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RickD

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#271696 22-May-2020 20:09

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Does anyone know if Spark prepaid limits the speed of data when tethering and if tethered data uses your regular data cap?

Looking at getting the $79 unlimited mins/data (40GB) plan for a month while I'm remote/mobile working. I mostly use RDP and have a unlocked iPhone 11 I'll hotspot or USB connect to my laptop.

firefuze

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#2489801 22-May-2020 20:17

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You can hotspot on the prepaid plan, tethered use comes out of your data allowance like normal data usage

edit: misinterpreted the bit where you were asking about tethering speed - to the best of my knowledge it remains full speed when within your 40GB full speed limit

RickD

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#2490325 24-May-2020 05:05

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firefuze:

You can hotspot on the prepaid plan, tethered use comes out of your data allowance like normal data usage

edit: misinterpreted the bit where you were asking about tethering speed - to the best of my knowledge it remains full speed when within your 40GB full speed limit

Thanks! Will give it a go.

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