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#320006 25-Jun-2025 11:11
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Currently working remotely and hotspoting off the phone. If I were to purchase a 4g router and used that instead of a phone would the carrier consider the router to be a hotspot?


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  #3386957 25-Jun-2025 12:11
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Anything that allows you to use your data on a device other than the device itself is considered a hotspot





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  #3386968 25-Jun-2025 12:49
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nztim:

 

Anything that allows you to use your data on a device other than the device itself is considered a hotspot

 

 





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  #3387074 25-Jun-2025 18:22
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Note some plans will specify personal mobile device only, i.e. SIM is supposed to be used in a mobile phone only. I have heard of some MNVOs enforcing this, but no harm in trying. 





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