You always put so much work into this for your followers. It's really shows. I can't say enough good things. Thanks for what you do! It's very helpful 👍
I have Visible & absolutely love it, I run my Roku pretty much 24/7 so I'm definitely burning up some GB using my hotspot & Bluetooth tethering, I have nothing else no home wifi, no home computer just my phone, and I've never had a problem using them like I do with Visible & I only pay $25 a month for totally unlimited everything no caps on my wifi. Thank you Visible I love you. 🤗
Was grandfathered in on the AT&T unlimited hotspot plan for $34.99 before AT&T cancelled the plan in Feb. I've had this plan now since Nov 2019 and this is the true BEST hotspot plan to have living in NJ or anywhere.
I've been on AT&T's $55 pre-paid plan for a year and a half, and can confirm that it's not capped at 22GB like their other prepaid plans. It works everywhere we've been, from Colorado to Ohio, Florida to Arkansas, and all up the east coast. I wonder why it wasn't included in this video, as it is the best go-anywhere mobile data plan to be found. I hate at&t, but they have the best coverage of all US carriers.
Hey Stetson, I have Verizon's $70 per month prepaid unlimited everything plan, and honestly, it isn't that bad. I have a Verizon jetpack at which shows up as a Verizon mifi as a wireless device, and I carried that over from when I was on their post paid department, and nothing was ever said about bringing the hotspot over to prepaid. I get probably about 3/3.5 MB down, about 1 to 2 or so up or so and that's on 1 to 2 bars. The hotspot I do believe has 3g fallback.
One other thing to consider is that T-Mobile still zero-rates streaming audio and video from most major providers. In other words content from RU-vid, Spotify, etc. does not count against your plan data.
Hi! You said to comment what I have if it’s different..... I just switched (May 2020) my 5 AT&T phone lines to AT&T unlimited Elite from a shared data plan. I get “unlimited data” (100GB cap) and 45 or 50gb hotspot data on top for $40/mo/line with autopay, plus HBOgo. Otherwise 50/mo/line without autopay. My tablet is among the 5 lines and I put that sim in my mobile WiFi router with no issues so far. Speeds are typical 4GLTE on AT&T so I usually see 20-50mbps down and 1-10mbps up unless I hit 5G. I work on vpn’s 24/7 and have had no issues so far. Been thinking of switching my home internet over to the plan as well... but then suddenlink matched the price when I threatened to disconnect. 🤷🏻♂️ Great video btw! 👍
The Elite plan is definitely awesome! Super premium for heavier data users. Multi-line discount really helps bring the cost down per line. I actually believe you get 100GB of priority data, and then unlimited deprioritized data after that! Deprioritized data just means your speeds may be slowed compared with other traffic if the cell tower is busy. Thanks for commenting!
I like AT&T Prepaid Unlimited Data Plus for $50 with auto pay which includes unlimited data and 20GB of hotspot with full HD video stream. Normally you only get 10GB of hotspot data, but due to the pandemic you get 10 extra gigs.
@@JSantana319 Ya I had a Verizon note 4 and it wasn't detected and my unlimited plan on AT&T prepaid never actually slowed down. It's really a good glitch and technically you're not violating any terms because the phone is useable on the network and the hotspot feature is enabled. Now I have a Verizon unlocked note 9 on AT&T post paid and all the services are working. Wifi calling, video calling, volte. Hotspot works but it's detectable because I have all the AT&T software, bloatware on the phone. Haha. Even got Android 10 now after going to a phone repair shop just now and they updated it for free. I basically turned a Verizon note 9 into an AT&T note 9. Unlocked phones are definitely the way to go as long as it has CDMA and GSM capabilities. That's why I buy Verizon unlocked phones.
I have the tmobile one plus plan from like 2 years ago. It's all unlimited at LTE. I get throttled a bit sometimes but it's a small difference. I hit around 270GB of usage per month. Most I ever used was just over 600GB. (From downloading games on steam)
I remember that plan your in the one plus international plan though. I have the old one plus plan and it's only $75 a month I think yours pushes like $90 or something like that. For me I didn't need unlimited hotspot. I got good internet. However, in a pinch I think I get like 10Gb of hotspot with my unlimited plan which isn't bad
Great review, but all these plans seem over priced to me. I jumped on a promotion a couple of years ago. $20 unlimited data on AT&T for life. My point?. . . Keep your eyes open for these periodic promotions.
