Unlocked Modem USB 4G LTE Huawei E397u-53 Worldwide Hotspot Service Required Only T-mobile in US

Ive had smaller USB modems that dont really do the job. This one is a little bulky but works wonders.

I couldnt get the device to work, thus Ive returned to amazon that gave me no hassle.

This review is a technical solution review for someone who has the following issues: 1. Bought a Chromebook with no Sim Card slot 2. Has a grandfathered unlimited cell phone plan on a carrier that refuses tethering and USB tethering (cheat workarounds) only work on a Windows machine, MacOSX, Chrooted w/ Crouton / Linux set-up running Windows virtual machine or the likes 3. Overall, loving your chromebook but feel isolated when at a park/beach/public scene with no available wifi in sight. The above--was literally my life after making the switch from a Windows box to a Chromebook. It depressed me when I was on the road and needed wifi (with ZERO available) to do some of my design work. I was like, Great! Shouldve NEVER bought this thing! But, then I was inspired and me being the natural problem solver I am--Found Unlocked 4G LTE Huawei Modem. Perfect! Its small, fits in a bag, and it speaks ChromeOS. Winning! But, damn....AT&T wont give me a data SIM thats unlimited to go with my plan. Soooooo....I found a close second for pennies, called Ting (you can get it on Amazon and link it to your prime account for monthly payment). Ting is amazing--you only pay per the 100MBs you use. If you dont use 100, you dont pay. that month. 0$ -Simple plan. Simple USB modem. Chromebook disaster averted and still my beneficial lightweight computing transformation. This modem is amazeballs to say the least-- plug N play. Doesnt get any easier! I hope my crisis helps others solve their wifi-chromebook disaster. <3 Happy Droiding (run from Mac and Windows while you still can!)

I live in a rural area, bought this and a t-mobile sim card. Bought the T-Mobile ONE plan and now I have a acceptable home wi-fi network for 75$ a month, great for people who dont have access to high speed internet. Installation was as easy as plug and play.

The device run as advertised. I run a speed test, download = 27Mbs and upload = 11Mbs. I used my iphone to run speed test, download - 50Mbs and upload = 10Mbs. This is Tmobile LTE. I am happy with the results.

This USB modem worked great on Arch Linux using the information in the wiki. Im using a Project Fi data only sim card.

Worked with T-Mobile SIM

After some mixed reviews of speed and compatibility, it was seen by my laptop (windows 10) right away. Installed the Cricket connector software for the drivers and everything seemed to setup automatically even though I didnt put in the h2g2 APN. Testing with my Gl.iNet router I had to add the h2g2 APN. Location seems to be very important, or Ive got some material in my house blocking the path to the tower. Uploads seemed to be consistent peaking at 14 Mbps, but download speed varied heavily but still avg about 9 Mbps. I imagine in a good line of site to the tower you will get better speeds. For comparison, phone speed tested at 29 Mbps down and 5 Mpbs up.

This is the manifestation of plug and play. Plug it and you are ready to go. It even comes with a SIM card for Cricket. I used a Fido SIM.

Although it says unlocked I cant use it over here