anubis119 ,

TIL Hotspot is now called Home Internet Backup.

Potatos_are_not_friends ,

Because a hotspot is free or discounted!

But Home Internet Backup? $30 a month EZ.

pineapple_pizza ,

So I have T-Mobile in a major city. Whenever my ISP goes down, my normally fast 5G slows to a crawl due to the increased load.
So it seems like when you need this the most is when youd get the worst performance.

Hugh_Jeggs ,

I live in the middle of nowhere up a gigantic mountain with gigabit fibre and have literally never once had an internet outage

WTF is happening in the US that makes outages common?

sugar_in_your_tea ,

We get an outage every month or so, I blame construction, but I honestly don't know.

reddig33 ,

That’s what the mobile hotspot feature is for on the cellphone you’re already paying for.

Sabata11792 ,
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You mean the VPN I pay for that hides the fact I'm using my phone as a hotspot?

Cheskaz ,

Wait, you have to pay to use your phone as a hotspot?!

vzq ,

This sounds really expensive. 5G as a backup makes sense, but 30 bucks is actual primary service money, not just in case money.

Make it 5 and I would consider it.

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