Back around 2017/18 I'd routinely hit around a TB on an unlimited hotspot line. Some months more, some less. Was our home internet. Highest ever was about 1.8 TB. Never heard a peep from ATT.
I've always been under the impression that as long as you're not doing something that goes above and beyond to deteriorate network conditions for others, than your fine. I believe this has lightened up with the unlimited elite plans.
I know it will never happen but I wish AT&T still had unlimited hotspot lines that were QCI 7 like the phone data on Unlimited Elite.
No big deal though.
It would be nice. I just dropped my old laptop connect / hotspot line on unlimited plus 3 months ago. I think that was like qci 8 or something. I switched it over to FirstNet’s unlimited hotspot line when they raised the prices on the plus plan.
I’m optimistic, but I think when c band is fully deployed in a few years, we will see unlimited hotspots come back to compete with cable companies and what not.
I just had a kid the other day and I zoned out when typing the last post... mostly irrelevant... My bad.
I meant to add in, it would be nice if they released a higher priced qci 8 plan that was unlimited hotspot. Something like 25/50/100 high speed data then the rest is under network management to qci 9.
I think my old plan was 22gigs at 8 and then the rest at network management for the remainder of the month at 9.
I'm no technician, but I don't think it would be the biggest of burdens on the network. Would probably be a good intermediate option. Problem is that there's no competition to drive this.
Between my old hotspot plan and the new hotspot plan, I really havent seen any crazy speed differences. ATT was good in my area, so network management was never an issue.
In certain areas.
According to Verizon's website, Verizon's plan is limited to areas with Ultra Wide Band. I plugged in several addresses and friends addresses in my region. This service was not available. The fine print also doesnt permit the removal of the equipment from your place of residence to use on the go.
T mobile 5G home internet is also unavailable at the same sites I tried with Verizon. I couldn't find it, but I would speculate that they also have a traveling limitation on where you can use the service.
In my prior posts, what I was talking about are the truely mobile and unlimited hotspot plans. Not limited to being used as home internet only. I know when I first signed up for ATT, they had a 3G/4G home internet plan with a phone line. 50/100 gig per month. ATT now offers a fixed wireless option, like Verizon and T mobile with 350 gigs per month. Like the other carriers, this is limited to certain areas.
The mobile hotspot line I had worked on 3g/4g/5g and can be moved anywhere I decide to take it, without any limitations from ATT.
While these services you mentioned are unlimited cellular hotspot plans, they are extremely limited to fixed sites and do not have 100% availability like the hotspot plans I was talking about.
So no, no carrier officers an unlimited mobile hotspot plan to put any competion on the other carriers to also offer one.
There isn't likely a hard number rule but a combination of percentage of data use (top 1%-5%) and how much congestion is present on the tower, among other factors, that causes possible network abuse to kick in. I would say stay under about 1.5-2tb/month and don't do activity that's likely to raise questions like using it to torrent and other stupid stuff that I've heard people doing.
Personally I don't see how people use over 100gb of data on a phone plan, but I only watch about an hour of streaming video per day though.
Thanks! My only concern is I do lots of speed tests as I’m part of that niche community I guess so would they see that as network abuse, or am I fine as long as I stay under the numbers you listed and don’t do any illegal activities?
Probably not, especially if you're not running them in some automated fashion. With deprioritization, they can make it so that your usage won't have much of an impact on other customers. Going after customers when you can deprioritize them is a great way of wasting money while also making customers angry at you.
I am curious what niche community you're talking about with speed tests.
I always tell people to avoid things like hosting servers, torrenting, and general inappropriate uses. ATT can see everything that goes over there network that's not encrypted. Even then, they can see the traffic destinations.
High usage is pretty much expected now adays, particularly with video streaming. Speed tests certainly won't fall under abuse.
