Luckily, I'm on the "unlimited everything for two lines for $100" plan, or this might be very nice news ^^' . I already use my T-Mobile LG G2 for my main internet connection...
Protip: Cyanogenmod, uniquely amongst Android ROMs, simply does not ask the carrier for permission to allow tethering or wifi "hotspot" mode - it just works, and no messing with SQLite databases or whatnot - although you'll need to run an IPv6 APN Protocol to get full speeds, especially for BitTorrent (some very old apps/games may not work correctly with IPv6). Your browser(s) may also run better with an alternate User Agent string. Important: Your data still will be used; this doesn't give you free data. If your plan isn't unlimited, be careful!
I can get over 6 MByte/s near certain towers and/or at certain times, but many towers (like the one near my house) get slammed during the early evening ("prime time", so to speak) and I'll be lucky to sustain 65 KByte/s, so it's not a perfect replacement for, say, cable or FiOS. Latency, however, remains quite good, and my gaming pings stay pretty stable. Forcing a step down to HSPA or HSPA+ can actually be a speedup, when the LTE band is overused - lol.
Cyanogenmod - or, alternatively, one of many other ROMs, with a little finagling - works well, even on those networks (especially, say, AT&T) that are very draconian about tethering w/o purchasing the option. If you DO get a nastygram from your carrier, however, simply tell them you torrent a lot from your phone. Very few networks outside T-Mobile (and Sprint, last I checked), however, don't slow down even "unlimited" customers eventually. I've gone over 164 GB in a month with no issues!
25.11.2015 06:24 #1
Sadly enough......after having had Tmo for 9 years........their service sucks!
You boast 6Mbps in close proximity to towers.....THAT'S HORRIBLE!
Verizon deals in 30-50Mbps down on an average and comparable up speeds.
And you're using it as main internet connection?!?!?!?!?! Absurd!
25.11.2015 14:39 #2
* cough* 6 Mbyte/s is 48 megabit, homes o.o' (and yes, the up pipe is pleasingly symmetric, sometimes even faster than down). I I live in a very dense area, so the local tower simply gets hammered 6-11:30pm, which is why for 3-1/2 hours it's crappy. *shrug* Whatever, I can still game and use the net, and I torrent at night.
Considering I'm hammering down north of 150 GB/mo., and that's with full HDs (so I'm going very slow), I think it'll do. There's only so much data I can use this way, before I piss someone at T-Mobile off; they've been going after the BIG users (approaching a terabyte or even more a month) so far, but there's no reason for me to be an ass about it.
I lucked out with my phone choice, too; the LG G2 (running Cyanogenmod 12, which is Android 5.0.2) can run wifi hotspot at several MB/s (not Mb, hearmeo -.-' ) for over 8 hours from a reasonably full charge. Not bad! Comes in handy when I forget my cable. But it's also one of the most difficult to root phones out there; it was a serious pain in the tush. Also, the camera is crap compared to the stock cam software, and the LG G series is noted for excellent cameras; sadly, this is true for all AOSP ROMs.
25.11.2015 14:47 #3
