I am looking for a Hotspot... or maybe a USB stick that I can plug
any phone sim into, plug it into a laptop and have it work when I am
on the road. I would prefer the former but would settle for the
latter. Every Hotspot modem/device I find seems to be tied to a cell
phone provider. I actually purchased a Netgear AT&T unite 781S from
Ebay and have a ATT data sim for it. It works great but AT&T is
expensive particularly for a large 8GB data account.
At the first of the year I was offered a no contract $40 NetConnect
sim with unlimited text - phone and data from my long time internet
phone provider NetTalk. So I signed up for one... it actually runs on
the T-Mobile network. I still have my AT&T phone and I planned on
using the new NetTalk account for a hot spot. Then I found out my
Netgear AT&T unite 781S only works with a AT&T data sim and worse it
cannot be unlocked.
When I tried to buy one ...or anything retail I keep coming up with
branded hotspot devices. I am really surprised that no manufacturer
seems to make a retail device that will accept any sim with a data
account to create a hotspot. Even the devices that are supposedly
unlocked from Sierra warn that if you reset them they will lock.
There are usb devices that you plug into a laptop and use it with a
sim but I don't see any known manufactures. Does anybody have
experience with these?
I can, of course, use one of my phones as a hotspot but that is not
an ideal solution as the phones get really hot when transmitting
large amount of data and I would like to be able to leave the device
in my truck and use it from there. Does anybody have any experience
doing this .. if so I would be grateful for some advice on
implementing something. Thanks.
- [H] Hotspot that works with any Sim card Winterlight
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