Wireless Joint

swwifty wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 5:39 pm oh man i hope this doesn't happen for real. I have a bunch of customers on this, and they are gonna be pissssed, if it gets canceled on them.

BillA wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:59 pm Being a short-term/prepaid service even if it's auto-paid, the carrier is under no contractual obligation to honor the initial signup price of the service, and the TOS states that they may cancel at any time without a prior notice.
Unfortunately that's just the way it is, and as the saying goes "All good things must come to an end."

swwifty wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:16 pm yeah, must be good being a bully as a carrier.

BillA wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 5:10 pm Supposedly ATT will be coming out with new data plans, but my feeling is that it will be tiered by gigs and/or speed, and won't be cheap. There really aren't too many cheap and completely unlimited plans out there, and the ones from the main carriers are the most expensive.

Here's a rundown of currently available unlimited prepaid plans.

ATT's own unlimited prepaid $65/mo, 30 Mbps speeds, 50ms latency, deprioritized after 30GB
ATT based Cricket $60/mo, 30 Mbps speeds, 50ms latency, deprioritized after 30GB
ATT based H2O $60/mo, 8Mbps speeds, 50ms latency, slowed down after 30GB to 128Kbps

Tmobile's own unlimited prepaid $60/mo, 100Mbps speeds, 40ms latency, deprioritized after 50GB
Tmobile based MetroPCS $50/mo, 100Mbps speeds, 40ms latency, deprioritized during congestion
Tmobile based SimpleMobile $50/mo, 100Mbps speeds, 40ms latency, deprioritized during congestion

Verizon's own unlimited prepaid $70/mo, 40Mbps speeds, 50ms latency, deprioritized during congestion
Verizon based PagePlus $55/mo, 40Mbps speeds, 50ms latency, deprioritized during congestion
Verizon based Visible $40/mo, 5-10Mbps speeds, 100+ms latency, deprioritized during congestion

Note: The above speeds/latencies are real world experiences using a CAT-6 modem, with good signal, and no congestion or deprioritization. Your results may vary depending on the equipment used, location and time of day.

gscheb wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:45 pm Hello
My parents be & my sister are on on this and have been very happy with it. It is a AT&T unlimited hotspot data reseller. It cost a $20 activation fee then $55 per month after that. There is no streaming data caps with it either. What you are able to connect to you get.

https://traveldata.page?affiliate=43

gscheb wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:40 am The plan was $49 per month and just changed to $55 after the Ipad plan went away. It is hard to tell if some one is scamming on these things or not. They could be legitimately getting data from AT$T. If they are not legit they will be out of business soon for sure.

gscheb wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 11:45 am This plan does work though without any TTL settings. It is a unlimited hotspot plan no calling included. Can runt it even in a portable hotspot device. Is that what this auto-pay the $65 plan, costing them only $45 is as well? Does this have unlimited hotspot?
If so where do I get it?

gscheb wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 5:36 pm Time will tell if they are scamming or not. You are right if they don't take new customers they are scamming. Here is a different company. See what their site says.

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gscheb wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:36 pm So are saying that there is no actually resellers of Data that have legit relationship with the company? That actually buy the data from at&t and sell it? This is what net buddy said they did. Actually talked to them. Had my parents on it originally. Untill they raised the price.
That is when I went to this new company.

gscheb wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 7:45 pm Yes I do. And that why I say it is scamming. Cause I asked them. If that is what they are doing. And at&t do cancel all those they will be gone for sure.
Do you have any idea why at&t don't shut these places down? Like netbuddy was advertised all over you tube that is how I heard of them. If they are not "legit" allegedly why would they let it go? They have to know they exist.
I knew about the iPad plan. Just chose not to do it.

thejohnfist wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2020 8:10 am Anyone have any experience with the $65/$45AP plan? Seems okay, but no HD Streaming? Not good there. I'm approaching my renewal date for the iPad plan and am hoping to have another option lined up just in case.

gscheb wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:34 am Hello
Seems netbuddy is taking customers again. And have a new option for service. Anyone understand what this is?
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rwilkerson wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:53 pm Is there a trick to getting the AT&T $65 prepaid plan working from a WE826 with a Sierra modem? I ordered $65 plan ($45 with autoplay) from here https://www.att.com/prepaid/plans.html. Got the sim card working on a phone, but doesn't allow hotspot. and it doesn't connect when used in the router.

