![]() ![]() I didn’t want to switch providers and then have potential phone tug-of-wars with customer service. The third option was to get a second Ting hotspot.īoost was out because Ting was familiar, is inexpensive and has truly amazing customer service. I looked into Sprint: 100 GB for $65 (-$5 for autopay) + taxes + fees (unknown amounts) and a $240 hotspot that if you paid in 24 installments appeared to be $2.50/mo., discounted from $10/mo.). The Boost hotspot is $49.99, free shipping). I debated going to Boost mobile: 50 GB for $50 – and dropping Ting (Noooo!!!). So, yeah, when day 27 rolls around, then what….? Eighteen days after the Franklin R850 mobile hotspot arrived (I did need to call Ting to get it started and I must say their customer service ROCKS!), I got the first email notice that I’d used 20 GB. I had a hard decision to make about internet access. ![]() Not a gamer or internet tv binge watcher. I use data to check email, do internet research and occasionally listen to the radio or watch a youtube video. What about you? Do you have any WiFi alternatives that would make it in my world’s strongest competitions? Because the installation is so easy, I’d recommend the Ting hotspot for a person who is on the move and wants a reliable, but limited, WiFi capability. Because the price is so low, I’d definitely recommend a Ting hotspot as a primary source of economical WiFi in a small living area. Unfortunately, the strength wasn’t quite there to provide reliable internet for the distance and amount required. I like Ting and I hate my internet provider as much as I hate sour milk, so I was really hoping this would work out. My family used right around 1 GB of data for the day (don’t judge), so that made me a little uneasy on the monthly total. does a really good job of tracking minutes, messages, and data usage, so it was easy to see if my internet use would wear out the hotspot. There is a hard cap at 30 GB, and I don’t want to cut back on my Blacklist binge-watching every 27th of the month. I was curious to see how much data I would use over a 24 hour period and a project that over a month’s time. How long can he make it? The true test of endurance. I kind of get a kick out watching a man’s veins pop out of his skull while he stretches his arms out to hold up two enormous pillars. My current internet doesn’t handle much more than that, so I wasn’t going to stretch my hotspot past that either. How many weird-shaped objects can one man pick up and push over? Better question: how many devices can this hotspot handle? I put both phones and a laptop on it, and it seemed to be ok. ![]() Test #3: The One Where They Tip Those Big Finger Things Over Because the device is so small, I was able to easily try out a lot of places for placing it. The hotspot was stronger than I thought, but probably not what we were used to, and that is a pretty low standard. How far could my hotspot go? I live in a ranch home with 4 bedrooms, so I went to each bedroom, the basement, the deck, the garage, and bathrooms (crucial if you know what I mean) to test the signal strength. My wife reminded me that our current internet set-up has similar issues, so the hotspot wasn’t written off just yet. The initial call went well, but moving around the house put some stress on the connection. And you never really know how strong a connection is until you FaceTime with Grandma. You never really know how strong a man is until he has to lift a 17 billion pound rock sphere off the ground. I gained some inspiration from watching those behemoth individuals on tv and set up four tests for the hotspot. The device is really small and sleek so I preferred it to a bulky router and modem. I slid a Sim card into the device, plugged it into the wall, and activated it through. I was game to try it out as a possibility for a home WiFi connection, mostly because I hate my internet service provider with the same passion that I hate stepping on Legos in the middle of the night.Īfter I received the device in the mail, the set-up was straight-forward. Ting mobile, where I have service for all of my cellular devices (can’t say enough good things about our experience there), is offering a mobile hotspot for $25 per month, capped at 30 GB of data. Have you ever watched the World’s Strongest Man competitions? You know, during those times when you’re deathly ill with the flu and can’t sleep so you set up shop on the couch for 48+ hours next to a bucket and a 2-liter bottle of 7-Up? Maybe I’m the only one.Īnyways, I love some good, old-fashioned, tests of strength and I thought I’d put a new internet option through a gauntlet of tests as well. ![]()
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