i'm using zte phone as mobile hotspot all the time - no longer fixed line, modem router all that.

juz phone - keep charging while enabling hotspot

till now still good

because last time was founder company marketing strategy to build up reputation and take no.1 position by burning investor money giving a lot of discount voucher luring customes come

now founder company successfully sold the company to giant Alibaba group, making decent profits already

new owner - Alibaba group - no need built from scratch, lazada already well known, and wanted profit earning not a loss bearing company = therefore no more big discount voucher

and Alibaba starting turning lazada into china stocks entering SEA gateway platform, the ultimate goal is opening the gate bring in the cn mass stocks troop into SEA market now