Tag: Mobile Broadband
HP DataPass Brings Pre-Paid Mobile Broadband to HP Notebooks (Video)
On select HP notebooks with embedded 3G cards for mobile broadband access, including those with Qualcomm’s Gobi cards for GSM/HSPA/CDMA/EV-DO network access, HP will be pre-installing a connection manager that gives users access to HP DataPass, a pre-paid mobile broadband service for on the go connectivity. Rather than have enterprise and consumer customers sign up [...]
T-Mobile Rolls Out New webConnect Mobile Broadband Prices
T-Mobile has announced an update to the webConnect mobile broadband plans, increasing the price of the high end data plan to $85 a month for 10GB. The new T-Mobile webConnect plans are compatible with notebooks with T-Mobile broadband built in, USB modems, WiFi hotspots like the MiFi and tablets. The new webConnect pricing starts at [...]
Why Mac Users Should Wait Before Joining Verizon’s 4G LTE Fray
While I’ve been enamored by Verizon’s aggressive roll-out and expansion of its nascent 4G LTE network in the U.S., which delivers mobile broadband speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G speeds, I would highly urge users on Apple’s Mac OS X platform to wait before adopting either of Verizon’s 4G LTE USB modems. For [...]
The True Cost of the Motorola Atrix 4G Laptop Dock: $800, Phone Not Included
After spending either $200 for the Atrix 4G with a two-year AT&T service agreement or upwards of $500 sans contract, the true cost of the optional Motorola Laptop Dock accessory is closer to $800, which begs the question of how much mobility is worth it to you as the end user. For now, the laptop [...]
Faster 4G Underway Thanks to LTE-Advanced
While Verizon Wireless is still working on extending its 4G LTE network to more areas, and AT&T has yet to deploy its LTE network, Nokia Siemens Networks has used Mobile World Congress to announce the next-generation of 4G, called LTE-Advanced. LTE-Advanced is an evolution of 4G technology, much in the same way that HSPA+ is [...]
Sprint Still Considering LTE as Mobile Broadband Standard for Use
While Sprint has released a number of USB dongles that allow enterprise and consumer customers to connect to the carrier’s 4G WiMax mobile broadband network, the nation’s third largest carrier is still considering rival LTE technology as a possible candidate for 4G deployment. LTE has been selected as a standard by AT&T and Verizon Wireless [...]
AT&T Slashes Price on Data Pricing for Laptops
For laptops and data devices, such as the company’s newly released MiFi 2372, it looks like AT&T may be slashing its monthly data prices according to a leaked internal document that was posted on Engadget. The maximum plan for 5 GB of data–on notebooks and netbooks as well as on the MiFi and other USB [...]
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against AT&T for Incorrect Data Billing
A class action lawsuit has been filed against U.S. carrier AT&T in California over incorrect data charges and billing. Patrick Hendricks, the plaintiff in the suit, is claiming that AT&T is billing iPhone customers, including himself, for over-billing on legitimate data transactions and also for billing customers for phantom data use. According to Hendricks, who [...]
Verizon Rolling Out Mac Support for 4G LTE USB Modem
With its nascent–but rapidly growing–4G LTE network, Verizon Wireless had introduced users in major metropolitan areas in the U.S. to mobile broadband speeds that rivaled or even exceeded wired broadband speeds. To take advantage of its 4G network, the carrier had introduced two LTE USB modems for laptops in December–the LG VL600 and the Pantech [...]
Virgin Mobile Unlimited BroadBand2Go Plans to be Throttled Starting Feb. 15
Sad news for data users on the Virgin Mobile Broadband2Go service which offers an unlimited data plan for $40 a month. The Broadband2Go service, which we have reviewed, did offer the best value in terms of price, no contract and an unlimited amount of data; but Virgin Mobile has announced that starting February 15th the [...]
