Can You Use a Mobile Hotspot to Replace Your Home Internet Connection? I Tested It Out

Trisha Jandoc is an associate writer at CNET covering broadband and everything related to home internet. She graduated from St. John's University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a focus on multimedia reporting. She was born in the Philippines and resides on Long Island. In her free time, Trisha loves to travel and support nonprofit and advocacy work she's passionate about.

If you've ever lost internet during a power outage or needed to use Wi-Fi on the go, you know how effective a mobile hotspot can be. But what if you used a mobile hotspot in place of your regular internet connection at home? At first, that seemed counterintuitive to me. It had never even crossed my mind until a CNET colleague asked, "Why can't ...