The FCC’s auction of “C-Band” spectrum blew away all estimates – with carriers spending over $80 billion dollars to acquire new spectrum for 5G network expansion.
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Verizon Prepaid 25GB Smartphone Plan with Mobile Hotspot for $35* At Walmart – For a Limited Time
Verizon Prepaid is offering a 10GB data boost to their 15GB smartphone-based plan at Walmart stores only for a limited time. This brings the total high-speed data allowance of the plan to 25GB – which will remain as 25GB even after the promo period ends.
T-Mobile Introduces Magenta MAX, Replacing Magenta Plus Smartphone Plans
T-Mobile announced some changes to their Magenta plan line-up today that will go into effect on February 24, 2021, including increasing the mobile hotspot limit on their new MAX plan.
Google Fi Promo: 50% Off ‘Unlimited’ Plan for First 3 Months for New Customers
Google Fi, Google’s own MNVO that uses Sprint, T-Mobile, and US Cellular cellular networks paired with Wi-Fi hotspots to provide voice, text, and data service, is enticing new customers with 50% off the base price of an ‘unlimited’ plan for the first three months of service.
Verizon Prepaid Offering Limited Time ‘Third Month Free’ Promo Across Plan Types
Verizon Prepaid, Verizon’s direct prepaid brand, is offering a limited time ‘get a month free’ promo applicable on any Verizon Prepaid plan on the third month of service.
AT&T Business Try-And-Buy Program Offers 50GB of Data for 30 Days on a Moxee Hotspot for Free
AT&T Business has launched a ‘Try and Buy’ program which offers eligible customers a Moxee mobile hotspot device paired with 50GB of LTE data that is usable for 30 days – whichever comes first – for free.
AT&T Enforcing 10GB Personal Hotspot High Speed Cap on Standalone Postpaid Unlimited Tablet Plans
For the past week, AT&T has been quietly adding a 10GB/month personal mobile hotspot limit to a little-known but popular standalone unlimited tablet plan that’s one of our Top Pick plans.
Changes Coming to Legacy Sprint Plans as Part of T-Mobile Integration
Sprint merged with T-Mobile in 2020, and customers who were on Sprint plans have been able to remain on their plans and continue to use the Sprint network while the networks and infrastructure are integrated – a multi-year process. But as part of that integration between Sprint and T-Mobile, customers on legacy Sprint accounts will begin to see some pricing and hotspot data changes to their account in early 2021.
Verizon Business Offers Arris LTE Router and Business Broadband Plans
Early in 2021 Verizon quietly began to offer the Arris NVG5588 LTE router for business customers. Currently, the Arris router is only available to business customers and it must be paired with one of Verizon’s LTE Business Internet Broadband plans.
Insty Connect Explorer: Roof Mounted Cat-12 Modem & Antennas with Indoor Wi-Fi Router
A new MoFi alternative has hit the mobile internet scene. Deemed the “Insty Connect” this combination router and antenna bundle is designed by an RVer for RVers.
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Overview: AT&T 3rd Party Rental/Lease High-Cap & Unlimited Data Plans (Cellular Data Plans)
3rd party rental vendors (ie. MobileMustHave, Bix, Gypsy, boom!, etc) offer AT&T based high-cap data plans on a month-to-month basis.
Overview: Postpaid Plans by T-Mobile (Cellular Data Plans)
T-Mobile’s postpaid unlimited plans for smartphones and tablets, and data plans for hotspots & routers, including a Top Pick 100GB data plan.
Overview: Verizon 3rd Party Rental/Lease High-Cap & Unlimited Plans (Cellular Data Plans)
3rd party rental vendors offer Verizon based high-cap and unlimited data plans on a month-to-month basis.
Overview: T-Mobile 3rd Party Rental/Lease High-Cap & Unlimited Plans (Cellular Data Plans)
3rd party rental vendors (ie. Travel Data, OTR Mobile, Millenicom, etc) offer T-Mobile based high-cap data plans ranging in price from $55-$150/month – on a month-to-month, no contract basis.
Overview: Arris NVG558 LTE Router on Verizon (Mobile Routers)
A full-featured Cat-12 LTE router that is only available from Verizon Business.
