Spectrum Mobile service is a hybrid wireless service combining Verizon's cellular network with the network of ~250 thousand Spectrum Wi-Fi hotspots on smartphone devices.
The service is very similar to Comcast's Xfinity Mobile service, with both options running on Verizon's network behind the scenes.
Spectrum Mobile is available to all Spectrum home internet subscribers, meaning you have to be a customer for their home internet service in order to sign up. So if you do not have Spectrum cable service available in your stationary neighborhood, this service is not available to you.
However, if you cancel Spectrum home internet service in the future, you can keep the Spectrum Mobile lines, with some limitations:
- Each line will be charged an additional $20/month access fee.
- Speeds when using Spectrum W-iFi hotspots will be limited to 5Mbps.
- You can change your plan, but you won't be able to add additional lines.
The base monthly service of unlimited talk and text is included for free with the internet service - and you only pay for the data package you want. Mobile hotspot use is included with both plans.
Customers are able to bring a qualifying device to use on Spectrum Mobile - if the phone is compatible for use on the Verizon network and is an Apple or Samsung device.
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Policies & Perks
- Carrier Networks Used: Verizon
- Carrier Relation: MVNO
- Plan Types Available: Phone
- Device Types Permitted: Phone
- Device Purchase Required: No
- Mobile Hotspot Use: Mobile hotspot use is permitted. For the unlimited plan, it's restricted to 5GB of high-speed data, then unlimited at 600kbps. Mobile Hotspot usage counts towards 20GB plan cap.
- Throttling: Full speed up to 20GB, then reduced to unspecified speed.
- Network Management: Unknown
- International Roaming: Users will be charged international roaming rates for talk, text, and data based upon the country.
- Domestic Roaming: None - use is limited to native Verizon towers (not domestic partners) and Spectrum's Wi-Fi hotspot network.
- Plan Period: Monthly
- Data Roll Over: Base data allotment for the by-the-gig plan does not roll-over.
- Overage Charges: None. If you are not on the unlimited plan, data is $14/GB. Customers can switch to Unlimited mid-month.
- Streaming: Video throttled to 480p. No free streaming services included.
- Unlimited: The 'Unlimited' plan is full speed up to 20GB, with 5GB of high-speed mobile hotspot use a month.
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