So is this not the plan mentioned earlier in the thread or maybe I activated it wrong.

Thanks,
Rick...

BillA wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 11:54 pm Try these...
First, make sure the ATT sim works in a phone by making both a call and going online on the phone's browser without WiFi turned on, visiting at least two different websites which you have never visited (to avoid prior caching).

Second, make sure the APN is set to "nxtgenphone" (without the quotes) both on the phone and router.
Unlike the ATT tablet plan which uses "broadband" as the APN, the $65 plan's APN should be set to "nxtgenphone".

JimHelms wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 3:42 pm If you are using AT&T for data, the APN is most likely:

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broadband

You will need to do a power off/power on reboot after changing the APN in the connection profile.

rwilkerson wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:10 am SIM card works from phone and does have an APN of 'nxtgenphone'. Did several speed tests from the browser to verify I was communicating (with Wifi turned off)

Setup a connection profile in WiFix to set the APN to 'nxtgenphone'. After swapping cards and starting up the lights indicated that it was connected, but could never access the internet.

Wasn't exactly sure where to find the firmware versions, but this looked likely
ZBT-WE826 (16M) 4.14.131
P: Vendor=1199 ProdID=9071 Rev= 0.06
S: Manufacturer=Sierra Wireless, Incorporated
S: Product=Sierra Wireless MC7455 Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X7 LTE-A


I also have a Mofi 4500 SIM4 with up-to-date firmware from them with no joy after changing APN to 'nxtgenphone'

Thanks,
Rick...

BillA wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 6:14 pm Looks like you're connected to the network with the "nxtgenphone" APN, but there's some packet filtering on the ATT server. Try these TTL settings in the router 64/65/66, make sure to click SAVE, then do a full restart by re-powering the router.
I would also try to go online using both a pc connected via an ethernet cable (yellow LAN port on the router), and a phone via WiFi during all three TTL changes.

ati
Manufacturer: Sierra Wireless, Incorporated
Model: MC7455
Revision: SWI9X30C_02.20.03.22 r6827 CARMD-EV-FRMWR2 2016/10/11 16:03:14
MEID: scrubbed
IMEI: scrubbed
IMEI SV:  6
FSN: scrubbed
+GCAP: +CGSM,+DS,+ES


OK

TheGuy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 4:34 pm So I activated the $75($55 with autopay) att prepaid plan last night on an old iPhone. All works well on it. Pulled the sim and popped it in my netgear lb1120 modem. Both APNs (NXTGENPHONE and Broadband) seem to connect fine but I get no traffic to or through the modem. I tried the “check for firmware update” on the modem itself and that failed. So, do I have the wrong plan all together or do I have another problem?

Woolaroc wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:27 pm I'm currently on the iPad plan with a Nighthawk M1. If/When I get booted will the $65 or $75 AT&T phone plan be viable with the M1? Also I use this for my total internet solution and my kids stream TV (Youtube TV, Prime, Netflix etc.) Is the $75 plan better since it doesn't have the HD streaming restriction or is that an easy work around?

Are there other plans out there I should consider that would work with the M1? Cost isn't a big limitation, but would like to stay under $100/month and have unlimited data. I never been throttled on the iPad plan as I'm rural and not many people on my towers.

BillA wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 10:56 pm From all the reports I've read so far, people are having an issue running the ATT $65/75 plan in a router. It works fine in a phone but it seems to be blocked in a router (likely due to modem blocking by ATT). Hoping someone can figure it out soon.

thejohnfist wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:12 pm Is there any sort of way to rename a sierra modem hardware? I don't see how they can identify what's communicating other than text broadcast over. The IMEI they would see would be that of a phone device. Can providers see/request/compare IMEIs of devices against the original device set up with the SIM?

gscheb wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:52 pm Well I said before time will tell if places are legit resellers with AT&T.
If you read this message seems they where more than likely selling the ipad plan.

Got this message today thru email.
https://traveldata.page/?na=v&nk=41-b981308a6f&id=3

Seems all these resellers are moving to T-Mobile and don't require any special TTL setting so what plan are they using thru T-Mobile? Does anyone know what they are doing?

