It's always something. Total Wireless Hot Spot changes.

After nearly 3 years of using a WiFi hotspot on my phone with total wireless, I made the mistake of switching to the new $50 mega plan w/ 25GB.

And now? Well, the hotspot still activates like normal, and I can connect to it just fine, as normal, but it's no longer passing data through the hotspot. Yep, you heard it right, they seem to have found a way to block it without blocking it, so to speak.

So - if you're on TW, you hotspot a lot, and you're thinking of switching to that new plan - DON'T.

I might try going back to the old plan tomorrow to see if this is just the new one, or a change they've rolled out across the board.

 

Okay. Went back on the $35 plan today.

Mobile hotspot working as normal again.

Verizon now offers a prepaid unlimited mobile hotspot. $70/month, $65 on autopay. Think I'll go that route instead if I find that I'm spending at least that much on the TW $35 plan plus the $10 data refills in a month long span.

 

Most unlimited data phone plans limit hotspot use to 8-10gb. That won't cut it for me.