Wireless Joint

am888 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 6:59 pm Well I guess the question is, will they deactivate those devices entirely, or will your "PHONE" simply not make voice calls...

Didneywhorl wrote: ↑Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:46 am Generally it seems the best course of action is to change plan to something else if you are not willing to modify the IMEI which is technically illegal in the United States, against FCC regulations.

Part of the problem is huge guarantees by companies like the one you mentioned this state that they'll work with any plan or something like that.

These devices are LTE gateway routers, which generally the carriers consider hotspot devices as a broad generalization and do not really allow them on their standard cellular data plans. Even the MVNOs are getting to the point where their accounts are getting canceled if they don't follow this.

It's exactly why The Wireless Haven doesn't claim responsibility for the individual customer's accounts with their cellular carrier. it's impossible to make a guarantee when the carriers are constantly changing things. Seemingly in direct non-support of customers who really need the data, and have no other obvious options.

The carriers make it so hard to have a decent amount of data to be used for people that don't have access to standard high-speed high bandwidth internet, and they seem to constantly change things around to "catch" People using the plan outside of the terms of service.

All of that said, again I believe people have had success by changing the identification of their modem to the identification of a device that they own that is technically within the terms of service of the provider plan.

Sometimes a little APN finess maybe required.

bannor4023 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 10:10 am I'm currently running a Mofi4500 SIM4 with PagePlus. All of which seems to be working perfectly thanks to the sage advice on this forum.

When I initially activated the PagePlus SIM, I did so using my iPhone 6S Plus. One thing I've noticed; however, is that once I put the SIM into the Mofi, I start receiving a message on my PagePlus Account page that reads: "Please note that you are using a non-VoLTE device that will no longer be supported by our network partner after 12/31/2020. You can visit www.yourphoneupgrade.com/pageplus to get a phone that works on the new network technology."

Pop the SIM back into the iPhone and this message disappears.

Apparently, PagePlus is actively reading the IMEI's and can detect the usage of non-Phone devices based on this. I'm wondering if others have seen this...? Is this a clear indication that come 12/31/2020, the service will no longer work using router devices?

Thoughts?

BillA wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 8:29 am You can disregard that message, it only affects VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) if you're using the service in a phone. For the data purposes you should be able keep using it even after Jan. 1st. 2021. Doubt that they will disconnect the line, worst might happen is that after the deadline you won't be able to make voice calls in a phone, but data will continue to work (likewise in a modem).

BillA wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 8:29 am You can disregard that message, it only affects VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) if you're using the service in a phone. For the data purposes you should be able keep using it even after Jan. 1st. 2021. Doubt that they will disconnect the line, worst might happen is that after the deadline you won't be able to make voice calls in a phone, but data will continue to work (likewise in a modem).

kylesfishin wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 7:35 am Hey BillA,

Just curious if you have heard any more about this? I'm trying to figure out if I should start looking at other options.

Thanks!

Dr-BroadBand wrote: ↑Thu Dec 24, 2020 9:33 am BillA

Do you think they are tracking IMEI numbers or MAC address