Wifi in your truck

I have a question about wifi. I don't get out much and use Metro as my carrier. I have unlimited data as long as I am using my smartphone. If I "hotspot" I am limited to 10GB. Is this normal or an exception?

 

Kinda.

I can roam the internet on my little smart phone something like 8 gb a month then 10.00 every little block of data after. Which will make me shoot them and then burn the bodies in that phone exchange building.

I rather do it on the BIG computer home internet where I can do anything 24/7 and not get gagged in speed. However new customers get gagged after like 150 gigbyte per month then slowed.

When am forced to reimage failed RAID to basic windows and then update and redownload internet based games etc it's almost a tera that month in data pull. Which is 1000 megabyte.

 

yes unless you use something like PDANet+. Which will hide your tethering. I've used it on my metro phone for over the last year. So I am paying 60 a month for unlimited data/15G of tethering. But never am I "tethering" even when tethered. lol

 

You say you pay $70, but now it’s $100. It sounds like something illegal is going on. Verizon business plans appear to cost much more for 400 GB.

 

Verizon has four different “unlimited” data plans. The differences are in unthrottled LTE data speeds and other things. I have the most expensive unlimited plan. It can be throttled after 75 GB.

Verizon Unlimited Data Plans for Talk & Text, Now with 5G

 

Most likely they are having their own "business" account with Verizon. Then selling access to others to be on their "account."

 

It still doesn’t sound right. Then again, it’s eBay.

 

The hotspot data limit is completely normal. Even the throttling or limit is completely normal. There still isn’t any “truly” unlimited data on LTE, and there will probably never be because there is always this one guy out of 10,000 who will attempt to abuse the data.

I used to keep an eye on my data use, but I don’t anymore as I haven’t been throttled. I do not update apps or download anything large using my cellphone data network. For that, I use my P/FJ WiFi.

Nowadays, though, there is no need to be downloading movies, TV shows, or music. All you have to do is pay for a subscription like Netflix and Spotify. With Spotify, you can download your music, so it’s available when you’re not connected to the internet, say, while driving. With Netflix, some TV shows can be downloaded if you know you’ll be stopping in an area where you won’t have internet.

 

edit: I replied to this and it wasn't directed at me, whups.

 

I set up a business account through ATT. I get a laptop (large tablet with keyboard) and unlimited WIFI for about $100 a month. It's as fast as any wifi I've found at a truckstop, and I get it everywhere. I watch movies and random crap during my down time, and it's more than enough to keep me entertained. If you try to use your device as a hot spot, they limit the data to 10GB. They don't want you sharing your "unlimited" data.