# Justa Turned my new 4G Samsung Galaxy S3 into a powerful mobile hotspot and it was suprisingly cheap

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 21, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justa-turned-my-new-4g-samsung-galaxy-s3-into-a-powerful-mobile-hotspot-and-it-was-suprisingly-cheap/628933 "2012-07-21T06:12:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justa-turned-my-new-4g-samsung-galaxy-s3-into-a-powerful-mobile-hotspot-and-it-was-suprisingly-cheap/628933/1 "2012-07-21T06:12:15Z")

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Just a tech heads up.

The new hotspot plans for Verizon 4G phones give 30 days/one month of hotspot service with unlimited data for 30 dollars. They are completely separate from the phone plans.

What I found out talking to the Verizon rep though is that you can buy the service in increments as little as a day! So if I only need 7 days for a week long trip that’s only $ 7.50. A lot better than being forced to sue a month if you don’t need it.

4G service rocks and my notebook flies using the phones hotspot functionality.

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justa-turned-my-new-4g-samsung-galaxy-s3-into-a-powerful-mobile-hotspot-and-it-was-suprisingly-cheap/628933/2 "2012-07-21T06:41:15Z")

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Moving over to MPSIMS.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justa-turned-my-new-4g-samsung-galaxy-s3-into-a-powerful-mobile-hotspot-and-it-was-suprisingly-cheap/628933/3 "2012-07-25T01:09:16Z")

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Or you can root your phone and get it for free, and not pay Verizon extra for uncrippling a device you own.