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title: "Hotspot limits by carrier: allowances, speed caps and video · Kilobat"
url: "https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits"
description: "What 16 mobile carriers publish about hotspot and tethering: how much hotspot data you get, the speed after it, and video limits."
---

Hotspot limits

# Is your carrier slowing your hotspot?

Many plans give hotspot use its own allowance, then slow it to a set speed until the next bill. Here is what 16 big carriers publish about it, from their own plan pages, terms and help articles.

**Checked 1 November 2026.** Plans change often; your own plan’s terms win.

[United States](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits#us)[United Kingdom](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits#uk)[Germany](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits#de)[France](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits#fr)[Canada](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits#ca)[Australia](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits#au)[Japan](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits#jp)

Find your carrier

## United States

- [T-Mobile](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/t-mobile)
- [Verizon](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/verizon)
- [AT&T](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/att)
- [Visible](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/visible): On Verizon’s network
- [Mint Mobile](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/mint-mobile): On T-Mobile’s network

## United Kingdom

- [EE](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/ee)
- [Vodafone UK](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/vodafone-uk)
- [O2](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/o2-uk)
- [Three](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/three-uk)

## Germany

- [Telekom](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/telekom)
- [Vodafone Germany](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/vodafone-de)

## France

- [Orange](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/orange)
- [Free Mobile](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/free-mobile)

## Canada

- [Rogers](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/rogers)

## Australia

- [Telstra](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/telstra)

## Japan

- [NTT docomo](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/docomo)

## Is it the carrier, or the signal?

A carrier’s cap is a flat line: every download stops at the same speed, whatever the time, while the ping stays normal. A weak signal or a busy cell wanders, and the ping rises with it. Kilobat watches your speed tests and big downloads on a phone hotspot, and Health says when they all top out near one of these limits. It’s free, with the evidence in Kilobat Pro. [How it decides](https://kilobat.app/docs/usage#hotspot-throttling).

Each page lists the carrier’s own pages it’s based on and the date they were checked. No prices or plan recommendations: allowances differ by plan, so check yours in the carrier’s app.

## Your carrier counts your hotspot data. Kilobat shows where it goes.

[Download for Mac ↓](https://kilobat.app/downloads/Kilobat-1.31.1.dmg?via=site)

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brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat
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