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Carrier Hotspot on Verizon question

SS4Luck

SS4Luck

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Aug 23, 2014
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So I have a question about the hot spot with Verizon. My 6S+ is paid off and I really wanna get a 7+ but I use my jail broken 6S+ as my internet. I live out in the sticks and there aren't any high speed internet alternatives.


I know there is no JB for iOS 10, so I thought hell I'll just pay for the hot spot unlock, but I think they push you to a new data plan and I'm on a grandfathered unlimited, so I can't lose those.


Anyone have any knowledge on the subject? I can never ask anyone at Verizon for help cuz all they do is try to get me on the "new and improved" plans
 
SS4Luck said:
So I have a question about the hot spot with Verizon. My 6S+ is paid off and I really wanna get a 7+ but I use my jail broken 6S+ as my internet. I live out in the sticks and there aren't any high speed internet alternatives.


I know there is no JB for iOS 10, so I thought hell I'll just pay for the hot spot unlock, but I think they push you to a new data plan and I'm on a grandfathered unlimited, so I can't lose those.


Anyone have any knowledge on the subject? I can never ask anyone at Verizon for help cuz all they do is try to get me on the "new and improved" plans
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I hear you, they way Verizon and AT&T keeps trying to remove people from their unlimited iphone data plans is pathetic.
But I do believe for verizon you can add tethering to your unlimited data plan for an additional monthly fee.
Maybe some others know how much and a few more details on this.
 
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I have the grandfathered unlimited data and unlimited hotspot on my plan. As well as unlimited talk and text and iPhone payment. Like $230/month ugh but it can be done is good news!
 
Applejuiced said:
Wow, $230 for one line?
It's the network:D
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$35 iPhone payment
$90 for unlimited talk/text
$50 unlimited internet
$30 for hotspot
$11 for phone insurance
+all balognia local/state taxes.
 
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Applejuiced said:
Oh wow man, that's like a car payment.
About how much data do you usually go through per month?
They charge you $90 for unlimited talk and text?
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A car payment... isn't that the truth. Wife been trying hard to get me to cancel it

I try really hard to get my monies worth. Tether my IPP quite a bit and MBP a little. Usually use 50-60gb/month. This month probably only going to use 40 or so though. But when it's faster than our $50/mo DSL it's hard to not tether
 
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blaine07 said:
A car payment... isn't that the truth. Wife been trying hard to get me to cancel it

I try really hard to get my monies worth. Tether my IPP quite a bit and MBP a little. Usually use 50-60gb/month. This month probably only going to use 40 or so though. But when it's faster than our $50/mo DSL it's hard to not tether
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I hear you.
If service is adequate in your local area you could look into t mobile.
For the same plan you could be paying less than half of that per month.
 
Applejuiced said:
I hear you.
If service is adequate in your local area you could look into t mobile.
For the same plan you could be paying less than half of that per month.
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Problem is, it throttles, or CAN throttle after 22gb I think it was? That wouldn't work
 
Applejuiced said:
True, not sure on their new tmobile one plus plan and if the tethering is unlimited and not throttled.
Maybe someone that has it knows more details.
I saw someone post they rack up 80GB's plus tethering with no slow downs the other day.
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Interesting. May have to do some more homework on it
 
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blaine07 said:
Interesting. May have to do some more homework on it
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Here's what I found.
https://explore.t-mobile.com/t-mobile-one-faq

Is Mobile HotSpot Service (tethering) included?

Customers can add T‑Mobile ONE + and get unlimited high-speed 4G LTE Mobile HotSpot—and a whole lot more—for just $25/month.
What is T‑Mobile ONE Plus?

ONE Plus is a $25-per-month add-on for T‑Mobile ONE that offers unlimited high-speed 4G LTE Mobile HotSpot, unlimited HD Day Passes, PLUS 2x faster speeds while roaming in 140+ Simple Global® countries and destinations. You can see what you get with T-Mobile ONE and T-Mobile ONE Plus here.
 
Applejuiced said:
Here's what I found.
https://explore.t-mobile.com/t-mobile-one-faq

Is Mobile HotSpot Service (tethering) included?

Customers can add T‑Mobile ONE + and get unlimited high-speed 4G LTE Mobile HotSpot—and a whole lot more—for just $25/month.
What is T‑Mobile ONE Plus?

ONE Plus is a $25-per-month add-on for T‑Mobile ONE that offers unlimited high-speed 4G LTE Mobile HotSpot, unlimited HD Day Passes, PLUS 2x faster speeds while roaming in 140+ Simple Global countries and destinations. You can see what you get with T-Mobile ONE and T-Mobile ONE Plus here.
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Only thing scary to me is part at bottom of pic in middle about 26gb
 
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Applejuiced said:
I dont have that plan so Im not positive on the one plus plan.
But I heard and saw screenshots of others that used 80-100GB's per month with no slow downs.
I believe the throttling is done on busy cell towers during peak times.
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Hmm

Yeah years ago back in early smart phone days I had T-Mobile. Never had a problem with them until I moved to middle of nowhere Kansas for work I now live back in civilization where I lived when I had T-Mobile. Definitely something for me to think about. Problem is if I give up my Verizon plan there's no getting it back, ever
 
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blaine07 said:
Hmm

Yeah years ago back in early smart phone days I had T-Mobile. Never had a problem with them until I moved to middle of nowhere Kansas for work I now live back in civilization where I lived when I had T-Mobile. Definitely something for me to think about. Problem is if I give up my Verizon plan there's no getting it back, ever
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I hear you, its a tough choice.
Or maybe see if they have that network trial offer where you get to test out the network for a month for free and then decide.
 
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Jail broken I'm 90-110GB per month with no throttling. I'd be screwed if it did. Im gonna call when my 7+ gets here to get the hotspot set up.

That's insane. My bill is $~140/month.

Unlimited text, unlimited data, iPhone payment and 1,000 minutes.
 
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