Are you tired of connecting to public Wi-Fi that is sluggish, unreliable, and insecure when you're away from home? You should get your own mobile connection. A mobile hotspot can provide a powerful, fast, and secure online connection just about anywhere.
There is, of course, an alternative to buying a mobile hotspot — and it is using your smartphone. Most of today's smartphones (and tablets, if they have LTE) can be turned into a temporary mobile hotspot,
If you plan to use your phone as a hotspot, you will have plenty of prepaid hotspot plans to choose from. Verizon Wireless, which has the most mobile phone subscribers in the United States, also provides prepaid hotspot deals.
Verizon Prepaid Hotspot
If you're only going to use a hotspot occasionally, like you're on a business or family trip, Verizon's prepaid hotspot plans can be the best option for you. Although Verizon's prepaid plans are not very much being promoted, they do offer some reasonable choices.
Hotspot helps users to share with other users or devices the Verizon Wireless network connection, so they can access the internet. Devices can connect to your hotspot over Wi-Fi. When devices are connected, you will be billed according to your monthly data plan for any data they use.
For people who already own an unlocked phone, the biggest issue with its prepaid plans is that not all of them operate on Verizon's CDMA-based network. Consumers of such phones should ensure that Verizon's network is supported.
Pricing
Prepaid plans are available for individuals who own LTE-based tablets or stand-alone mobile hotspot devices. You can sign up for a prepaid plan online or by visiting a Verizon store or Authorized Retailer.
For 6 GB of high-speed data, they start at $35 per month. For $45 a month, the high-speed data cap increases to 16 GB. You can also pay $65 a month for data amounting to 30 GB. If you don't sign up for Auto Pay, all payments will be increased by $5.
Such plans are great for people who want to use their laptops or mobile hotspot on the road or anywhere, but don't want to sign a contract to use the Verizon network.
How to Use It
It doesn't require buying any new hardware, so it's cheaper upfront, and it consolidates everything into one monthly bill. It differs between smartphones, but it's pretty easy to use your smartphone as a personal Wi-Fi hotspot: go to Settings app > Mobile > Set Up Personal Hotspot.
You'll then see a screen that displays the name and password of the hotspot's network to access it. Most smartphones and tablets have an integrated Mobile Hotspot feature that can be accessed from the Settings or App menu.
The feature may have a different name on your device. It can be Personal Hotspot (iOS), internet Sharing (Windows®), or Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot (Google™ Nexus devices), but they function the same.
Verizon also carries Jetpack devices that are strictly mobile hotspots. To see which ones are available today, you can visit their Mobile Hotspot shopping page, or go to their Verizon Jetpack FAQs to learn more.
Conclusion
Verizon Prepaid Hotspot is helpful whenever you want to connect a device, say a laptop, to the internet using your phone's data connectivity.
It helps users to connect to the internet remotely, without relying on potentially insecure public Wi-Fi networks. A hotspot is a simple way to improve efficiency, with its ability to attach several devices to a single host.
No matter which monthly rate you wind up paying, there's no contract for the prepaid hotspot. If you only need it for a month or two, or if it doesn't work as well as you expected, nothing is locking you into Verizon's service.
