Verizon - Ellipsis Jetpack 4G LTE No-Contract Mobile Hotspot
Model: MHS815LPP
SKU: 5635700
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Customers are positive about the easy setup, portability, long battery life, strong signal strength, and the convenience of having Wi-Fi without a contract. However, they are negative about the data usage, price of the plans, activation issues, and limited coverage.
My first time to purchase a no-contract hot spot. Got this as I was traveling for a week to my parents in CA, SFO Valley, where they had no internet. Initially I was hesitant thinking I might have difficulty configuring it, or getting good connectivity, and that I would end up wasting my money on it. But since I would desperately need the internet for work-related reasons, and that the price for the device was reasonable (at least within my budget), I thought I'd give it a try. I bought 2GB worth of load for the device. Configuring it took around 15-20 minutes; not bad for a newbie. Signal was good at my parents place so I got my work done during that week. I did mostly emailing and and sending of attachments like word documents and jpegs, for an average of 1 hour a day for 7 days. As I write this review, I still have over 1GB worth of data left until it expires end of next month. It's also easy to change the admin and wifi password, and configure number of devices to connect to it, for security purposes. I'm truly satisfied with the device.
Posted by NoliV
I did a lot of research prior to purchasing, lived up to all expectations. The device maintains a long extended charge and great signal. One tip, Verizon's non-contract pre-purchase data lasts two months, so plenty of time to use.
Posted by Knuckles7
I bought this for a trip and didn't expect much. It works amazingly well. The data is a bit expensive (starts out at $20 for 2 GB) but if you are only going to be using it a little bit, it's well worth it when travelling. It would be too expensive to use regularly. There is also a time limit for the data you do buy. We were inside a mall and since sometimes phones tend to load slower in a mall, I expected no better results from this. This loaded faster than our phones do at any location and downloaded immediately with no hesitation. You can link multiple devices and it requires a password to use. It's small and sturdy and has a small screen that shows the power. It says that it will show you how much data you have left but it always gives the message that the information is not available. I did get an email everyday though telling me how much data was left.
Posted by WalkingInTheWind
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