Best Internet Options?

Interesting that I have not run into the single device hotspot limitation with Visible. I even mentioned to a rep and they said, "Good for you."

On the old iPhone 6 I consistently measure about 2 mbps w/Visible tethered or not. Many users brag much, much faster data speeds. I wish I had a newer unlocked phone to try dual sim and test data speeds. I will when iPhone 12 is paid off.  2 mbps has actually worked fine for vast majority of what I use it for. It's usually just two of us browsing or one connection streaming. Don't need 4K streaming.

I use the router mainly for convenience. I set it up in camp or car. Only takes a minute. All devices remember the WiFi network and the router has better WiFi range than mobile hotspot.

BTW, Visible advertises as $40.00/mt but they make it easy to reduce to $25.00/mt with "Party Pay". Also, it is a no-contract service. I have suspended the account for a couple of months and come back without penalty or new setup. Now I just keep it going @ $25.00 /mt and use mobile hotspot often when just going about town or in the woods for streaming music. My AT&T 6 gig shared data plan is hardly touched. With iPhone you can still use AT&T network for calls and use hotspot for data. Dual sim would be a great solution.

Probably more info than you were looking for. 

fred

fred

You got me digging OG. I even had Visible send me a new SIM since it seemed no matter what I did or where I went the FAST app kept reporting 2 Mbps. Turns out, since the FAST app is a Netflix server app it's well know that Netflix *does* throttle to 2 Mbps (at least on Verizon). I ran the test(s) on Ookla's Speedtest app and consistently get 10-12 Mbps @ home. I always did think it was odd how well Google YoutubeTV was streaming w/2Mbps.

fred