AndrewHusband wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:06 am Now the PM is not showing in the sent or outbox. Wtf! Lol. Could you PM me so I have something to reply to? I need to get this simplemobile set up today.

afrey1982 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 6:15 am I was on the AT&T ipad plan and setup simple mobile with ttl 65. Worked fine for a day then the 5gb hotspot data ran out and now nothing. Also tried ttl 64.

BillA wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:54 am For testing purposes on your pc copy and paste these commands one line at a time into a CMD window.
Press the Win-key + R then enter:
cmd
netsh int ipv4 set global defaultcurhoplimit=65 store=persistent
netsh int ipv6 set global defaultcurhoplimit=65 store=persistent

I use over 300gigs per month streaming TV 24/7, and others are using it too beyond the 5gig hotspot limit.
Something may not set up properly in your router.
I would do a full factory reset on the router, set up the time zone, time/date, TTL to 65, APN to "simple", then try again.

afrey1982 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:53 am Ok let me start with the hardware i am using WE826-T2 with EM7455. I just did all the steps and still wont work. If i put the sim in the phone the data works. However there is something i just noticed. I went to play store to install speed test and it wont download. Play store loads fine but wont download any apps. I connected to wifi to download the app, then turned wifi off ran the speed test on 4g and it works. I also ran the commands on my pc and connected to the phones hotspot, still nothing. Not sure what i am missing here.

I really appreciate the quick response BillA. This is my first time with dealing with simple mobile and a cap on the hotpot data.

BillA wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 12:29 pm Well, there are some weird things going on with the GPS in many networks, sometimes it shows that I'm in Mexico when I'm clearly in the US. I made a post about that on how to fix it:
https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?p=6361#p6361
The incorrect location could be causing both your data and especially PlayStore not working (since there's a region lock Google enforces).

afrey1982 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:31 pm So i replaced the charging port in my laptop today and had to shut it down. Tried connecting to the phones hotspot tonight and it works. I am assuming the problem was me not rebooting the laptop after the CMD settings. I have 3 routers here with goldenorb and it wont work with any of them. Tried the hotpot manager. Usb tether and sim card in the we826. All settings have been checked and are correct. Its like the ttl settings doesn't work in the routers.. But at least we know for sure the ttl settings in the laptop are doing the trick. Any help here is much appreciated.

BillA wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:38 pm They could be blocking the modem on the network.
Try connecting your phone to the router via usb cable. First disable or remove the internal modem, then once the phone is connected, go to Settings > Mobile/Wireless > Hotspot/USB Tethering and turn on USB Tethering.
In the router's settings select the USB tethered modem as your internet connection, set the TTL to 65, reboot both the phone and router for good measure then try it again.

afrey1982 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:48 pm Already tried all that. I have been using rooter firmware and lte devices for years and am pretty familiar with them. When i first activated this sim it was in the we826, we were watching netflix and i had the simple mobile account pulled up and every time i refreshed the data i could see the hotspot usage going up. As soon as it hit 5gb it shut off. TTL was set at 65. Not sure what you mean by they could be blocking the modem? I have other routers without modems that all work perfect with usb tether and wifi hotspot manager. Just not with simple mobile. All leads to ttl not working in rooter firmware. Works fine on a pc with the CMD settings. For a test i just connected the phone hotspot to my sons PC and no go, i then did the CMD settings and restarted, works perfect !

BillA wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 5:10 pm
Verizon based PagePlus $55/mo, 40Mbps speeds, 50ms latency, deprioritized during congestion

shwaba wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:07 am Anyone have experience with this plan?

On their website "At 60 GB, we reserve the right to review your account for usage in violation of Page Plus's terms and conditions."

My options are ATT or Verizon. Tmobile is very limited in my area.

Both of my Ipad plans at ATT are still functioning for now. Just being proactive since the Wifey is working from home for the next month. Thanks for any advice

thejohnfist wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:24 am My guess is they have a threshold for data usage and if you pass that it's game over.

lloyd.arms wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:58 pm Ok folks, I've switched over to travel data. Received a msg stating I have used up all of the hotspot data. I was under the impression I had unlimited. WE826 T2 and MC7455 modem. Did I miss a setting? Its been working great for a couple weeks. Laymans instructions please. I searched for other issues such as mine. No luck.
Thanks!

lloyd.arms wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 7:19 pm Sorry. I also changed carriers to T-mobile. speeds dropped to less then half a mb.