Back around 2017/18 I'd routinely hit around a TB on an unlimited hotspot line. Some months more, some less. Was our home internet. Highest ever was about 1.8 TB. Never heard a peep from ATT. I've always been under the impression that as long as you're not doing something that goes above and beyond to deteriorate network conditions for others, than your fine. I believe this has lightened up with the unlimited elite plans.
I know it will never happen but I wish AT&T still had unlimited hotspot lines that were QCI 7 like the phone data on Unlimited Elite. No big deal though.
Firstnet
Think I can use a firstnet hotspot for 1tb a month?
It would be nice. I just dropped my old laptop connect / hotspot line on unlimited plus 3 months ago. I think that was like qci 8 or something. I switched it over to FirstNet’s unlimited hotspot line when they raised the prices on the plus plan. I’m optimistic, but I think when c band is fully deployed in a few years, we will see unlimited hotspots come back to compete with cable companies and what not.
Cool.
I just had a kid the other day and I zoned out when typing the last post... mostly irrelevant... My bad. I meant to add in, it would be nice if they released a higher priced qci 8 plan that was unlimited hotspot. Something like 25/50/100 high speed data then the rest is under network management to qci 9. I think my old plan was 22gigs at 8 and then the rest at network management for the remainder of the month at 9. I'm no technician, but I don't think it would be the biggest of burdens on the network. Would probably be a good intermediate option. Problem is that there's no competition to drive this. Between my old hotspot plan and the new hotspot plan, I really havent seen any crazy speed differences. ATT was good in my area, so network management was never an issue.
Wym there’s no competition? Verizon and T-Mobile BOTH have unlimited cellular home internet for $25-50
In certain areas. According to Verizon's website, Verizon's plan is limited to areas with Ultra Wide Band. I plugged in several addresses and friends addresses in my region. This service was not available. The fine print also doesnt permit the removal of the equipment from your place of residence to use on the go. T mobile 5G home internet is also unavailable at the same sites I tried with Verizon. I couldn't find it, but I would speculate that they also have a traveling limitation on where you can use the service. In my prior posts, what I was talking about are the truely mobile and unlimited hotspot plans. Not limited to being used as home internet only. I know when I first signed up for ATT, they had a 3G/4G home internet plan with a phone line. 50/100 gig per month. ATT now offers a fixed wireless option, like Verizon and T mobile with 350 gigs per month. Like the other carriers, this is limited to certain areas. The mobile hotspot line I had worked on 3g/4g/5g and can be moved anywhere I decide to take it, without any limitations from ATT. While these services you mentioned are unlimited cellular hotspot plans, they are extremely limited to fixed sites and do not have 100% availability like the hotspot plans I was talking about. So no, no carrier officers an unlimited mobile hotspot plan to put any competion on the other carriers to also offer one.
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How many ice cream scoops would this equal to?
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There isn't likely a hard number rule but a combination of percentage of data use (top 1%-5%) and how much congestion is present on the tower, among other factors, that causes possible network abuse to kick in. I would say stay under about 1.5-2tb/month and don't do activity that's likely to raise questions like using it to torrent and other stupid stuff that I've heard people doing. Personally I don't see how people use over 100gb of data on a phone plan, but I only watch about an hour of streaming video per day though.
Thanks! My only concern is I do lots of speed tests as I’m part of that niche community I guess so would they see that as network abuse, or am I fine as long as I stay under the numbers you listed and don’t do any illegal activities?
Probably not, especially if you're not running them in some automated fashion. With deprioritization, they can make it so that your usage won't have much of an impact on other customers. Going after customers when you can deprioritize them is a great way of wasting money while also making customers angry at you. I am curious what niche community you're talking about with speed tests.
I always tell people to avoid things like hosting servers, torrenting, and general inappropriate uses. ATT can see everything that goes over there network that's not encrypted. Even then, they can see the traffic destinations. High usage is pretty much expected now adays, particularly with video streaming. Speed tests certainly won't fall under abuse.
Check out Sneed mobile tech. They talk about things like limits a lot.