Millenicom Verizon Hotspot customers will start receiving e-mails tonight that they will wish was an April Fool’s joke. The monthly price of our beloved 20GB Hotspot Plan is going up from $69.99 to $89.99/mo for all customers, effective May 1st. We’re actually relieved by this news. But then again, we’ve been privy to some of […]
Mobile Technology
Introducing RVillage.com – Technomadia’s ‘Secret Project’
It started last August. We had just wrapped up closing down Cherie’s family business, which had been the focus of her career and her primary source of income for the past 20 years. After several back-to-back major life challenges, we announced that we were excitedly looking forward to treating ourselves to a bit of a mini-sabatical […]
Key Comparisons – WiFi, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile Go Head-To-Head
Perhaps the most frequently asked question we get asked: what carrier / plan is the best for keeping online on the road? Next most asked: can I get by with just campground WiFi? People want a simple answer – but the truth is anything but. When evaluating the likelihood of getting a good internet connection […]
A Worthy Hotspot: The Pantech MHS291L
[dropcap type=”1″]In[/dropcap] theory a mobile hotspot (aka ‘MiFi’ or ‘Jetpack’) is one of the most useful pieces of mobile technology you can have in your arsenal. These little gadgets combine a wireless cellular modem, a router, and a battery into a tiny package about the size of a deck of cards. Turn one on, and you […]
The Millenicom Verizon Hotspot Plan Survival Guide
Updated in April 2014 to reflect the recent announced changes in terms and pricing. It’s no secret, we’re big fans of Millenicom. For those just joining in – Millenicom is a “Mobile Virtual Network Operator” (aka MVNO) – a company which does not own a wireless network of its own, but which makes arrangements with […]
Unlocked & Universal – Millenicom Retina iPad Mini Awesomesauce!
The big unanswered question from our announcement of the “Ridiculously Awesome” Millenicom iPad Mini deal – would the iPads be locked to T-Mobile or not? Millenicom expected that they would be, though my research lead me to expect that like other iPad’s the devices from Millenicom would actually be unlocked. Our Retina iPad Mini arrived this […]
Millenicom’s Ridiculously Awesome iPad Mini Deal
Our favorite mobile data reseller Millenicom suffered a big black eye recently, when Sprint suddenly canceled the upstream gateway arrangement that enabled Millenicom’s “Unlimited” plan. Many former customers are still left without service, as their device’s ESNs have not yet been unlocked for re-activation on other services – a hugely frustrating situation for Millenicom and customers […]
Millenicom & Sprint Break Up, Gets Back Together, Then Breaks Up Again
For those following mobile internet options, it’s been a head spinning bad teenage romance novel this past week. Millenicom Unlimited customers, who’s plans were on the Sprint footprint, were served a cold dish on October 18th: Sprint has discontinued service to our gateway provider, unfortunately that means we can no longer provide the Unlimited or […]
Where are the LTE Boosters???
Without our two cellular boosters, our six weeks spent at Cape Blanco Lighthouse would not have been quite the serene paradise that it had been. It would have been maddening. Others staying at Cape Blanco State Park had taken to calling the bluff side picnic area a short walk down the road “the phone booth” […]
Announcing State Lines for Androidâ„¢!
It was a wonderful day back in May when long time reader Robert Lee of Hired Gun Technologies (Facebook Page) contacted us. He and his wife are travel enthusiasts and had been wanting to learn Androidâ„¢ development. We’ve had a number of developers begin the process of porting State Lines to Android, but roadblocks always came […]
