Mobile Hotspot as main wireless app
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Oh well... Guess Titianic's out.lilkissez1015
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Thread moved to the Smartphone forum.
UPDATE: I did some additional research, and it sounds like much of what I wrote below is out of date, if you are a Verizon subscriber. This carrier does not have a cap, just a warning that if it thinks you are abusing its wireless network, it has the right to cancel your service.
So it sounds like you could get an unlimited data plan and sign up for the tethering plan, and you're good to go.
Still, if you're the sort of person who's going to download a Blockbuster movie every night you might want to think about an alternate plan.
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Using your smartphone as the only source for home Internet access is quite doable, providing your needs are modest.
All the carriers have a "hard" or "soft" cap on how much wireless data you can exchange, depending on what your service plan is. Basically, this means that you can transfer a few gigabytes of data, but if you get extreme you're going to have problems.
If you're a Verizon customer, the cap is 5 GB. AT&T subscribers max out at 2 GB.
Most customers will be fine if they just want to use their smartphone's mobile hotspot feature to check your email and do some Web surfing, but if you're into streaming video or audio you're going to run into the cap.
If you pay the extra money for a cable model or DSL, there is no cap. The sky's the limit.
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UPDATE: I did some additional research, and it sounds like much of what I wrote below is out of date, if you are a Verizon subscriber. This carrier does not have a cap, just a warning that if it thinks you are abusing its wireless network, it has the right to cancel your service.
So it sounds like you could get an unlimited data plan and sign up for the tethering plan, and you're good to go.
Still, if you're the sort of person who's going to download a Blockbuster movie every night you might want to think about an alternate plan.
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Using your smartphone as the only source for home Internet access is quite doable, providing your needs are modest.
All the carriers have a "hard" or "soft" cap on how much wireless data you can exchange, depending on what your service plan is. Basically, this means that you can transfer a few gigabytes of data, but if you get extreme you're going to have problems.
If you're a Verizon customer, the cap is 5 GB. AT&T subscribers max out at 2 GB.
Most customers will be fine if they just want to use their smartphone's mobile hotspot feature to check your email and do some Web surfing, but if you're into streaming video or audio you're going to run into the cap.
If you pay the extra money for a cable model or DSL, there is no cap. The sky's the limit.
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XXZXCZXME :3
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I really have....no idea...where to put this. Help would be much appreciated.Updated: sent request to move to Verizon forum.
Nicholle:)
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I've been using the Mobile Hotspot app on my Verizon Palm Plus. It has some delay in showing up on my laptop but other than that I like the performance.
I'm curious if anyone has tried to use the Hotspot app as the main or the only wireless modem for all computers in the home?
I'm curious if anyone has tried to use the Hotspot app as the main or the only wireless modem for all computers in the home?