Lol...u don't know the word over priced...In canada a unlimited everything plan cost 160 Canadian which is around 130 usd...so yeah 50 usd a month isn't tat much
So are you saying ultra mobile will be better than wing ? & can you tell me how good wing has been for you? I just received the sim so just want to know from your experience 🙏🏼
Ok. I see Venn mobile is $30 and you recommend for I think sprint. My question for you is. If I have AT&T, do I need an AT&T router? Can’t I just pick any of these plans? Doesn’t anyone of them support your devices? I just want to provide internet for my Xbox. Yes it stays at home. I’d also like it for my laptop and occasional tv show but ultimately for my Xbox. If I already pay for internet on my phone, do I need a separate plan for this router?
I got rid of DSL almost a year ago. I use Sprint on my iPhone. I get 50gb of hotspot per month ( they increased it to 70gb while we’re stuck at home) and unlimited regular data for $65 per month, $5 off if you enroll in autopay. I also have an LTE iPad on Sprint for $25 a month ( same $5 off autopay) with 10gb of hotspot, unlimited regular data. My total bill is $83 per month for 60gb hotspot, but I have no other bills for internet access. So far hotspot is manageable for me. I connect my Roku, my home PC, or my work PC and speeds are usually a bit to a lot better than my DSL was. The catch is it really only has bandwidth for 1 device at a time. I live by myself so that’s fine. BTW for me an hour of streaming = ~ 1gb of data.
Cutting the cord doesn't mean cutting your internet. No one does that. It means getting rid of cable TV. People who rely on hotspot are those that don't have a cable internet provider as a option . Think rural Americans where the only choice they got is satalitle. Hotspot is more expensive and when it comes to home internet usage the average American consumes over 300+gb per month. Far more than what these plans are ment for
Im wondering the same thing because some games are are very bigs and updates can be up to 40 gbs so none of these seem worth it unless they were unlimited no cap and overpriced
Sprint had the best hotspot. And then that T-mobile merge happened. Now all of a sudden this month my hotspot is complete garbage can't even load a video on my laptop. I am definitely switching my provider when I get back home.
I have $35 AT&T unlimited tablet plan that I use in my Nighthawk consistently getting 50 mbs. Love it. Guess they have gotten rid of it based on your video...
What would be the best option for me. I want to get a (unlocked) Netgear NightHawk MR1100 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot Router. Not sure what SimCards i could use with it
I have not used a "smart phone", so I'm just used to voice and minimal text. For me the internet and personal computing often needs a keyboard and more than 288 characters. Trying to learn more. Trying to learn if want to do it. Thank you for your videos.
While planning my future getaways, possibly with an RV, I came across your video. Thank you! This became a current quest to get away from satellite internet as my home service. One because I got hit by a spam attack that puts easily 600 emails a week into my primary account, two because I am currently limited to 15 GBs of data a month and if I remain at home, as I have during the COVID 19 self quarantine, use up just doing anything more than updating my OS’s and APPs before the end of my month. And it’s expensive. Now AT&T offers a wireless plan of 50GB a month but the FCC’s website shows that they only recognize (offer?), in my area, 10mb/s down load (which is currently better than my satellite internet is giving me although they advertised and originally gave me 12mb/s down and 3 up). The baggage with AT&T is that they give you the equipment and any necessary antenna(ae) but I doubt they care to optimize my service beyond what they tell the FCC they are allowing. My understanding is that these ‘Mobile Internet’ folks will tell you what modem/transmitter-antenna(ae) combination to purchase for the best possible data transmission when boon-docking but that’s essentially how my rural permanent location is and on a clear unobstructed night I can see the aircraft beacon on top of the cell tower (I am within 3 miles, 1 or 2 bars, ~-112db on field test) Your video suggests “Cricket Mobile” offers the best plan for my needs but I’m not sure if the can do what I’ve mentioned. I will try to talk to them but I usually can’t get past the sales folks without committing to an installation.
