Best source for internet on ure 212
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Best source for internet on ure 212
Hello gents ..I'm about to order the 10.25 from.carlife .but as I'm doing research on the unit I'm coming across no inexpensive ways to run a hotspot.. I called my att provider and they said that my unlimited data plan does not cover hotspot ..that's an additional $40 to move into there other unlimited plan ...I'm.already at $240 A month for 3 lines (that includes 2 phones). so I definitely don't want to pay an additional 40 bucks and what I'm reading the Android unit does not support my ATT sim card .. so my question is ,what are the alternatives ? Do I just suck it up and pay the additional 40,? My phone is a note 8 with att ..car is 2015 e400 sedan .. Thanks
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T-mobile has free hot spot/tethering if you turn it on your phone(10 gig a month?, haven't check lately). I only turn it on at questionable free wifi locations if I need to use my tablet or laptop. If you want even cheaper, maybe those prepaid phone planes with free data.
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I don't know if that is alternative for you, but for my camping trips, I am paying $400/year for MI-FI service supported by Sprint.
Worked even in the area where cellphone service was very thin.
This way I have my own hot spot and with good speed.
Works well when I go to government office and spend 2-3 hr in waiting line. MI-FI and laptop helps in killing the time.
Worked even in the area where cellphone service was very thin.
This way I have my own hot spot and with good speed.
Works well when I go to government office and spend 2-3 hr in waiting line. MI-FI and laptop helps in killing the time.
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T-mobile has free hot spot/tethering if you turn it on your phone(10 gig a month?, haven't check lately). I only turn it on at questionable free wifi locations if I need to use my tablet or laptop. If you want even cheaper, maybe those prepaid phone planes with free data.
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I don't know if that is alternative for you, but for my camping trips, I am paying $400/year for MI-FI service supported by Sprint.
Worked even in the area where cellphone service was very thin.
This way I have my own hot spot and with good speed.
Works well when I go to government office and spend 2-3 hr in waiting line. MI-FI and laptop helps in killing the time.
Worked even in the area where cellphone service was very thin.
This way I have my own hot spot and with good speed.
Works well when I go to government office and spend 2-3 hr in waiting line. MI-FI and laptop helps in killing the time.
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I'm curious to hear from what the owners of these units are running ..also I think I heard there are ways to root the note 8 and get free hotspot....any one done this ?
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All the free hotspots provide lousy service per my experience. I mean if you sit inside Starbucks, or Burger King, it will work, but I've bee to several places where city has WI-FI services downtown and the signal can simply vanish.
Pretty annoying as used to drive around to pick a spot with 3 bars of signal strength, I park the car, open internet viewer only to discover that signal strength went fro 3 to 0.
That is why I purchased the MI-FI to have something that works.
Originally I paid $500 for the unit and 1st year of service. It was a charity having the plan, so I could deduct the expense.
They had some kind of deal with Sprint for unlimited usage and even I was Sprint customer, I do not have Sprint account.
But wait for the good part. I guess due all that mess with charitable plans, I paid for 1 years of service and am on year 3 with no more payments.
you'll get T-shirt too https://www.calyxinstitute.org/civic...?reset=1&id=19
My cellphone has $7/month plan with not much data limit as I don't need it.
Pretty annoying as used to drive around to pick a spot with 3 bars of signal strength, I park the car, open internet viewer only to discover that signal strength went fro 3 to 0.
That is why I purchased the MI-FI to have something that works.
Originally I paid $500 for the unit and 1st year of service. It was a charity having the plan, so I could deduct the expense.
They had some kind of deal with Sprint for unlimited usage and even I was Sprint customer, I do not have Sprint account.
But wait for the good part. I guess due all that mess with charitable plans, I paid for 1 years of service and am on year 3 with no more payments.
you'll get T-shirt too https://www.calyxinstitute.org/civic...?reset=1&id=19
My cellphone has $7/month plan with not much data limit as I don't need it.
Last edited by kajtek1; 04-14-2019 at 02:25 PM.