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Need help selecting wifi extenders that work with limited connections -wifi hotspots
I am forced to rely on a cellular (AT&T) phone as my only form of internet connection due to the location where I live. Believe it or not, it works pretty good with download speeds around 23-30 meg ...
You'd be better to switch from the phone to a hotpsot. devices like the MR1100 would function more appropriate and be better to connect a router/extender to.
https://www.netgear.com/home/products/mobile-broadband/mobilerouters/MR1100.aspx
The phone I am using came as part of a package plan with AT&T called FirstNet. (I am a first repsonder).
Would a device such as the one you are reccomending work with the SIM card from my AT&T Firstnet phone & service?
Thanks for your advice. I am a firefighter, not a wifi guru!!!
Bob
rpollard wrote:The phone I am using came as part of a package plan with AT&T called FirstNet. (I am a first repsonder).
Would a device such as the one you are reccomending work with the SIM card from my AT&T Firstnet phone & service?
Thanks for your advice. I am a firefighter, not a wifi guru!!!
Bob
You'd need to check with att if it'd work in a hotspot and not the phone. Theoretically it should. I've swapped the sim in my phone to a hotspot before but I'm not sure what/if att has changed since I've been with them (att).
Thanks again for your help and advice.
Bob
update 7/22/20: I spoke with a very nice person with AT&T phone support. He informed me that the SIM card that my iPhone SE uses is a different sze than the one that the Hotspot device uses. He also was unsure whether it would work regardless of the SIM card issue.
I think I am going to try it. I have found SIM card adapter things that supposedly will take care of the size issue. I don't know what else to do other than try it. Hope I am not about to waste a bunch of money!!
Stay tuned, I may have a brand new never used Nighthawk hotspot for sale cheap real soon...............
Bob