Want Free Wireless Internet? Here's How! - Comments Page 2

Another SCAM, automatically charges $33/month after 1st month

Ordered FreedomPop (Netgear AcrCard 770S) HotSpot on 4/9; shipped on 4/11; received on 4/20. (No instruction manual.) Cannot connect HotSpot to carrier. Many calls to FreedomPop tried - no person. "Tech" email announced that account was cancelled, but won't say why. Account allegedly re-activated, now says I have a HotSpot, but doesn't allow me to do anything. Credit Card has been charged. All email links go to either a non-existent server (link.p0.com), or phone or SIM activation/help. Any FreedomPop website option (and there are almost none), says that I have to pay again in order to activate. 4/25 - still no carrier connection.

Update 4/26:
Tech finally activated SIM card - now connects.
Average of 3 SpeedTest.net: Ping 136 ms, Down 1.64 Mbps, Up 0.93 Mbps
Looks like you only get 200 MB/month on the free Basic LTE 200 plan.
Website logon says I still need to activate SIM card, but only gives options for phones!??!

I have used freedompop for several years. started with a hotspot [you need to avoid the "bonus 2gb" and be sure you start with the 500mb plan] From 2013 to 15, when it stopped working, but for light use it was good [Sprint changed to LTE]. My first smart phone was from them, and worked OK [I had a simple tracfone for my main calling uses] until changes in the Sprint network. Bought my last smart phone from them in 2016, works well, just don't exceed 400mb/mo. Calling and texts OK. Lastly I bought another hotspot Fall of 2018 in case I want to use my tablet in my car. So, bearing in mind the boundaries of the "free" angle, it's a good deal. Old devices can always use wifi when their cell network capability is obsoleted.