Alcatel LINKZONE | Mobile Wifi Hotspot | 4G LTE Router MW41TM | Up to 150Mbps Download Speed | WiFi Connect Up to 15 Devices | Create A WLAN Anywhere | GSM Unlocked

I've waited several months to write this review because I wanted to thoroughly test it out in the Dominican Republic where it will be primarily used.First off, not any mw41 hotspot will work on all 3 major carriers. It has to be this model MW41NF-2AOFUS1 unlocked.4G Lte bands:B1 (2100) B2 (1900) B3 (1800) B4 (AWS) B5 (850) B7 (2600) B8 (900) B12 (700) B13 (700) B20 (800)3G UTMS: 850/900/1700/1900/2100 2G: 850/900/1800/1900 MHZAlso, this hotspot also supports USSD codes as found via web browser to the hotspot's IP address. You won't find the USSD page using the alcatel link app. You need this to be able to add a recharge (recarga) of packets (paqueticos) from which you can add unlimited internet for 1 day, 3 days, and 5 days and whatever else you find when going through the USSD menu system. ( its not really unlimited as you will find there is a data cap depending on your usage). I do all this using a pre-paid SIM card. I don't want to get stuck in any monthly contracts.This specific model will give you compatibility with all 3 major cellphone carriers which are Altice, Claro and Viva.I have all 3 SIM cards that i juggle around depending on what part of the country I am in. Why you ask? Because not all carriers have the same network coverage.So from what I have tested,Altice has an excellent coverage area and excellent LTE speeds so this is what I primarily use.When adding money to your Altice pre-paid SIM card (I use recharge.com), they offer something that the other carriers don't offer which is double LTE bandwidth for just 50 pesos more. Using the USSD page in the hotspot, I usually add an unlimited internet "paquetico" for 5 days for 139.00 pesos (2.78 usd) and the menu will ask if you want to add double bandwidth LTE for 50 pesos (1.00 usd) which i always do.I usually get between 50 to 75 mb on the downstream and about 20 to 30 mb on the upstream. After you run out of paqueticos (internet) you will be throttled down to about 256k until you add a recharge. Let me mention here that I only pay for the 5 day plan at a time and it seems to only give about 10gigs of data to use so if you consume it all on the first day you will have to add more recharge to your account. I know it sucks but it all depends what you are using it for.To initiate the USSD menu system for ALTICE, enter #100# from the USSD page.Claro which is the largest carrier and probably has the most customers and best coverage map but I find their network to be somewhat unstable from time to time especially for voip calls where their network shows very high jitter and some latency issues depending on where you are. I consider Claro my backup plan if I am not within a metropolitan area or major city of the country. They also throttle down when your paquetico runs out and their bandwidth on a good day is about 20 to 30 mb on the downstream and about 10mb on the upstream.To initiate the USSD menu system for CLARO, enter *112# from the USSD page.Viva now is truly the underdog here. Their coverage map is no where near as good as Altice and Claro but in the major citys you will find really good LTE coverage with great speeds. I was working one day using my altice SIM when during some heavy rains i noticed my speeds dropped to 500k. I quickly swapped out the SIM card for the Viva SIM and boom! I was back up with great speeds (about the same as Claro) all while it was raining and was able to continue working. I highly recommend having a SIM for all 3 carriers just in case and depending where you will be. They only cost about 100 to 150 pesos to obtain. That's like 2 to 3 USD. When adding a recharge, the USSD menu system has an entry to pay for up to 28 days at a time for 540 pesos (10.80 usd). I haven't seen this on altice and claro.To initiate the USSD menu system for VIVA, enter #123# from the USSD page.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTES:DO NOT purchase your SIM cards from the AIRPORTS!!!! (unless you feel like being raped of your money) find a mall, a grocery store or anywhere else that sells them. You will need your passport to get it in your name.Supports USSD codes (not all hotspots have this feature)All 3 carriers throttle down when your recharge is done.If you are from the USA or any other country where cell phone WiFi-Calling is supported, your phone will work very well through this hotpsot. No one will know you are out of town and no roaming charges and anyone calling you wont hear that international ring tone when dialing your number.If you conduct business over the internet back to the USA or any other country and want to appear as if you are in that country, get yourself a VPN account which has many other benefits as well. (do your research)After adding a recharge to your SIM account and activating a paquetico plan, you must reboot the hotspotFOR TRAVELERS:When traveling to the Dominican Republic, what I do is just before I catch my flight to DR, I purchase a recharge online using recharge.com. There are other sites but I think this one is the better one to use.Once my plane lands and is on the way to the gate, I turn on the hotspot, log in to it via web browser and add the paquetico unlimited internet plan for 5 days and before I even get off the plane I am fully connected, phone works, full internet and business as usual.edit 1-14-2020:I have done more verification in the DR trying to confirm what LTE bands are actually being used and my findings show:Altice uses LTE Bands: 2,4,5,8Claro and Viva are using LTE Bands: 2,4,5,7depending where you are.This hotspot, MW41NF-2AOFUS1, supports it all.