Visible hot spot throttled about 1.5 mbps on a otherwise 40 mbps connection, don't work with surface they limit the sim to phone. Although some people say works with iphone tablets
Visible Mobile .*In times of traffic, your data may be temporarily slower than other traffic. **WiFi calling available on select devices. +Mobile hotspot speeds capped at 5 Mbps. Thanks for the info. I am looking for a sim for my MoFi4500-4GXeLTE V3 Sim7. Hopefully one mentioned in the video will work.
Your video is the best quality among the review videos! Sprint is part of T mobile now right? They have home internet plans $50/mo unlimited data. Can you comment on that? Thanks.
In my opinion having true unlimted data, without being worried about capped speeds, and having unlimted hotspot data for $40 a month with visible is prob the best deal anywhere.
This really helps me and my family as we're moving from california to rural west virginia and there's no isps at our new house so we are thinking of using one of these plans with a dedicated hotspot and a yagi antenna probably visible since we already have it and we would save money
T-Mobile $10 plan 2GB , after I used the 2GB I didn't notice any slow down, only time will tell how long it will last. I am using the free T-Mobile test drive, I just kept it.
Whilst not a supported feature, and they have started to threaten people Visble could be configured to work on an iPad or other device. Sprint's BYOD tablet is $15 for unlimited data and 10Gb of hotspot data on Sprint and T-Mobile networks.
T-Mobile international comes with unlimited hotspot. I travel a lot and game and I have very few issues with it. I can pretty much game all day but do my downloads at night because I hit 45-60mbps.
On the hotspot plans. Does the hotspot data come from the phone and you connect the hotspot to the phone? I'm looking for a plan specifically for my Night Hawk M1 mobile router.
@@diamoore8580 No i'm just lost..I bought the night hawk and have no service..Help!! We need internet for my school age son then i play games and my husband works from the internet...
Stetson, good review thanks! I did want to mention that the 6GB + T-Mobile plans do include unlimited streaming data from most providers (netflix, Amazon, Spotify, etc.) . It really is the best plan for those streaming ....In my opinion it is the BEST plan available right now.
Thank you for this info! I actually did not know this. Wish I had so I could have mentioned it in the video! With the unlimited streaming options, T-Mobile's plans become much better.
Unlimited streaming needs air quotes, as they force your stream down to 480p or so. Limited resolution and unlimited streaming are mutually exclusive terms.
Bruh imagining getting scammed in the U.S for these prices when in the UK EE gives you an unlimited data sim package for £35 ($45) including hotspot (btw it's unlimited and no speed cap)
The 5mbps cab and the one device at a time is for those who use visible phone or bought a Android phone from them. However there are no limitation of how many devices you can connect through the hotspot on iPhone... Maybe 5device for ios... Dunno ios policy
Guys im using cricket wireless with 3 lines and the hotspot sucks! Im paying $90 a month. To what company you guys recommend i should change to and get good hotspot?
I’m confuse I was waiting for a plan specific to the LTE routers like the M1 Nighthawk!!! But you only talked about cell phone plans w/ hot spots or did I miss something?
Tone Baxter, yes you missed it. He spoke about 3 different categories of plans including hotspot plans withOUT phone service. Watch the video again and pay attention is my suggestion.
I'm grandfathered in to T-Mobile's old ONE+ International plan that includes true unlimited LTE hotspot for $100 a month. It's a bit pricey, but considering this is also my home internet service, I'm actually saving a decent amount. And since all T-Mobile plans include 5G access, I should eventually get unlimited 5G hotspot as well. :)
I just switched my iPhone XR to visible. Was on T-Mobile. Visible is great, coverage everywhere. Speeds aren’t super fast but great coverage and the unlimited hotspot is a game changer. Unfortunately they don’t have any tablet plans so I’m either tethering my iPad to my phone of using my unlimited T-Mobile tablet plan. But might switch to Verizon’s 80$ unlimited, I’m also thinking of getting different SIM cards and using a different carrier from time to time. Since my iPad is unlocked and paid off. I can just use pay as you go plans. So if I don’t need data for a month I don’t have to pay for it. Getting a wing SIM card sent to me as I type this. Also saw a 15$ unlimited plan from MetroPCS.
My questions is does the Data timer for what Companies give on the HotSpot count ONLY when using it or If I am on the phone using normal data and Hotspot is off, will the 15-20gb limit I have count down
I found a loop hole. But its not cheap though. I’m using a hotspot device and I have the Verizon unlimited prepaid plan for $65 a month plus $5 extra for mobile hotspot. I’m using that SIM card in a hotspot device it’s unlimited data, on Verizon’s network no throttling.
