I Phone as a hot spot?

Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by areelius, Mar 6, 2014.

  1. zinita17601

    zinita17601 Road Train Member

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    i use my iphone as a hot spot to connect both my laptop and wireless printer.im with att and they require a minimum of 5gb data plan i have 10.i cant do without it and it saves a lot of money since i haul a lot oversize and brokered load and need to print and send back a lot of paperwork.as stated before all you have to do is go to settings and turn on your personal hot spot.you will c the password that you can change,once on the laptop just look for the iphone network,enter your password and u r connected.
     
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  3. areelius

    areelius Light Load Member

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    I have sprint on my I Phone so thanks for the help, I think it will save me quite a bit of money.
     
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  4. Balakov100

    Balakov100 Road Train Member

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    Some Carriers block the Hotspot function.
    If you want it they will happily charge you more $/month.
     
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    areelius Light Load Member

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    Sprint made me pay $20 a month for 2 GB to activate the hotspot function. It is $50 a month for 10GB which is a much better deal than Verizon has.
    Thanks for the advice everyone.
     
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  6. crb

    crb Road Train Member

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    That is why I have verizon grandfathered unlimited and an android phone running foxfi at the moment. Found this thread while reseaching iphone and tethering. Is there a foxfi type option if running a iphone. My android phone or blue parrot are causing me issues not sure which yet.
     
  7. BAYOU

    BAYOU Road Train Member

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    Same as I do the only thing I don't like is a phone call kills anything your doing....you can also add 2gb for $10 a month
     
  8. truckon

    truckon Swamp Thing

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    That's one of the many reasons I use android and not Apple.
     
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