Hard to really say much about the functionality of the device itself because I couldn't even set it up due to the fact that I don't have an account with T-Mobile. I powered the device up after putting a full charge on the battery, then pulled out my laptop and entered the IP address of the device into Google Chrome and the resulting page download is completely branded by T-Mobile and plainly states that I must have an account with them and an active data plan to go any further. To continue with setup, I must log into my account it says. But I don't have an account with T-Mobile mainly because they have ZERO signal reception 30 miles in any direction from where I live. I expect this type of end result when buying from 3rd party sellers, but this is was 100% on Amazon. There isn't a single word I'm the item details/description that would make you think that this device was locked to any carrier at all, and certainly didn't specify that T-Mobile was the carrier this particular one must utilize. I've been days without internet access at this point because this waste of time was actually my 2nd attempt at replacing a LTE router of mine that suddenly crapped out. The first LTE router I purchased was returned to the 3rd party seller on the day it was to be delivered by UPS because the box it was shipped in was found open with nothing inside it. I call Amazon the next day because I still haven't received a refund and the best they can do is "push" the refund through, but according to the agent I spoke with, it could be 48 hours before the funds were applied to an Amazon gift card. It didn't take 48 hours, but it was the next day before it showed up in my Amazon wallet. I already had this Alcatel hotspot picked out and was ready to order when I realized I didn't even have the option to pay for expedited shipping to get this ordeal over with as soon as possible. So I call Amazon once again to see what gives because it's not just this item I found that didn't provide a one day shipping alternative - no matter what item I put in my cart, 2 day free Prime shipping was the only possible shipping option. Amazon has no idea why this is happening according to the agent and begs for time to figure out the issue. I'm trying to expedite the shipping of a device I want to purchase and they need time to sort through it all and get back to me. What a joke. I still haven't heard back from anyone at Amazon regarding my lack of shipping options, and I'm not surprised. After all that I had been through, Amazon couldn't even offer me one day shipping even if I paid for it myself. The best they could do was give me a $10 credit that could only be used on an item shipped and sold by Amazon, which is why I selected the device this review is aimed at. It has now been 4 days since I handed this item off to UPS to return to Amazon, and once again my money is frozen in their hands and I am at their mercy to get it back in mine so I can purchase my 3rd router in less than 2 weeks. Find another alternative if you are considering this hotspot because there are just too many things that could go wrong if you don't.

I purchased this after reading reviews that it works with Cricket Wireless. Unfortunately as of January 2021 Cricket no longer allows devices with out voice capabilities to be used on their network. They even suspended my line and I had to call to get it reactivated. Cricket is allowing users who have activated non-voice devices on the network before January 2021 to continue to use them until 2022.This hotspot was compact and looked like it was easy to activate and available at a great price. I would have really liked to be able to use it and it is definitely not the sellers fault that it would not work for me so I gave a 5 star rating. I just thought I would provide this information for others who would like to use it with Cricket wireless.

Used this for about 2 month in Jamaica. Worked great. I locked myself out of the app, so I was unable to monitor my usage and I couldn’t figure out how to reset it. But other then that it gave me wifi when I needed it.

Lo adquirí pensando en solucionar problemas intermitentes con el servicio de internet contratado en casa. Y al momento ha funcionado correctamente aun con 5 ususarios conectados.La capacidad de descarga de datos es baja, pero mantiene buen desempeño en conexiones de video conferencia sin encender la cámara.

Very useful product and easy to use. I bought this to maintain my broadband access when I switched providers and then had to wait four months to get re-connected! This uses a standard mobile phone SIM card, nothing special, so shop around for the best deal on data packages and don't fall for the 'usually bought together' promotion like I did...that option is very expensive. But when you are a panicing rooky and you know J.S. ...what can you do? All information and functions are available via WiFI/browser on your computer through the App. Recommended!

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Good.Must Buy this again with same Seller(Sold By: NETWORKING DEALS)