T Mobile Sync Up Drive

[komobu]

Any one using a T mobile Sync Up drive? I am only interested in it as a mobile hot spot. What are the speeds at? Can I watch video from You Tube or ESPN?

I have a samsung tablet on wifi /Verizon. I canceled my verizon and went T mobile. T moblie sold me the samsung Note 8. I can watch video on my note 8 without any issues. If I turn the hot spot "On" on the note 8, the speed is so slow that I cant watch any streaming video from my tablet. As I said, the streaming is fine on the phone, just not the tablet going through the phone.

So I was thinking about getting the Sync Up drive, if the speed is ok. Does anyone have any first hand knowledge of it? Using 4g, what are the upload and download speeds?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Rukbat]

Watching a stream from your tablet is probably going half-duplex. That means that the hotspot receives a packet from the tab, then sends it to the Note, then receives the next packet from the tab, etc. - cutting the speed at least in half, and making it choppy.

If you look on Play, you might be able to find a full-duplex hotspot - that would definitely speed things up.