Visible and Verizon jetpack

[brooksrimes]

I'm using the Visible data service with a Verizon jetpack and am seeing a pattern. Most days the download speed is 3-5 mbps during the day, which is pretty decent. But after 6pm, the speed drops down to 0-1 mbps which is just barely usable. Has anyone else noticed this?

[Dutch_12078]

I haven't noticed that in the couple of years I've been using my Visible SIM in a hotspot. I just ran a speed test now, and it shows 5.09 x 5.00. That's been pretty typical speeds any time I've tested. Maybe you're just on a tower that gets hammered after 6?

[GlennWest]

Visible limits speed on phones using hotspot. So by putting sim in the jetpak does that limit also?

[Dutch_12078]

5 minutes ago, GlennWest said:

Visible limits speed on phones using hotspot. So by putting sim in the jetpak does that limit also?

Yes... Visible still recognizes the device as a hotspot because, well, it is one.

[GlennWest]

53 minutes ago, Dutch_12078 said:

Yes... Visible still recognizes the device as a hotspot because, well, it is one.

I used hotspot on my visible phone for my Chromebook. It was noticeably slower than my jetpack on Verizon service. 

[Dutch_12078]

3 minutes ago, GlennWest said:

I used hotspot on my visible phone for my Chromebook. It was noticeably slower than my jetpack on Verizon service. 

I expect your Verizon service had much faster speeds than the 5 Mbps limit that Visible places on hotspot use. Then again I expect your Verizon plan was also much more expensive than the Visible $25 (with Party Pay) unlimited everything plan. I've been sitting here watching a nature program on Netflix using Visible's 5 Mbps for the past 2 hours, and I haven't seen any buffering at all. That's good enough for me...

[GlennWest]

Good to know. Yes I pay like $60.00 monthly but it is the unlimited plan. Grandfathered in. 

[Zulu]

On 12/15/2021 at 4:01 PM, brooksrimes said:

Has anyone else noticed this?

Yep. That’s why I dropped Visible. It appears to use junk Verizon network.

Since Verizon unlimited plans like Glenn’s are no longer offered, the better option (at least for me) was one of Verizon’s newer data plans:

 

I opted for the 100GB “Pro” plan. It's $60 because I’m a Verizon customer already. For a non-customer it costs $90, but it’s a dependably fast network, much more so than Visible.

[TXiceman]

We had an older Verizon unlimited plan that was slowed constantly.  We recently upgraded to a newer plan that gives us 15GB per phone of prioritized data for the hotspots.  We do not stream, so this works for us.  There is a substantial increase in performance now and since we were "loyal" Verizon customers, it was only a $20 increase in our monthly rate.  It may have helped that I told them AT&T had much better coverage where we are and that I had no problem with switching carriers.

Ken

[docj]

25 minutes ago, TXiceman said:

It may have helped that I told them AT&T had much better coverage where we are and that I had no problem with switching carriers.

They weren't doing you any favors.  That's a pretty standard Verizon= rate for adding hotspot capability (or even for  adding a standalone hotspot).   The problem for many, however, is that they couldn't last more than a couple of days with 15GB.

[Dutch_12078]

I would never claim that Visible is the right solution for everyone, but for $25 it's worth a month's trial if you think it might fit your needs. I use my Visible unlimited data primarily as a backup to my grandfathered $23.50/mo AT&T unlimited data plan that works well in most, but not all, of the places we travel. Is Visible's 5 Mbps hotspot data service as good as the AT&T hotspot service that usually runs at least in the 20-30 Mbps range? Of course not. But it does work well enough to keep us online and streaming when it's the only game in town. And that easily makes it worth $25/mo to me. One of my daughters also uses Visible as her primary phone service, and has had no complaints with it that I know of. And she's not the type to hold back if it wasn't working well for her.

[Lou Schneider]

I do much the same thing.  My primary hotspot is a grandfathered AT&T Mobley ($23.50/mo unlimited data), my primary phone and backup hotspot is the $25/mo Visible.  I have no complaints with Visible, I often use it's hotspot to feed my tablet when I'm away from the RV.  The only place I've had Visible noticeably slow down was last 4th of July at the Salida Convergence when there were so many people in town that the local WalMart sold out of bread and meat.

Edited December 18, 2021 by Lou Schneider

[GlennWest]

I am pleased with Visible phone service. But I don't stream tv with it. Haven't tried it. 

[Tom_M]

For folks using Visible here's a link to a document that explains setting up your phone and using a wireless router. A router will allow you to connect multiple devices to the hotspot. Visible allows only a single connection to the phone's hotspot. The author recommends using a GL.iNet brand router. I'm presently using the GL.iNet Beryl version and it works great. If you scroll down toward the bottom of the page it will explain how to circumvent the 5 Mb/s speed limitation.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jKLcBfdChCghgdHYS7ieGGhlUBfj7qFtSwHvZKb913Q/edit

[DaffySpingel]

Anyone have solution of my problem. Kindly guide me here https://www.rvnetwork.com/topic/143437-visible-and-verizon-jetpack/#comment-1067603-reviews.

[Dutch_12078]

What problem are you trying to solve?

[LarryN]

My unlimited VErizon plan expires on Jan 11.  "Unlimited" data at $65 per month prepaid. I am getting set to retire (about time, I am 74). Looking at some of the Verizon plans. Very happy with my 8800. So...when I go to Verizon's website and my account details, they have Unlimited, 5GB, 25GB, 100GB and 150GB.  My history with my Jetpack has never approached a slower speed threshold. We don't stream. Verizon's explanation of the 5 plans includes the speed penalties for exceeding the "high speed data allowance" which seems to exist only for the 5,25, 100, and 150 GB plans, but NOT for the "unlimited" plan. I am asking why not stick with an "unlimited" plan at about $60? Now reading this thread I see other plans from Verizon. I come from an era of party line phones, so I am easy to please. But still also easily confused.

[Bill Joyce]

LarryN: We have the same $65 prepaid Verizon plan and are keeping it, since the plan is no longer offered.  

[GlennWest]

same here. don't understand expires.

[LarryN]

I finally reached a (very nice) human at Verizon. I don't spend a lot of time on "My Verizon" account information, but the expiration is the date of my payment, she said. It has probably been saying that for many months. Glenn, "expire" is their terminology, not mine.  My plan details say "plan expires 1-11-22". She said it "expires" every month on the 11th....

Keeping this plan.

Thanks.

[GlennWest]

Mine is on auto pay. 

[LarryN]

On 1/4/2022 at 5:37 PM, GlennWest said:

Mine is on auto pay. 

as is mine.....😀