ZTE ZMAX Connect Mobile Hotspot 4G LTE,Connect Up to 10 Devices,Create WLAN Anywhere,Unlocked to Use Any Sim Card-Contact Your Carrier for Data Plan,Black

There was some question if this would work with Consumer Cellular. I got it and one of CC's AT&T SIM card "bring your own device" kits. It activated with no problems. I didn't even have to contact Customer Support, I was able to do it all from my online account. I just put the SIM card in the device, added a line, put in the code and the IMEI and it configured itself.Configuration of the device is simple, albeit a little clumsy. Because the device has only lights and no touch screen, you have to configure it via a web browser. However it picks up a good cellular signal and provides a reliable WiFi signal. It won't work at 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz at the same time. You have to pick one or the other. If you only have 5Ghz devices you can choose that. If you have a mix you have to choose 2.4Ghz, since all devices I'm aware of still work on it.5Ghz is faster but 2.4Ghz has more range. The speed of 5Ghz is probably not necessary since the bottleneck would be the cellular network anyway.All in all it's a good, simple device and it got my parents off of Verizon, which is expensive and sucks.Consumer Cellular is superior if you are in an AT&T service area. CC used to work on AT&T and T-Mobile, but apparently they are not setting up new customers on T-Mobile. Customer service is based in the US and speak in nice, clear English. Or you can use the chat feature on their web site. If you need more than the regular customer service folks can do for you, go to Consumer Cellular's Facebook page. Send them a Direct Message and you will be talking to techs at Consumer Cellular's Network Operations Center. They have direct contact with AT&T's NOC and can get stuff done the regular customer service folks cannot.

Purchased this item for my T Mobile 100GB mobile wifi plan. Worked very well. The small device but the signal is still very strong indicating a very good anntena design. For ATT, this one did not work well. but for T mobile, it covered all T mobile LTE bands, it even has external anntena ports. Good value.

Believe the people in the comments. Do not buy this item, it is not unlocked and does not work on all SIM cards as I tried multiple carriers. Wish I could return it but by the time I got back into the country(USA) I missed the return window.

The device works great with the right Sim card (GSM). Some Sim use the networks but are not directly related to them. Hint: if you need to make changes to your APN at the device once you insert them Sim 90% chance it won't work with the sim. My first try was with a sim from boost mobile. No chance, even in my phone it wouldn't work without changing the APN setting. I inserted a sim from mint mobile (T-Mobile network). And it just worked. The APN settings in this device are really limited on what one can change. Just make sure that the sim you get is directly using the networks so your experience may be smoother.

I bought this device because my old wifi hotspot recently died, and I needed a replacement ASAP. This item arrived quickly and was easy to setup. Transferring my SIM card from the old unit to the new one was non-problematic, and configuring the device with my choice of SSID and whatnot was also relatively straight-forward.Overall I'm very impressed with this device. It would be better if it could do 5G, but the speeds it gets over 4G LTE (on T-mobile's network) are very reasonable.