cellular for home internet (2025 Update)

Things must have changed in cellular internet or your area is much better than mine. My first upgrade from dial-up was to cellular, about 10 years ago <because the other services were not available> Cellular was very expensive to get a useful amount of bandwidth per month - I contracted the minimum amount < 5 gig > and was always max'ing out. The speed was acceptable, but not great <perhaps it was throttled back because of my minimal plan ? >

When decent rural broadband became available I switched and was much happier with the price / bandwidth plans ; the speed was fine ; the reliability was OK not great but the excellent customer service made-up-for it. <Explornet> especially compared to the Bell cellular. Once we got fiber - it was a no-brainer to switch everything - phone + internet + TV in a bundle. John T.

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Also found this from Cricket:

Data speed limited to max of 3 Mbps. Video streaming at SD quality. After 22GB/line/mo., you may experience slower data speeds than other Cricket customers during network congestion.

So it sounds like you won't be doing HD video? Or does it actually work? Have you tried it?

A lot of things have changed in the ten years since you tried cellular for home internet.

After I started using cricket wireless and saw how good it's doing, I started watching YouTube videos about it, and the videos say they ignore the caps they claim to have.

About 99% of usage with cricket is with a hotspot connection and they don't throttle that or seem to care.

Download speeds max of 8Mbps (LTE)/4Mbps (4G) for all data plans except our Unlimited plans.The Unlimited plan offers data speeds max of 3Mbps; video streamingat SD quality (about 480p). After 22 GB of data usage on the Unlimited Plan, Cricket may temporarily slow data speeds during network congestion. On the Unlimited Extra Plan,Cricket may temporarily slow data speeds when the network is congested. Video streaming at SD quality (about 480p). For other plans with high-speed data allowances, speeds will bereduced to 128Kbps max if you exceed your plan's monthly data allowance. Actual speed varies by device and location. For more information on Cricket's mobile broadband service, visitMobile Broadband Information

Not available in Canada except on 3rd party roaming -

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