Fastest/Reliable mobile hotspot

I switched from Verizon to Xfinity recently, and I’m pretty happy with them. I got an IPhone 8+, and I’m only paying about $65 per month for unlimited everything. I use my phone as my hotspot for watching movies on my laptop.

Your company throttles down after only 5 or 6 gb??? Mine throttles back, too, but only after I hit 20 gb. Might be worth looking into, even though there’s a contract.

 

Personally, my cell service is Verizon. My hotspot is also with Verizon. This is after trying my luck with MetroPCS, and it being less than sufficient. Verizon has a considerable coverage across the country in my opinion. Using your phone as a hotspot would do very little good, because game systems and movie streaming use data very quickly. I tried, not my cup of tea. I have a ps4 my self that I use in conjunction with my Verizon hotspot quite religiously. I’m not occasional, I’m a hardcore gamer. I do it every chance I get between drives, and those games are often mmo’s. I also watch movies quite often, and I grant that the speed isn’t always the best, but it works and very well in most cases. My recommendation would be all things Verizon. Good luck on your testing, and your career!

 

The nice thing about Xfinity is that they use Verizon towers, so the signal is just as strong, plus, there are Xfinity hotspots practically everywhere. There have only been a couple places where I wasn’t able to access one. And even if I can’t, I still have the unlimited data I can use.

 

You plug your phone into your device that needs internet and set the hotspot in your settings on your phone. That's all ya gotta do, and your phone is giving your internet to your laptop or game device. You used to have to hack your phones to make it work, but now it's just an easy settings adjustment, clicking "off" to "on".

What games do you play?

 

Verizon throttles after 15gs on hotspot and 22gs on your phone.

 

What carrier are you with now?