I'm on visible now and use it as internet. I use over 100 GB a month every month. It isn't the fastest but I play video games and watch movies with it all the time. Unlimited hotspot is the best. I was pay over 65 bucks and it wasn't as good. Plus I got a newer phone and 25 for my first month, and talked to an IT helper through their website and did everything without having to go into a store.
What about adding a line to your cell plan, and then putting the sim card into a mofi or kuwfi router? Both routers have settings to set it up so it just looks like data from one device and not a hotspot... I use at&t and I can add an unlimited line for $35. I believe it gets throttled when congested after 22GB of data is used, but not too bad if you wanted to use the routers settings to "trick" the system.
I have crickets hotspot 40 gb for 50 on my iPad mini 4 cellular. And they have an optional 15gb extra for ten bucks if you run out. It’s decent for the price, just wish it was truly unlimited. But 40 gbs is a decent amount. And I get 12 gbs on my phones plan so I should be alright considering I have spectrum WiFi at home and I’m mostly here anyways
You should look onto "otr mobile", 80 dollars a month, 100 percent unlimited. I know a lot of truck drivers who game with this service. They market themselves for campers and truckers.
Visible limits you a lot after awhile I found out. Also a travel router will get around any caps. Just make sure the router allows for USB tethering to the phone.
@@xmaTKDmma I was getting around 25mbps download at start but now i range from 2mbps to 5mbps. Depends on the day. So it is still than others just dips here and there.
chrisgurl30 I have one of those for the $50 for 50 gigs. It’s good, I use it 24/7 for two of my wireless security cameras. The Coolpad Surf does stop working at least once a week out of no where. But, I just take the battery out and then I put it back in and, I leave it for a few more days.
I know you already said this but the $25 party plan a month with visible is amazing I miss this I don't know why I joined At&t I am happy with the service just miss $25 compare to the $100+ bill
I think it is silly that some carriers disable it on their plans. Like, if you're paying for the data, why can't you use it however you want? On your phone or as hotspot data??
@@StetsonDoggett Yeah, agreed. This never happens up north in Canada, but we don't have any real unlimited data plans so there doesn't really seem like there is a need for restrictions. Our big providers charge a ton for what we get.
@@StetsonDoggett Was grandfathered in on the AT&T unlimited hotspot plan for $34.99 before AT&T cancelled the plan in Feb. I've had this plan now since Nov 2019 and this is the true BEST hotspot plan to have living in NJ or anywhere.
I don’t see where that promo is for $15, but I do see the standard $25 tablet plan. I basically have that for my iPad and it works fine for the most part. It’s actually a pretty decent deal. Better than the AT&T one he mentioned if Sprint works decent in your area, plus it includes 10 GB of hotspot. The only problem I have is it gets really slow randomly sometimes, but I’m pretty sure that’s just Sprint being Sprint. My phone is through US Cellular so I cannot say whether the Sprint issues apply to their phones or not.
Hey Stetson, I was wondering if you could recommend or know anyway that I can find a couple to join my party plan with Visible. I've tried some personal option, but I'd like to find out if there is some other "out-reach" ways for me to recruit a person or 2. It would save that person (or people) some $, most likely, and bring my bill down. I enjoy how you're about the best service and best deals out there! Thank you...
Hey Stetson, great video, I love all your videos. But, I must ask why you didn’t mentioned Sprint’s $10 add on tablet plan? I know it’s only available for current customers, but I feel it might be worth mentioning....
Good point! I think I missed that plan when I was doing my research, and I was trying to focus on plans anyone could sign up for (as opposed to already having to be a customer). Sprint's tablet plan is definitely a great option though!
Honestly I just popped my SIM card in my Pixel 4, enabled the hotspot feature, and I found it worked fine. I was able to connect multiple devices, and they didn't seem affected by the speed cap.
