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I have a Pantech UML290, and would like to try one of the Mifi devices. Both are 4g. If I buy a used Mifi, does anyone know if it's as simple as swapping the sim card, or if I will need to call Verizon and activate the device, and possible pay an activation fee? Thanks.
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LTE devices do not use a SIM card, they use a UICC card. That card is married to the device when it is activated (cannot be put in another device) so make sure any used device you buy comes with that card since you may not be able to get a replacement.Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. -- James Madison
The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms. -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87 (Pearce and Hale, eds., Boston, 1850) -
Yes, you can simply swap the 4G LTE SIM between devices. No need to call in. And there is no activation fee. I do this regularly.
UICC is simply the latest and greatest SIM. It's a new class of SIM which has additional capabilities such as the ability to work on all wireless networks, not just the traditional GSM. The UICC is married to the plan, not the device.It is dangerous to be right when your government is wrong. -Voltaire
Good people sleep peaceably in their bed at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.Comment
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