Novatel Verizon Wireless Jetpack 7730L 4G LTE Advanced Mobile Hotspot

The Jetpack 7730L on Verizon network works very well.We do a lot of "off-grid" camping, and there is often weak or no cell phone coverage.We have cell phones with a different carrier, and were using one as our hotspot for Internet access.This works well for the most part, but there were some trouble spots. We went with the Jetpack to get Verizon as another carrier.So far now, wherever we go, we seem to have coverage on one or the other, and the Jetpack does a Great job creating WiFi access.It was very easy to set up, and worked right out of the box. This unit did Not come with a SIM card, but the folks at Verizon fixed that.I do have an issue with Verizon, as it seems their "Unlimited" plan isn't really unlimited. It's only 10 GBytes, and then metered to 3G,which by comparison with the 4G signals we've been getting, is painfully slow.Please note that the Jetpack device is not the issue, and it has worked very well.I recommend this unit, and I would buy it again if we needed a new one.

Buy It!!!This thing performs like an absolute beast! The LTE radio is insanely fast (the 3 channel aggregation is a big deal for speed), reception is really, really good, and the WiFi performance is awesome as well! Performance is much better than using tethering on your cellphone, especially as number of devices connected increases. Battery life is great as well.I.D. nailed all the tech details in his great review, so I won't rehash them here.Pro Tip: You can use SIM cards provisioned for a phone (assuming they're nano sims (aka 4FF)) in this unit. If you were to say have an unlimited data plan and pop the sim in this unit, it could make for a great setup.

I have purchased 2 of these now discontinued 7730L's used through Amazon and had similar luck with each. When they work, they obtain amazing upload and download speeds through Verizon's network. However, they continually kick devices off the wifi network and often require restarts and/or factory resets to re-obtain a connection. This is with only 3-5 devices connected, and I had no better luck with only one device connected. It is supposed to support 15. I thought maybe I had a bum device the first time. Other reviews have been quite positive. Is it possible some of these devices are defective and those are the ones finding their way to the used marketplace? I have the latest firmware on each device. I wanted to try buying a new device to compare my experience, but they have been replaced at Verizon by the 8830L, which seems to have similar wifi dropout complaints.

Needs better internal antenna. My VZW phone shows 2 bars but MiFi shows none. I get 2 bars by connecting to a yagi mounted on the roof pointing at my the VZW tower. The TS-9 antenna connectors are so delicate.Battery swelled up soon after purchase. Kinda scared after those Note 7 fires. This is a 4400 mAh battery!Software seems buggy. Sometimes have to power up two or three times to get it booted up and not stalling on some boot process. Maybe needs another software update.Works great when it's on and has good signal. I finally upgraded from 3G in 2017 so can't help but love LTE.

This has worked just the way I needed it to. I have a MiMo and needed two antennae ports. I already had two Verizon JetPaks but they each only had one antennae port, so would not work with the MiMo. Because of my contract with Verizon, I couldn't buy my way out of the two JetPaks I had. So I purchased this one. So far I have only used this one, and the other two are sitting aside, waiting until the contract runs out. Another thing, the Verizon store I went to, to have it activated and a sim card put in, did not have a sim card for it. So.. I just took one of the sim cards out of one of my other JetPaks, put it in this one, and works great. I was ready to have to pay for three JetPaks, but only have to pay for the original two that I have. I'm very pleased.

I purchased this about a year ago and having never had one, did not know what to expect. First problem- the listing says it includes a charger and cable, but it did not. I contacted the seller and they said they'd send them, but never did. So I had to buy a USB C charger that was SUPPOSED to be included just to use the device. Second issue- the jetpack has always had a problem powering on. If device is turned off, or shuts down, when press and hold the power button, it comes on, but will NOT stay on. It shows home screen and all that, but it then shuts back off and goes to charging screen. I have to restart several times to get it to stay on.And finally, the reason I'm writing this review a year after purchase- the battery makes a difference in reception!! I did NOT know this until I bought a new battery, which arrived today. I have never been able to get more than 3 bars on this thing at home. I assumed it was just the network. But today I installed a new battery and immediate got 4 bars! And I am getting different info on the screen (an LTE display with an arrow). This leads me to believe that the battery the seller included with the jetpack was not very good.I would buy another jetpack, but I would not buy it from this seller.

many issues i tried to overlook wrong plug kept getting message too weak didnt charge properly & kept shutting down I need dependable internet & now it stopped working after a few months

Item arrived fast and better than described. I haven't noticed the unit getting unusually warm with frequent use. Battery life is as expected for our usage but charges up pretty quickly anyway. Easy to figure out without the manual. Really happy with it! Thank you!