AT&T Unlimited Data $ Increase
Well, Verizon did it a couple of months ago; now it is AT&T's turn. Less $ than Verizon at a $5.00 per month increase, however AT&T still slows you down if you go over 22GB per month and no "official...
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Can someone explain "tethering" in detail, to a non-techie ... not the tech part, just how you do it, and what you need, and how it impacts your monthly billing.
Currently, we a Verizon phone ($32 mo) and Verizon HotSpot $50 (5G) -- that was fine for several years. We haven't changes our use much (web surf, email, and occasional download of updates - NO movie, NO video, nothing moving.
The past three or four months we went from under 5g, to three or four "overage' charges of $10 per gig ... so, we notice lots of video **** comes on in FB etc, although we don't turn it on, we shut it off right away.
But our billing has literally doubled in the past few months and we don't do anything different. We have one independent Verizon phone - with 4g of data ... we also have one older style phone with just phone and text.
Does it make sense to upgrade old phone to a new style, with the 4g data and tether it to the laptop as well ... if we stay separate, we will then get 4g each phone, and maybe solve the problem. Now, our combined phone/data expense is $150 per month - and with the extra data overage - $225 or so. With two new phones, we'd get 4g each, and ability to tether (if that is the best way to get hotspot too)
What is the best option here, and does the Phone data/hotspot work as well and as fast as the Verizon hotspot? thanks
Currently, we a Verizon phone ($32 mo) and Verizon HotSpot $50 (5G) -- that was fine for several years. We haven't changes our use much (web surf, email, and occasional download of updates - NO movie, NO video, nothing moving.
The past three or four months we went from under 5g, to three or four "overage' charges of $10 per gig ... so, we notice lots of video **** comes on in FB etc, although we don't turn it on, we shut it off right away.
But our billing has literally doubled in the past few months and we don't do anything different. We have one independent Verizon phone - with 4g of data ... we also have one older style phone with just phone and text.
Does it make sense to upgrade old phone to a new style, with the 4g data and tether it to the laptop as well ... if we stay separate, we will then get 4g each phone, and maybe solve the problem. Now, our combined phone/data expense is $150 per month - and with the extra data overage - $225 or so. With two new phones, we'd get 4g each, and ability to tether (if that is the best way to get hotspot too)
What is the best option here, and does the Phone data/hotspot work as well and as fast as the Verizon hotspot? thanks
