Verizon hotspot

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That's what I thought. My husband wondered if we were hotspotting, could we use the phone at the same time. That was the only reason I could see needing the mifi. Thank you for helping!!

Don' t get one. I had one and all of a sudden the monthly bill went way high. There answer was we don't know why? Use a personel hot spot on your I phone when you can't find wifi.

We have one..... AT&T...and we can see our useage ALL the time, so there's no surprise charges. Why do we have it? Because I don't trust " Public Wifi hotspots" for checking our bank accounts and doing banking. We also boondock and don't like having to sit in public places (or in the pickup with laptop on my lap) to get internet. It's our only communication with family for the most part. No, we don't have a SmartPhone.......NOT going there.

oh - on edit --- I've been typing on typewriters and keyboards for over 50 yrs.....I can NOT get used to texting or teeeeny tiny keyboards.......another reason for keeping the laptop. :)

Why? Does your laptop have a tiny keyboard? Turning your smart phone into a hot spot has nothing to do with the device you type on. jot spot turns your phone into the same thing as a mifi card.

amandasgramma wrote:
We have one..... AT&T...and we can see our useage ALL the time, so there's no surprise charges. Why do we have it? Because I don't trust "hotspots" for checking our bank accounts and doing banking. We also boondock and don't like having to sit in public places (or in the pickup with laptop on my lap) to get internet. It's our only communication with family for the most part. No, we don't have a SmartPhone.......NOT going there.

oh - on edit --- I've been typing on typewriters and keyboards for over 50 yrs.....I can NOT get used to texting or teeeeny tiny keyboards.......another reason for keeping the laptop. :)

A hotspot from your phone is not open and not like a wifi connection in a campgroud. No worries there. Also, you are using the phone's hotspot option to connect to your comptuer so the keyboard thing is not an issue either.
I like having a hotspot so I can also network in my printer and backup storage devices. I use a Cradlepoint router plus a USB air card instead of the MiFi so I can also take advantage of campground WiFi connections when a good one is available and still maintain that same network.
If you have 2 phones hotspotting one is no big deal but I don't want to have to use the phone while someone else is trying to use it as a hotspot. It needs to remain plugged in at all times to keep the battery from going dead quickly.

Bill.Satellite wrote:

amandasgramma wrote:
We have one..... AT&T...and we can see our useage ALL the time, so there's no surprise charges. Why do we have it? Because I don't trust "hotspots" for checking our bank accounts and doing banking. We also boondock and don't like having to sit in public places (or in the pickup with laptop on my lap) to get internet. It's our only communication with family for the most part. No, we don't have a SmartPhone.......NOT going there.

oh - on edit --- I've been typing on typewriters and keyboards for over 50 yrs.....I can NOT get used to texting or teeeeny tiny keyboards.......another reason for keeping the laptop. :)

A hotspot from your phone is not open and not like a wifi connection in a campgroud. No worries there. Also, you are using the phone's hotspot option to connect to your comptuer so the keyboard thing is not an issue either.
I like having a hotspot so I can also network in my printer and backup storage devices. I use a Cradlepoint router plus a USB air card instead of the MiFi so I can also take advantage of campground WiFi connections when a good one is available and still maintain that same network.
If you have 2 phones hotspotting one is no big deal but I don't want to have to use the phone while someone else is trying to use it as a hotspot. It needs to remain plugged in at all times to keep the battery from going dead quickly.

If I read you right, you may have misunderstood me. I PREFER the MiFi from ATT...we can both use it, we can print from our laptops. I don't want to deal with SmartPhones, don't want the $$$ involved and quite frankly, feel it's a learning curve I'm not up to learning right now :) :) The "hotspot" or free RV WiFi accesses are NOT secure......are shared by many (whereas my MiFi is MY password protected). I just don't trust them! And just for clarification, the only other person that swears that the hotspots are safe and uses them for everything, has had their computer in NUMEROUS times because of viruses.....and has used every virus protection out there. :) :) So in another words, you can't convince me other than what I believe.

I know there are many in their 70's like DW and I who are happy with their latest electronic phones, however the simpler the better for us. Just because it is new does not mean that I need to get rid of something that works.

To the OP....I cannot use my phone for calls while hotspotting. Receiving a call cuts off the data. I think some phones will allow simultaneous usage. That may be a function of the particular phone or 3g verses 4g. Check the features of your phone online or ask at a Verizon store.