Overview: MVNO Prepaid Smartphone Plans (Cellular Data Plans)
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) offer cellular service, but do not own their own cellular networks. MVNOs lease capacity from the major carriers and resell it under their own branding.
Overview: Sprint 3rd Party Rental/Lease High-Cap & Unlimited Plans (Cellular Data Plans)
3rd party rental vendors offer Sprint based high cap and unlimited data plans ranging in price
Overview: Beast Mobile (Cellular Data Plans)
A Sprint & AT&T MVNO with flexible plans for light data users.
Review: Balance 20X by Pepwave (Mobile Router)
An enterprise LTE router that can be expanded to dual-modems including support for 5G in the future
Review In Progress: Insty Connect Explorer 4G12 & 5G20 (Mobile Cellular Router)
Designed by a full-time RVer, the Insty Connect Explorer combines an integrated exterior cellular modem and MIMO antenna assembly with an interior router with custom control software.
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Security, Privacy, Passwords and VPNs for Mobile Internet
BookmarkPrivacy & Security using Mobile Internet The internet can be a scary place. It can be hard enough to stay… Continue Reading
Consumer Connected Device Selection: Smartphones, Tablets & Laptops
BookmarkBuying Consumer Connected Cellular Devices A cell phone used to be for one thing – making calls. Today, however, making… Continue Reading
Testing & Understanding Your Mobile Internet Speeds
BookmarkTesting Mobile Internet Speeds Bars are relatively meaningless in the effort to determine your mobile internet data performance. They’re a… Continue Reading
Mobile Internet for Boaters, Cruisers & Liveaboards
BookmarkKeeping Connected on the Water There are some unique considerations to keep in mind while assembling a mobile internet setup… Continue Reading
Antenna Ground Planes for RVs and Boats
BookmarkAntenna Grounding Planes Part of omnidirectional cellular antenna design is a ground plane – or metal that reflects signal into… Continue Reading
Understanding & Shopping for Unlimited Cellular Data Plans for Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile & Sprint
BookmarkUnlimited Cellular Data Plan Directory Many RVers, cruisers, and nomads are seeking a home internet replacement so they can work… Continue Reading
Selecting Antenna Cables, Connectors, and Adapters for Cellular & WiFi Devices
Bookmark SMA, SMB, FME, N, TS-9 and more! One of the most confusing aspects of hooking up an antenna to a… Continue Reading
Mobile Cellular Boosters for RVs & Boats Overview
BookmarkCellular Boosters for Mobile Data Performance Boosters are a popular (and pricey) option to get a better cellular signal for… Continue Reading
Mobile Backup Strategies for RVers and Cruisers
Bookmark Backing Up with Mobile Internet Storage drives and devices will inevitably fail. It is not a question of if,… Continue Reading
Swollen Battery? – How to Check Your Hotspot, Prolong Battery Life & Battery Replacement Guide
Bookmark Mobile Hotspot Battery Guide Over time, exposure to heat can cause your more expensive devices – such as smartphones… Continue Reading
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Firewall
A network firewall is a piece of software that analyses and enforces rules on network traffic. A firewall is designed… Continue Reading
DNS
DNS stands for Domain Name System. DNS is an addressing and naming system for nodes on a network. TCP/IP networks… Continue Reading
TCP/IP
TCP stands for Transmission Control Protocol and IP stands for Internet Protocol. IP is the protocol used to communicate across… Continue Reading
IPv4
The “Internet Protocol” (IP) address is like a phone number for every device on the internet. The addressing system in… Continue Reading
NAS
Network Attached Storage – This is data storage that is accessible through the network that centralizes the data making it… Continue Reading
Sub-6
5G technologies are not limited to mmWave spectrum. Carriers can also deploy 5G onto lower frequency cellular bands that have… Continue Reading
mmWave
Extremely high frequency mmWave (millimeter wave) 5G cellular bands are broadcast at 24GHz or higher, and are capable of insanely… Continue Reading
Field Test Mode
Every iPhone has a hidden “Field Test Mode” that can be accessed by dialing a special “*3001#12345#*” phone number from… Continue Reading
APN
The APN (Access Point Name) acts as a gateway between your cellular device and the carrier’s data network. Every cellular… Continue Reading
Bonding
Also called “channel bonding,” this is an advanced technique that lets a router combine multiple internet connections together into a… Continue Reading
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