wifi hotspots?

BCEagle91
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:39:24 +0000

AT&T Offers Wireless Hotspot service on iPhones but you have to get the 5 GB plan. My iPhone costs $55/month for 3 GB. It would be $75 for a 5 GB plan and $45 for a 300 MB plan. I use a little over 300 MB a month and I had the 5 GB plan because I wanted the hotspot option for working remotely for this past spring but I dropped it because I don’t need it anymore. At least not for a while. I can use the hotspot for about six hours when it’s not plugged in.

If he wants the hotspot through his phone, then it’s relatively expensive if you go with AT&T or Verizon because you have to take their upper-tier plans.

I also have a Verizon JetPack which I used in previous years. It cost me $45/month for 5 GB of data. Battery life was 2-3 hours on 4G, longer on 3G. This is the 2-year contract price. The device itself is either $200 or $300 (I don’t remember). If you’re trying to save money, then this may not be a particularly good way to do it - especially if you already have a phone that could be used as a hotspot. I didn’t want to carry an extra device with me and it costs more for service having a phone + data and a data-only device than just having a phone + data (with a higher cap) and you have to pay for the device through your contract rate.

(minor note: the above rates are with our corporate discounts)

I like having the Jetpack for backup in areas with weak signals. We’re planning a trip in a somewhat remote area and I’ll turn on the Verizon Jetpack and the AT&T Hotspot so that we’ll have two hotspots available for working remotely.