I have unlimited cellular data on my phone but not if I use it as a hotspot.

Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world – 855 points –

What is the difference between cellular data being used on my phone and cellular data being used on my notebook? Data is data.

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For hotspot T-Mobile does have a hard throttle. Once you reach your cap you get limited to 128 kbps. It's only phone data that has the soft cap.

I thought T-Mobile's throttle was 600kbps now?

It may depend on the plan. Mine limits it to 128 kbps after I reach the 3gb cap for hotspot.

You've used 100% of Smartphone Mobile Hotspot high speed data on your T-Mobile plan. Your Smartphone Mobile Hotspot speed will now be limited to 128 kbps until 03/05/2024. Data on your smartphone will still be at full speeds. Buy more at

Mine is the same way and I get the exact same messages.