Hello, I am the OP that needed help setting up my router and modem to work with Sprint. When Verizon brought back the unlimited plan, I added a line to my Verizon plan (using an old Note 3) and then switched the sim card in the Linksys router from the Sprint card to the Verizon card and changed the bands. Everything was going fine since I switched this last February. Then, when my most recent billing period began, my setup is now considered a “hotspot” according to Verizon. I have unlimited data, but only a max of 15GB of hotspot data to use each month. Well, I went through the entire 15GB the first day and Verizon has now slowed that connection down to 600kbps for the rest of the billing period. I installed the sim card back into my Note 3 and using 4G on that works fine, no slow down. I put the sim card back into the MC7455, and it immediately went back to 600kbps. Am I now screwed? Is there any way to stop Verizon from thinking this is a hotspot? Can I change the mac address in the modem or do I have to buy a new modem? I don’t want all this time and money spent to be all for nothing.
Thanks.