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Is there a mobile internet service that gets its signal from all the major mobile internet companies?
Question : Is there a mobile internet service that gets its signal from all the major mobile internet companies?
I’m looking for mobile internet that is unlimited, inexpensive, and instead of getting a signal from one mobile internet carrier, the company uses all the mobile internet companies’ towers. Does this exist?
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Best answer:
Answer by typeguy
That’s impossible. In the US there are 2 major types of cellular technology, CDMA or GSM.
CDMA (Verizon and Sprint) networks can only work with each other if roaming is allowed but the roaming will cost you big time. GSM (T-Mobile and ATT) have the same situation, cross usage via roaming. There is no mobile internet device that uses both CDMA and GSM technology.
And currently all the major cellular companies charge about $ 60/month for 5Gb of data max. You pay huge overage charges if you exceed 5GB.
The best price I’ve found is VirginMobile (they use the Sprint 3G network). They offer unlimited internet for $ 40/month, but no roaming (that may be good, you won’t get huge roaming charges). I personally have th VirginMobile MiFi mobile hotspot device that allows me to have up to 5 devices connected to the MiFi and internet at once.
Never heard of one.
Each mobile Internet company has their own way to doing their own mobile internet. Often the radio frequencies, technology, and protocols often differ between such companies.
For example AT&T uses GSM technology to communicate between the towers and the device, and Verizon uses CDMA. Both are very different from each other, and there is no mobile Internet device that could support both.