Throttles Straight Talk for Deceptively Throttled “Unlimited” Plans
The FCC isn’t the only federal agency making headlines fighting for mobile consumer rights this week. The Federal Trade Commission announced this week that it has reached a $40 million settlement with TracFone, the parent company of popular prepaid providers Straight Talk, Net10, Simple Mobile, and Telcel America. The crime – deceptively offering “unlimited” data plans […]
FCC Redefines “Broadband” to be 25+ Mbps
Yesterday it only took delivering paltry 4Mbps download speeds to be able to claim you were offering broadband service. Not anymore. The FCC voted today to redefine the term “broadband” – now requiring mobile and fixed internet service providers to deliver at least 25Mbps download speeds and 3Mbps upload speeds to meet the new definition. […]
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