iPhone 14 Pro Cancelled my broadband and been using 14 Pro as a hotspot for months.

Apple$ said:
I just got the Canadian deal of the year. $55 75 GB plan - $25 in Black Friday credits for about 18 months more. This means I get 75 GB for $30 CAD!
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Black Friday is in Nov. how did you get such “deals” months ahead, doesn’t make sense.

Right now deals are to be had due to the sale of Shaw to Rogers came with some hefty proviso’s Rogers must adhere to - 1 of which is to sell Freedom to Quebecor and another major is to offer more competitive wireless deals and packages, and faster internet in rural areas etc.
 
joehohoho said:
Yes glad you got a deal but that doesn’t sound that great tbh.

My “unlimited” is ~£37 per month though technically it’s not unlimited as it has a fair use policy. At about 640Gb and above I think they throttle you. Having said that I think my max usage in a month has been 180Gb with an average use of about 100Gb.
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I know not the right thread for this but it’s relevant.

Hey @arn we really need a wink emoji for these gotcha type of posts ;)

Thx
 
arian71 said:
ok, if

I am not arguing with the you, but the idea of keeping my phone as a hotspot while trying to use "a phone as it should be used" seem ridiculous to me
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No problem. I don’t think we’re arguing. I should have been clearer that by hotspot I included using a dedicated device, which is what I do. The only time I use my phone for a hotspot is when traveling.
 
The issue I have with this is you lose the ability to use connected devices in the home, such as smart home accessories, and it makes using a smart tv etc, annoying.

With cheaper home internet through Verizon here, I figured it is worth to just spend the extra $25 here and have home internet.
 
dontwalkhand said:
The issue I have with this is you lose the ability to use connected devices in the home, such as smart home accessories, and it makes using a smart tv etc, annoying.

With cheaper home internet through Verizon here, I figured it is worth to just spend the extra $25 here and have home internet.
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It's also only viable if you live alone...There are four people in my house.

Feasibility depends on the person, too; our max usage/month last year was ~600gb.
 
For anyone considering this, if you’re in the US Verizon and T-Mobile offer 5G home internet plans. You get a cell router and the prices are very cheap, $30-$40 a month. As long as you’re in a good service area for either of those carriers it could be way cheaper than wired internet, and you get the throughput of a proper router.
 
Supermallet said:
For anyone considering this, if you’re in the US Verizon and T-Mobile offer 5G home internet plans. You get a cell router and the prices are very cheap, $30-$40 a month. As long as you’re in a good service area for either of those carriers it could be way cheaper than wired internet, and you get the throughput of a proper router.
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Don't forget to get use of the Verizon 5g deals - do not sign up for free; lately they were giving Xbox series s and series x, now i think it is 200 gift card to target(?) and a nintendo switch.
 
waquzy said:
Update:

Battery health is at 86%
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Is your 14 Pro a launch day purchase?

If I was living alone still, I’d probably consider doing the same thing. I don’t stream a lot of videos or play any video games. Most of my online usage is reading. It helps having unlimited hot spot.
 
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Using a hotspot certainly would be nice but would't work for me.

1. At home my T-Mobile data is extremely slow at ~60 Mbps. My XFinity cable broadband is ~23 times faster at ~1400 Mbps.
2. Use ~14 TB of data a month which could never happen with T-Mobile even if it were fast enough.
 
xxFoxtail said:
Is your 14 Pro a launch day purchase?

If I was living alone still, I’d probably consider doing the same thing. I don’t stream a lot of videos or play any video games. Most of my online usage is reading. It helps having unlimited hot spot.
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No, a few months after the launch. But when I started using it as a hotspot, battery was still at 100%
 
If someone has a Mac and a router, you can tether the iPhone to the Mac (share with USB), set the Mac's internet sharing to share the connection from the USB phone to Ethernet [the Mac Ethernet needs to use a Self-Assigned IP address], and connect the Ethernet to the WAN port on the router.
 
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CharlesShaw said:
If someone has a Mac and a router, you can tether the iPhone to the Mac (share with USB), set the Mac's internet sharing to share the connection from the USB phone to Ethernet, and connect the Ethernet to the WAN port on the router.
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What would be the advantage of doing this over just hot spotting from your phone? Serious question, not sarcastic. I work from home & am always looking for a better backup internet than my current system.
 
Supermallet said:
For anyone considering this, if you’re in the US Verizon and T-Mobile offer 5G home internet plans. You get a cell router and the prices are very cheap, $30-$40 a month. As long as you’re in a good service area for either of those carriers it could be way cheaper than wired internet, and you get the throughput of a proper router.
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That's pretty good and it's probably a lot cheaper for them to maintain than cables, installs, repairs, trees on lines, etc. They don't have that in my area because we're in area with 1-2 bars max. However, now Verizon FIOS is $49 per month and $10 for Apple music family. Thought that was a good deal for now and I'll keep looking for their 5G home internet.

BTW, does the cell router have the ability to connect and work through a mesh system? I need coverage through out our home---one router won't be enough.
 
mk313 said:
What would be the advantage of doing this over just hot spotting from your phone? Serious question, not sarcastic. I work from home & am always looking for a better backup internet than my current system.
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It would be a persistent connection and all the devices on your local network would have internet access, including items that require a wired connection to the router (like a Hue lighting hub, network TV tuner, etc.). The Mac will have internet access through the phone, but if it needs the local network (printing, for example) then connect to the LAN via wifi.
 
CharlesShaw said:
It would be a persistent connection and all the devices on your local network would have internet access, including items that require a wired connection to the router (like a Hue lighting hub, network TV tuner, etc.). The Mac will have internet access through the phone, but if it needs the local network (printing, for example) then connect to the LAN via wifi.
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Nice, thanks! I'll give it a try.
 
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