Verizon's Dirty Little Secret
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Originally Posted by
commiecat
A Verizon 4G (LTE) hotspot would probably be a bit faster than ADSL as well provided you have LTE service, but make sure you check the data caps with Verizon; I think they're 2GB or 5GB/mo. for residential. If your phone is 3G and doesn't support LTE, or if you just don't have LTE service in your area, then I wouldn't use it to replace your current connection.
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I've had AT&T/BellSouth for years now. No complaints save the price. I went with Verizon when I bought the Razr 4GLTE. I love the device. My first cell phone and I took to it like a duck to water.
OTOH, it is not without problems. Primarily the most hyped feature, the 4GLTE. When trying to go on line I would frequently get a pop-up telling me I have 'no data connection.' The phone is supposed to receive the 4G signal , in a 4G area, and when it cannot it is supposed to revert to 3G while continuing to seek 4G. I live and work in 4G covered areas BTW. So that is what it is supposed to do but it doesn't work that well IME.
Talking to the salesman who sold the phone to me at the Verizon store, and to tech support on the phone, all I got was reassurance that the phone was not defective and a song and dance. I had to go onto Motorola Razr forum and do a word search for "connection" to find out the truth. If you leave the phone in 4G connectivity is intermittent. If you want to be "on" all of the time you have to go into settings and change the device to 3G. Sort of defeats the purpose of paying the high $ for the device. Add to that, it doesn't always transition to 3G when it is supposed to, so you cannot get on, or if you are on, you get kicked off until it gets back to connectivity. Also the battery runs down because the device is continually seeking 4G. At least that is what I've read on the Razr forum. So far battery life has been good for me , but I'm not using it for internet access very much.
Verizon, like Microsoft and others, apparently has the end user pay the $ and do the R&D. They've put this 4GLTE out before it is 'ready for prime time.' Annoying but that's life in the big city. Thanks for the input BTW. I've decided to go with the AT&T U-Verse DSL and forget about the hot spot. I expect Verizon will get their 4G act together eventually. In the meanwhile, I'm happy with the device, so it can only get better.