Friday, July 19, 2019

Verizon Launches new 5G Hotspot Service

Though some will complain, Verizon’s new service plan for hotspot-only access, providing 50 GB of data per month for $85 a month (plus taxes and fees), might not seem like a great deal, compared to fixed network internet access. The plan does come at a $10 monthly increase over a 4G plan with the same usage allowance. 

But that might be a quite-reasonable price for one of the likely use cases: backup for a business fixed network data connection. For many businesses, it might offer enough usage to replace a fixed network connection. Another obvious use case is temporary networks. 

The Inseego 5G MiFi M1000 hotspot device costs $27.08 a month for 24 months ($649.99 retail), on a device payment or $499.99 with a two-year contract. 

Verizon consumer customers with an active unlimited smartphone plan can add a 5G MiFi M1000 to their account and get 50 GB of 5G Ultra Wideband data and 15GB of 4G LTE data for $30 a month (plus taxes and fees), an increase of only $10 over 4G LTE service rates, Verizon says. 


This new plan runs on the mobile network, not a fixed wireless connection, in areas where Verizon has its 5G network using millimeter wave frequencies.

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