Carrier Cricket Wireless questions

[Menel]

Apple didn't invent mobile hotspot / tethering. Many carriers charge you for the ability to tether, or don't allow it at all.

Didn't say anything about inventing... that's irrelevant.

 

[geoff5093]

Didn't say anything about inventing... that's irrelevant.

My point is carriers blocking it is nothing new

 

[bufffilm]

Just a heads up, Cricket has added (some) iPhones to their list of compatible phones for mobile hotspot (add'l $10/mo)

You can view the updated list here.

It's weird that the iPhone 6s 16 gig and the 64 gig get the hotspot option, but the 128 gig doesn't...very arbitrary of them.

 

[mattopotamus]

It's weird that the iPhone 6s 16 gig and the 64 gig get the hotspot option, but the 128 gig doesn't...very arbitrary of them.

I honestly think that is an oversight, and hotspot would in fact work with the 128 models.

 

[MephistoZap]

It's weird that the iPhone 6s 16 gig and the 64 gig get the hotspot option, but the 128 gig doesn't...very arbitrary of them.

They just list it because that's the different iPhone models that cricket sells at the moment.

 

[rpetunderclass]

Cricket sucked for me, especially that 4/8mbps cap. Got very annoying at time, especially with there proxy.

 

[cynics]

Cricket sucked for me, especially that 4/8mbps cap. Got very annoying at time, especially with there proxy.

Curious. What are you doing that requires more Mbps on an iPhone than that?

That's more than I get with Verizon 99% of the time and never had a problem. Tons of video and music streaming, web, gps, social media apps, etc.
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Thanks. But I wont pay their extortion, on principle alone. Apple designed and implemented mobile hotspot on iPhone. Aio/Cricket intentionally pushed down a deactivation profile, and then charge to reactivate it? Ha!

Ahh they got you! It's naive to think other carriers charging you 10 dollars or more a month are giving you "free hotspot". They just made you pay for it and told you it was included instead of giving you the option. Lol

Plus let's not forget other carriers deactivate the hotspot feature to depending on circumstances like unlimited data plans (Verizon and ATT).

 

[Diseal3]

Alternative https://www.harbormobile.com

 

[PLin]

Alternative https://www.harbormobile.com

Harbor Mobile looks interesting. They don't seem to be a traditional MVNO. Their website even suggests that if you don't want to buy a SIM card, you can use an unactivated AT&T SIM card. They also support Wi-Fi calling and HD Voice (VoLTE), which the MVNOs never seem to support. They also can't port numbers from AT&T. It almost seems that they are simply pooling everyone into a large corporate AT&T plan.

I emailed them to see if an AT&T MicroCell can be used, which my parents need at their house.

 

[Diseal3]

Harbor Mobile looks interesting. They don't seem to be a traditional MVNO. Their website even suggests that if you don't want to buy a SIM card, you can use an unactivated AT&T SIM card. They also support Wi-Fi calling and HD Voice (VoLTE), which the MVNOs never seem to support. They also can't port numbers from AT&T. It almost seems that they are simply pooling everyone into a large corporate AT&T plan.

I emailed them to see if an AT&T MicroCell can be used, which my parents need at their house.

Yeah they claim to be a Authorized Reseller of corporate plans. No mention of being a MVNO.