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(9/18/17): AT&T will be raising the price of non-auto pay Tablet Plans to $35/month starting October 2, 2017. Plans on auto-pay will continue to be $29.99. Last month, AT&T sent notifications to customers still enjoying their grandfathered in $29.99 iPad unlimited data plan that they would now be subject to network management after 22GB of […]
Verizon Prepaid is shaking up its prepaid offerings again – and that is mostly a good thing for prepaid data seekers. Here are two of the major changes that will be effective tomorrow: The $50 prepaid plan will be increased from 5GB to 7GB – yay! The 10GB plan will reflect a price decrease to $60/month […]
Verizon Prepaid (Verizon’s direct prepaid division) has launched an unlimited data plan – with multiple limitations. This plan is similar to ordering pancakes at a restaurant and receiving a stack of dry, slightly burned, flavorless pancakes while your friend across the table receives a fluffy stack of chocolate chip pancakes spread with butter, drizzled with syrup, […]
T-Mobile took some time on Sunday to shake up their direct prepaid offerings, tossing 7 old prepaid plans into the compost bin and bringing forth 3 new plans. Good news – one of these new plans involves unlimited data: T-Mobile One Prepaid. Bad news – there are some catches. As of March 26th, 2017, T-Mobile […]
GoPhone, AT&T’s prepaid subsidiary, has added an unlimited data offering to their line-up. A non-competitive unlimited data offering, that is. For $60/month ($65/month without auto pay), you get unlimited on device data (and calling and texting) at slow speeds – throttle cap is set at 3Mbps. In case that cap is not slow enough for […]
(1/25/17) – Limited Time Promotion Alert: An MIA member alerted us to a current Bolt promotion offering 20GB of 4G LTE data for $50. Not only is this 10GB more data than Bolt typically offers on their $50 plan, but all of the data is advertised to be at LTE speeds. And, this promo beats out […]
(11/14/17) UPDATE: Cricket has terminated their 8GB and 12GB data bucket plans. They now offer a 2GB, 5GB, and two unlimited type plans. (1/25/17) – Data Plan Allotment Increases: AT&T’s Cricket Wireless just announced that beginning January 27, 2017, it will be increasing the amount of high speed data included on its $60 plan. The […]
Both Verizon and AT&T are pushing out some new data friendly deals over the next week. And they both include roll-over data and official mobile hotspot usage, making them appealing flexible plans for RVers. Beginning Monday, November 13th, Verizon Prepaid will offer new 5 GB and 10 GB LTE data plans at very competitive price […]
For a limited time, T-Mobile’s wholly owned subsidiary branch, MetroPCS, is promoting 8 GB of 4G LTE data for $50. MetroPCS’ typical offer includes 5 GB for $50; however customers who activate a line during this 8 GB promotional period will remain ‘grandfathered’ at 8 GB for as long as their account remains active and in […]
We have and updated Product Listing page for these types of Sprint unlimited non-profit plans that will track any additional similar plans we discover: Non-Profit Sprint Unlimited Data Plans [/alert (Original Article 10/2016): Unlimited cellular data for only $10 a month? That’s crazy talk! Except it isn’t just crazy talk, it’s a real offer – for those […]
TPO Mobile, also known as The People’s Operator, is a reseller that originally started in the UK in 2012 and launched service in the US in 2015. TPO Mobile began offering their service over the Sprint network, but have since added T-Mobile to their coverage. There are some caveats to TPO Mobile’s Infinity plan: The […]
We’ve been alerted that Sprint MVNO, FreedomPop, is offering various ‘4x the data’ deals for a limited time with the purchase of specific mobile hotspots or mobile devices. The type of device available and upfront device price of each deal appears to depend on where you access the deal from. Background: FreedomPop has been a long […]
A recent update of the language on Verizon’s Device Unlocking Policy page indicates that new phones and devices purchased through Verizon Prepaid will need to be used on Verizon Prepaid services for at least one year. Conversely, you could also add the amount specified on the back of a product’s packaging to device’s prepaid account in order to […]
New plans which may be of interest to mobile internet users include: Verizon- $64.99 – 7GB of hard capped 4G LTE data (plus unlimited talk and text) Sprint- $39.99 – 5GB of hard capped 4G LTE data (plus unlimited talk and text) (UPDATE- 8/31/16) Boom! Mobile, a fairly new MVNO, is offering prepaid plans which may be of […]
We’re always keeping an eye out for interesting cellular data plans that are a good fit for the needs of RVers. In particular, we have been on the lookout for a reasonable AT&T based offering since the sudden demise of Harbor Mobile a couple months ago. Earlier this week we had a reader contact us asking about a newer […]
Earlier this month nationwide cellular carrier Verizon re-tooled all of their postpaid plans. One of the popular new features is ‘Safety Mode’ which allows customers to choose what happens when they hit their data cap – be charged overages, or be throttled to slower speeds. Now Verizon is introducing a similar concept for their prepaid customers […]
Good news for those utilizing or contemplating an AT&T prepaid phone plan via their goPhone brand. Starting on Friday, the carrier has announced they will be including a bit of extra data on these plans for the same price. The $45/month plan is going from 2GB to 3GB of high speed data. And the $60/month […]