--- title: "Verizon hotspot limits: premium hotspot data, then 600 kbps to 6 Mbps · Kilobat" url: "https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/verizon" description: "What Verizon publishes about Mobile Hotspot: premium data per plan, the reduced speed after it, plans that add hotspot as a perk, and video." --- Hotspot limits · United States # Verizon hotspot limits **Checked 1 November 2026** against Verizon’s own pages. Plans change: your plan’s terms win. Verizon gives most phone plans a monthly amount of premium Mobile Hotspot data. After it, hotspot keeps working at a reduced speed for the rest of the month; how slow depends on the plan and on whether you’re on 5G Ultra Wideband. Hotspot data 30 GB on Unlimited Plus, 200 GB on Unlimited Ultimate, 10 GB on Simplicity; buy it on Unlimited Welcome. After it Up to 3 Mbps on 5G Ultra Wideband and 600 kbps on 5G/4G LTE (Plus, Welcome), 1 Mbps (Simplicity), up to 6 Mbps (Ultimate). Video Phone video varies by plan and settings: Verizon lists 720p on Simplicity and 480p by default on 5G/4G LTE for Plus and Ultimate. Check The My Verizon app or verizon.com. ## Hotspot allowance From Verizon’s important plan information: - **Unlimited Plus:** 30 GB a month of 5G Ultra Wideband, 5G or 4G LTE hotspot data. - **Unlimited Ultimate:** 200 GB a month. - **Simplicity:** 10 GB a month. - **Unlimited Welcome:** no hotspot unless you buy the 100 GB Mobile Hotspot perk. Verizon’s plan terms say the plans’ unlimited data is for use on the smartphone itself; it doesn’t extend to hotspot use. ## Speed after the allowance - **Unlimited Plus and Welcome (with the perk):** up to 3 Mbps on 5G Ultra Wideband and 600 kbps on 5G or 4G LTE, for the rest of the billing cycle. - **Simplicity:** up to 1 Mbps for the rest of the billing month. - **Unlimited Ultimate:** up to 6 Mbps, per the plan information; an older hotspot FAQ says 4 Mbps. - On Unlimited Welcome, phone and hotspot data on 5G or 4G LTE can also be slower than other traffic when the network is congested. ## Plans without hotspot - Unlimited Welcome has no hotspot unless the 100 GB perk is added. - Tablets, watches and hotspot devices have plans of their own, with their own limits. ## Video - For phone video, Verizon lists 480p as the default on 5G/4G LTE for Unlimited Plus and Ultimate, with higher settings available. Check your plan terms for hotspot video. - Verizon lists 480p SD phone video on Unlimited Welcome and 720p HD on Simplicity. ## Check what’s left 1. Open the My Verizon app, or sign in at verizon.com. 2. Look up your plan’s Mobile Hotspot allowance and this month’s usage there; Verizon’s hotspot FAQ points to My Verizon for both. For more, Verizon offers a Data Boost or, on some plans, the 100 GB Mobile Hotspot perk. ## What Kilobat can tell you If every speed test and big download on your hotspot stops near the same speed, such as the 600 kbps, 1 Mbps, 3 Mbps or 6 Mbps Verizon publishes, on different occasions while the ping stays normal, Health says it looks like Verizon’s hotspot cap. A weak signal or a busy cell wanders instead, and Kilobat says nothing then. It also notices video held near 1.5 Mbps while other downloads run faster. It can’t see your allowance or tell a hotspot cap from a plan that caps everything: check on the phone too. It’s free in Health on any phone hotspot, with the measurements behind it in Kilobat Pro, and in the terminal with `kilobat hotspot`. More in [the docs](https://kilobat.app/docs/usage#hotspot-throttling) and [saving hotspot data](https://kilobat.app/save-hotspot-data). ## Sources - [Verizon: Important Plan Information](https://www.verizon.com/support/important-plan-information/) - [Verizon: Mobile Hotspot feature and app FAQs](https://www.verizon.com/support/mobile-hotspot-faqs/) - [Verizon: Mobile Hotspot perks with unlimited mobile plans FAQs](https://www.verizon.com/support/hotspot-perk-faqs/) Checked against Verizon’s own plan pages, terms and help articles on 1 November 2026. Allowances and speeds differ by plan and change often; what your own plan says wins. ## See what your hotspot is really doing Kilobat is a Mac menu-bar app that shows which apps use your hotspot’s data, holds back updaters on metered networks, and says when downloads keep stopping at the same speed. [Download for Mac ↓](https://kilobat.app/downloads/Kilobat-1.31.1.dmg?via=site) ``` brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat ``` ## More carriers - [Visible](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/visible): Always capped at up to 5 Mbps (Visible), 10 Mbps (Visible+) or 15 Mbps (Visible+ Pro). - [T-Mobile](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/t-mobile): Many plans continue at up to 600 kbps after high-speed hotspot data is used; rules vary by plan. - [AT&T](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/att): A maximum of 128 kbps for the rest of the bill cycle. - [Mint Mobile](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/mint-mobile): Mint doesn’t publish a hotspot speed after the 20 GB; you can add more data in the app.