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Topic subjectRE: Hot Spot setup
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566236, RE: Hot Spot setup
Posted by arr2dee2, Mon Nov-25-19 01:50 AM
I live in a rural area. My choices for home internet are satellite internet, Verizon wireless (if I use a roof antenna), and a regional cell carrier (if I'd cut many trees for their signal). I currently use a discontinued Verizon prepaid jetpack plan that's truly unlimited with no cap or slowdowns, other than full time deprioritization, since no one is on the tower it doesn't mean much. I average about 20 down, 15 up all day, 13 miles from the tower.

Lots of people use cell for home. Att isn't in my area at all, but they have some good options, depending how your service is. There's an iPad plan, for years people activate that, then move the Sim card into a jetpack or lte router. That's not official, but it's worked for a long time. Deprioritized after about 22gb I think? But people say it works great.

They also have a home cell plan in limited areas, you could check. https://www.att.com/internet/fixed-wireless/

There are possibly other options, depends on how good your coverage is.

Most phone plans with hotspot added have limits that make it not practical for streaming, at least in HD.

New TracFone including a year of service. Verizon towers I think, but didn't verify. https://slickdeals.net/f/13603213-hsn-motorola-moto-e5-5-7-16gb-tracfone-w-8mp-camera-1500-min-text-data-49-99-or-less-w-free-shipping?src=SiteSearch

Tracfone's eBay store sometimes has better deals for the year of service alone. Be sure to select the right carrier, sometimes they go out of stock. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tracfone-Prepaid-Wireless-Smartphone-Plan-SIM-1200-Min-1200-Txt-3GB-Data/283448464240