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0 pointsdylan6041y ago0 comments

And I know just as many that have tried but get crap service, so we're even now?

I barely get regular cell service in my house from my provider. There's no way I'd get a hotspot for a service that is a must have. Provider's "coverage" maps are such a joke to make them useless.

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vel0city1y ago

I'd say its then more YMMV rather than a blanket "does not live up to the promises".

I can routinely go around most of the metro area on any given day and get hundreds of megabits of throughput back home at <10ms latency on a plan that's costing me ~$30/mo on a device that cost less than $400. I can be in a crowded sports arena and on my regular cellular internet and still manage to pull >50Mbit down despite the crowd. Several years ago, I'd be lucky to even get SMS/MMS out quickly and reliably.

rsynnott1y ago

It's going to depend a _lot_ on your telco and region.

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