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5thwheeleroldma
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Nov 25, 2015

Does Using SmartPhone as Hotspot Ruin Battery?

I'm signing up for verizon smart phones and one of the big attractions was that I could use one of the smartphones as a hotspot and dump my verizon hotspot I have used for years --- would save me lots...
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dclark1946
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Dec 01, 2015
I will keep my Verizon Jetpack with 5G data plan and my small (250 MB) smart phone data plan. The jet pack can run for many hours on a full charge and with Verizon (unlike AT&T)you can not use your phone for any other purpose if you are using it as a hot spot.

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