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Originally Posted by ckcarr

I can and have done it with T-Mobile off my iPhone. Even with the low data speed it worked fine.

When my usual provider goes down, I switch to phone.

However, your internet then follows you when you leave. So if you have things like a Ring Doorbell they stop working..

Or you can get home Internet through a cell provider, then all of your stuff continues to work. Of course, that would be an additional charge on your cell bill.

One thing to remember is that using your phone as a hotspot 1 only works if you have service on your phone that includes hotspot (which is often limited to a certain volume of bandwidth per month) and 2 it will require your phone to be plugged into power because it's going to go through the phone battery very quickly.