Ordered a visible sim using a imei I found on Ebay 🤣 Will hacktivate the sim with an old moto z4 play and put the sim in an old Verizon jetpack, lots of people say this works just need apn settings
@@eljuancho2 jetpack didn't work for me bc it wouldn't allow me to change the apn settings fully Maybe the newer ones will but this older 4000 series only let me change the apn name and nothing else I got a tplink 802n run in hotspot router mode and it connects to the Moto z play just fine and it handles all the addressing and connections within the network and my main goal is accomplished, allowing my surveillance system to be accessed remotely as well as having a home network for the Android TV and wireless printer The Moto z play actually allows 10 connections and it all worked fine without the router however I had to use a wireless bridge to hardwire my cameras to the wireless network The tplink should work with any visible phone though I was able to activate the Sim with a non visible phone btw, all done with the app then you uninstall the app and the data works on most unlocked Verizon phones just not the calling, which I don't need for a hotspot anyway do you can try a cheap phone with hotspot and it should work as a standalone hotspot
What hotspot plan do you think is best? Also! Some **notes & timestamps**: 3 main types of hotspot plans - 0:24 Best prepaid plans with hotspot data - 1:17 Best postpaid plans with hotspot data - 5:48 Best Verizon hotspot plans - 7:05 Best AT&T hotspot plans - 7:57 Best Sprint hotspot plans - 8:48 Best T-Mobile hotspot plans - 9:21 Two honorable tablet plans from AT&T - 10:21 I made a spreadsheet! - 11:20 **Notes**: You can also find grandfathered AT&T unlimited plans _with unlimited hotspot_ on eBay from various sellers. Signing up for one of these plans would be at your own risk, though considering you get unlimited data the pricing is reasonable. Typically I see plans going for around $99/month. US Mobile's $50 for 50GB plan is also a great option on the Verizon network. Sprint has an awesome BYOD promotion right now where you can get unlimited hotspot data for $15/mo - phoneplan.info/sprint-byod Many carriers are offering bonus hotspot data. I did not take these into consideration because they are temporary increases. Please check with your current provider to see if you get bonus hotspot data for the next 30-60 days! If you're looking for a hotspot device, the Nighthawk M1 is probably one of the best ones out right now - amzn.to/2JIZnYT (Amazon affiliate link) You may also find a decent deal on the Nighthawk on eBay - phoneplan.info/nighthawk-m1-ebay (eBay affiliate link)
When you say " you can now confirm that wing tel is actually selling a business tmobile account" what do you mean exactly by that? Is that a good or bad thing?
It’s a good thing! Basically it means Wing is providing T-Mobile business plans. This is good because it means you get postpaid data priority, or in other words your data speeds won’t slow down when the network is busy (until after you’ve used the included 50GB of priority data). With other T-Mobile plans, like Mint, your data speeds will be slowed if there are a lot of T-Mobile postpaid subscribers using the network. With Wing, you’ll have postpaid data priority.
My understanding is you may be able to roam on the T-Mobile areas in certain locations, though the Sprint and T-Mobile networks are still being treated as separate networks for the time being.
There is one option on Verizon if you're also using them for your phone service - the add-on plans for tablets (and smart watches) also support using dedicated hotspots, $20 for 15GB, and recently $30 for 30GB (plus unlimited at 600kbps), and if you are on a plan that gets 50% off, it drops to $10/$15. I have that now, and it's hard to beat.
So I have a question, I drive truck for a living and I am in search for a good hotspot plan to work for gaming in my truck. I don't necessarily mind and an expensive price if it's got good service. Out of all the plans given what would you recommend for the most service best price and best Data usage ? I'm looking at buying the nighthawk for the hotspot device
My phone has US Cellular and I am still on one of their older “unlimited” plans. The old plan sucked, but they have since removed the caps on them to make them actually unlimited like their newer plans. They never told me with this that I didn’t have unlimited hotspot, so I assume I do have it. I should since it’s more expensive than their newer plan that doesn’t have unlimited hotspot. I haven’t fully tested it though to know for sure.
Im thinking of getting visible and now im very troubled on which router i need cause i cant get no mr1 or mofi4500 anymore, any suggestion? I basically use it to watch netflix and update phone.maybe gaming in the near future
Thanks so much for this information! Super useful! Question. What do you think about Unlimited LTE which uses TMobile and AT&T plans in comparison with the others mentioned in your video?
Fucking Verizon is out of control with them prices. Charging anything over $50/month for one line is crazy. I guess we have to thank the U.S. Government for that.
