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Chris075
Aspirant
Jul 13, 2022

LBR20 using hotspot data instead of LTE

I just purchased the Orbi LBR20 and a plan on Mint Mobile. worked fine for about 2 days, then it used all the 5gb of hotspot data. Shouldnt this use straight LTE data and not hotspot data? How do I s...
Chris075's avatar
Chris075
Aspirant
Jul 13, 2022

So even though the SIM was purchased and has unlimited data and technically for a phone, it is still going to try and use it as a hotpost?

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KevinLiT
NETGEAR Moderator
Jul 13, 2022

Hello Chris075,

 

The unlimited data you are referring to is the unlimited cellular data plan provided by your carrier. 

 

Best,

Kevin

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