Cradlepoint and TMobile

[Dr Idol]

Trying to deploy TMobile with Cradlepoint largely as a cost saving measure. Have a TMobile SIM installed in one of the slots. Cradlepoint tech support says the SIM needs to be authorized while TMobile says it already is. Anyone having success with this configuration who would share insights?

[Ollie-Haus]

I had the same idea as we are Tmobile customers as well. You beat me to the experiment. I was just going to add an additional line to our 55+ plan for $35 a month and install the sim into the Cradlepoint. I guess I'll be monitoring your success or not. I know you can pass a sim from one phone to the next seamlessly, seems like it would work just fine but I'm not a cellular techy.

Welcome to the forum BTW and please keep us posted with your results. 

[VBistro]

We’ve been using a TMobile sim card in our cradle point for about a year.  No problem.  I picked the sim up from the t-mobile store, popped it into the cradle point, and voila!  It was a piece of cake.

[Dr Idol]

On 9/8/2023 at 3:48 PM, VBistro said:

We’ve been using a TMobile sim card in our cradle point for about a year.  No problem.  I picked the sim up from the t-mobile store, popped it into the cradle point, and voila!  It was a piece of cake.

Ah!  To confirm you did not need to authorize the SIM, right?  Basically you had instant Internet as expected. Guess I’ll try some more troubleshooting with CP support who, by the way, have been helpful. 

[VBistro]

On 9/12/2023 at 4:37 AM, Dr Idol said:

Ah!  To confirm you did not need to authorize the SIM, right?  Basically you had instant Internet as expected. Guess I’ll try some more troubleshooting with CP support who, by the way, have been helpful. 

Sorry….I didn’t see this until now.  The service person at the TMobile store activated the SIM before I left the store.

[Ollie-Haus]

As mentioned above, I have since got an additional active SIM card from the local TMobile store (unlimited data and $35 per month with auto pay) and have been using it in the trailer as a hot spot in a spare older phone with great success. I guess my next move is to install the SIM in the Cradle Point and see if I also experience success. Sounds like a plug and play no brainer. We'll see.