Cell Phone plan with truly unlimited data - no metering

If truly unlimited Verizon data is needed, I rent a grandfathered unlimited plan from Mobile Must Haves (used to be livinlite.net). Tethering allowed, no throttling, no prioritization, you get a warning after 1TB used in a month. Not cheap at )150 a month, but if you absolutely need it, it’s great.

https://www.mobilemusthave.com/Unlimited-1000GB-Red-Data-Referral-Program-109-First-Month-150-thereafter_p_27.html

I pay $25 a month for my Visible account, and it's worth that to me. I have several fast unlimited plans that are better though.

Visible is the closest you will get. It offers unlimited everything including hotspot for $40/month with no added fees or taxes. You can reduce that to $25/month by joining a "Party Pay" plan. Data speed is not capped except for hotspot speed which is capped at 5 Mbs. They do prioritize which means they can reduce speed during heavy traffic on the tower you are connected to. So far this month I've used 205GB of data and have 12 days till the end my cycle.

I've had the plan for 13 months and the service has been great.

https://www.visible.com/

DarkSkySeeker wrote:
Are there any plans that are truly unlimited and OK for hot spot use without metering?

No.

Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet maybe an option soon. He plans to cover the world.

No user favors optimization/throttling
Including Me
But please Note
It's unlimited data per month aka all you can Eat depending on traffic aka How Busy the network is
It is NOT unlimited data speed
They don't guarantee you will have high speed for every byte of data used,,
They really should label it as something like open access to the internet

If you belong to FMCA they have their TECH-Connect plan
This is via SPRINT (Which just merged it seems with T-mobile)
I have one, got it last week. It is advertised as 100% unlimited. no throttling.

However at this time I notice the speeds are not as good as my T-Mobile phone.

On my T-Mobile (55+ plan) I've only noticed throttling on rare occasions.

It will be some time before I have a final opinion on the Sprint Device but so far its fast enough.. Yesterday it took 59 minutes to download a 1 hour video Last week it was 35 minutes.. (Normal as the size of the file varies)

But since Sprint is not meetering.. I like it.

Dutch_12078 wrote:
We have two UDP's that are no longer offered, the prepaid hotspot plan from Verizon that recently ended, and the AT&T Connected Car Mobley plan wth the SIM moved to a Netgear Unite Explore hotspot. Both are subject to deprioritization, but the reality for us has been that even in congested areas the speeds have still been good enough for reliable streaming on one service or the other. We average around 150 GB/mo combined.

OTRMOBILE now does meter and throttle at about 22Gb. They changed their plans about 2 months ago. Their tech support is solely by chat mode on their Web site which is very slow. They are no longer the component they used to be. I've had several times my router had lost connectivity with ATTS network and needed to use OTR mobiles chat support. Now a waste of time.

I just got my Visible (a Verizon company) phone yesterday.

I traded in an old Android phone for a new FREE phone.

It's fast on my local tower as the slower 5Mbps speed has been lifted. (for how long I don't know)

I just got 15 Mbps on a speed test, but it is early in the morning.

It's well worth the $40 a month with all the unlimited hotspot data I want.

GordonThree wrote:
Typical double speak. Truly unlimited, reserve the right to "manage"

That's why I left Verizon. My truly unlimited data plan kept getting managed to unusable speeds. Sometimes at very low usage numbers.

It's not double speak as you say. If you're in an area that's overloading the cell tower, you're speed is going to be reduced. They're just covering themselves with that statement. I haven't heard user complaining on the FMCA forums so far and I'm sure if they weren't happy, I would have.

I had Spring cell service for several years and have since tried T-Mobile and Verizon. Having dealt with AT&T so called customer support, I'm not going to give them a chance. I have way too much trouble with strong Asian accents to go through that again. In my personal opinion, there's not much difference in any of them and none of them are worth the money they charge.