Wireless Joint

• $20 Prepaid Ipad plan, if I can actually get it - seems to be hard to get a rep who knows what to do, and I don't really have an ATT store near me to go into. Also worried it will go the way of the $35 plan and be shut down. And seen recent reports of them starting to impose data limits or something.
• Att Unlimited Elite - I saw someone here on the forums mention that they use this for their internet, with great success. No real configuration required. Wondering if this is an option. I don't really mind paying the $85 per month.
• Possible Verizon option? - I would need to get my M1 Unlocked, and probably change the IMEI.... which sounds sketchy... but I may have to do that anyway with ATT moving forward.

RuralRogue wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:06 pm Hello Everyone!
Gonna jump right into it.

I've got a Nighthawk M1 that is currently sitting unused after I lost the $35 ipad plan last fall. (Had it running for about a year, best internet I've ever had at my location, solid ~30mbps, was going to get some external antennas... never went over 300gb/month and still lost it...)

Since losing it, I've been struggling along with much slower options, but I run a small-business from my home, and after fighting with my ISP for about a month now to get one of their towers fixed and actually get me the speed I am paying for, I've decided to look around again for another option for home internet.

Note: I have checked Tmobile/ATT/Verizon for home internet, none are available in my area. I have preordered Starlink, but not sure when I'll get that, and I can't wait that long for reliable internet.

I have good ATT signal (Speeds on my phone are pretty low, but were great in the M1), and we have good Verizon signal (Have family members with Verizon phones)

I'm not against purchasing another router/modem/etc, but right now everything seems to be out of stock, I have the M1 on hand, and I'm wondering what my options are.

From what I've gathered:

• $20 Prepaid Ipad plan, if I can actually get it - seems to be hard to get a rep who knows what to do, and I don't really have an ATT store near me to go into. Also worried it will go the way of the $35 plan and be shut down. And seen recent reports of them starting to impose data limits or something.
• Att Unlimited Elite - I saw someone here on the forums mention that they use this for their internet, with great success. No real configuration required. Wondering if this is an option. I don't really mind paying the $85 per month.
• Possible Verizon option? - I would need to get my M1 Unlocked, and probably change the IMEI.... which sounds sketchy... but I may have to do that anyway with ATT moving forward.

But I feel like I must be missing something. Looking for some help from anyone who knows what I might be able to try.

One thing I saw mentioned, and can't seem to find a definitive answer on - Did ATT block/blacklist my Hotspot IMEI when they dropped me off the plan?

Thanks in advance.