Post Tagged with: "Cellular"

eSIMs: The 2026 Answer to the Burner Phone

eSIMs: The 2026 Answer to the Burner Phone

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

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Remember when all the bad guys purchased burner phones to disguise all their transactions. Well, there’s good news. Now they can use their modern cellphone and add a "Burner eSIM" for those pesky criminal activities. But there’s a silver lining for those of us that don’t traffic in crime for a living. An eSIM lets you add an additional phone line to your new Android phone or iPhone to assure cellular coverage when your primary cell carrier falls short. We… Read More ›

Introducing the $45 Cellular Trifecta

Introducing the $45 Cellular Trifecta

Thursday, August 13, 2026

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As you might imagine, we spend an inordinate amount of time wrestling with current cellphone offerings to find the best and the least costly options for the Nerd Vittles Fan Club. Today we’ll tackle a new wrinkle that should be especially enticing for those that frequently travel to a variety of locations in the United States with dramatically different cellular connectivity metrics. For example, in many areas of the North Carolina mountains, cell towers of one or two of the… Read More ›

The Ultimate LTE Modem Router: Introducing Cudy LT500D

The Ultimate LTE Modem Router: Introducing Cudy LT500D

Monday, June 19, 2023

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It’s hard to get too excited when talking about routers, but the Cudy LT500D is something special. That’s because it’s not just a router. It’s also a 4G LTE modem. That means, when you snap in a SIM card from your favorite cellular provider, it becomes an always-available Internet connection regardless of where you happen to be. Yes, you can get too far out in the wilderness and lose connectivity. But the router requires an electric outlet to work so… Read More ›

2023 Mobile Telephony: Fresh, New Ways to Skin a Cat

2023 Mobile Telephony: Fresh, New Ways to Skin a Cat

Thursday, February 16, 2023

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We’ve covered many interesting mobile telephony solutions over the years including our most recent experience with Visible. But, as has been true with the Bell Sisters for decades, Verizon has continued to move the goal posts with Visible. The bottom line is the cost of Visible service is now virtually identical to the cost of Verizon. So today we’re putting on our creativity hat to consider some other options. For those in the United States that pay a monthly fee… Read More ›

5 Minute Wonder: Incredible PBX 2022 in Cloud for $25/Yr.

5 Minute Wonder: Incredible PBX 2022 in Cloud for $25/Yr.

Monday, March 28, 2022

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We’ve been building turnkey Incredible PBX® servers for virtual machine platforms for many years. Because the servers are built from images, typical install times have been 5 minutes or less with Proxmox, VirtualBox, and VMware ESXi. But the missing piece has been a similar image install on a true cloud-based platform. This limitation was primarily due to the fact that we don’t own or control the available cloud platforms which typically limit image installs to operating systems such as CentOS,… Read More ›

Verizon 5G Service for $25/month with Unlimited Everything

Verizon 5G Service for $25/month with Unlimited Everything

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

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It takes a lot to get us excited about a cellular offering these days. One feature that always gets our attention is a plan that offers unlimited texting and unlimited data within the U.S. plus unlimited calling to the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. So we’re excited to introduce Visible, Verizon’s very own MVNO. A few disclaimers are in order before we get into the specifics. First, as with all MVNO’s, your usage is subject to throttling in high usage areas.… Read More ›

A New Day: Introducing Incredible PBX 2021 for Ubuntu 20.04

A New Day: Introducing Incredible PBX 2021 for Ubuntu 20.04

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

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We’ve completed the rollout of Incredible PBX 2021 for Debian 10 and, thanks to the terrific work of @jaminmc, today we’re pleased to introduce Incredible PBX 2021 for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with its ten-year life cycle. In addition to @jaminmc, we also want to offer our special thanks to the many talented individuals on the VoIP-Info.org Forum who work through the growing pains of these new releases to bring you open source products at zero cost. Come join the party!… Read More ›

5 Minutes to Paradise: Incredible PBX in the Cloud for $25/Yr.

5 Minutes to Paradise: Incredible PBX in the Cloud for $25/Yr.

Saturday, January 16, 2021

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We’ve been building turnkey Incredible PBX® servers for virtual machine platforms for many years. Because the servers are built from images, typical install times have been 5 minutes or less with Proxmox, VirtualBox, and VMware ESXi. But the missing piece has always been a similar image install on a true cloud-based platform. This limitation was primarily due to the fact that we don’t own or control the available cloud platforms which typically limit image installs to operating systems such as… Read More ›

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