Re: Hotspot
SuzyQ
Community Leader
Community Leader

Chinchillified wrote:

I already have that option on my Samsung Note.  Is it cheaper in the long run to have my phone be a hotspot for 4 phones, or for each phone to use its own data?  I don't know whether hotspots get charged per use or just for each device hooked up to it.

The phones on your plan all pull from the same shared data pool, whether it's through their own mobile data or your phone's hotspot.  The same data is being used, so there's no point to those devices using your hotspot.

The hotspot creates a wifi connection, but the data that passes through is your mobile data.  The hotspot allows other devices NOT on your plan to use the wifi and thus share your mobile data without actually being a device on your account.