Karma launches its first ever subscription data plan

Karma has announced a new plan for its shareable hotspot that will enable users to have access to unlimited data for $50 per month. Just like the pay-as-you-go Refuel plan, Neverstop still relies on Sprint's network with a capped speed of 5 Mbps for downloads and uploads, so it won't suffice for Netflix binges, but with no usage limits or throttling, it could be a godsend in the right situation. Prior to this announcement, users had to pay $14 per gigabyte of data.

Both options still lean on perhaps Karma's most interesting wrinkle, the fact that you can get 100 MB of free data or a $1 bill credit depending on whether you're signed up for Neverstop or Refuel. But the company doesn't now have an unlimited option.

Karma sells a mobile hotspot for $149 called Karma Go that you can use to connect to Sprint's 4G LTE network on the go. FreedomPop offers a limited amount of free mobile data for its customers and a variety of paid options to add more data. Today's launch of Neverstop allows you to get online the same way as before, on the same device, but now you can choose to pay a flat monthly price and get online without worrying about data; you're just online. That contrasts with the current model - now named "Refuel" - where you pay per gigabyte of data use with no monthly recurring charge.

Meanwhile, Karma's clever "sharing" feature is not going away.

On the other hand, there's no data cap, so you can use as much mobile broadband as you need.

Karma believes that WiFi should be shared which is why each Karma Go connection is open to the people around you. With both, Karma continues to encourage sharing your connection; Karma calls it "social bandwidth". And there's no contract, so you can cancel your plan at any time. On Refuel, everyone gets 100MB of data when you share. But the bright side with that is you'll also be able to join other Karma hotspots and carry over your data.

The Karma Go dongle is available for $149.

The Karma Go hotspot is another cost that users will have to factor in, running for $150.