We talked with 5 different Verizon “geniuses” and each gave us the line that UNLIMITED data worked in Canada. Once we go into Canada, where we are going to be staying for 3 months, we found out that the local Inet providers (Rogers, TELUS, etc.) bring your work to a screeching halt by throttling after .5 GB has been downloaded per day. I fart bigger than that!
We went back and contact Verizon, and here is the party line we were given, that no one appears to have known about, and we could not find in the fine print:
“…int’l data reduced to 2G speeds after 500 MB/day. If more than 50% of your talk, text or data usage in a 60-day period is in Canada or Mexico, use of those services in those countries may be removed or limited. Auto pay (checks or debit cards only) & paper free billing required. Discounts not available.”

Hi Erik, that was quick. Thank you. Actually, you have a WiFi Ranger already. Would you possibly be willing to test it? To use the Verizon hot spot you must turn it on. If you can plug in a phone, have it connect to the Internet, and not turn on the hot spot it seems to me that you would not be subject to being throttled back. That sounds too simple so I’m probably wrong. I, so far, can’t even get the TV to mirror the phone to watch videos.

Hi Elizabeth, unfortunately Verizon sims are tied to the Mac address of the device. Swapping the sim without calling Verizon will not work and it will not connect to internet. You could use a wifi ranger which supports tethering and plug a phone via USB into the wifi ranger router which would work however I believe you would still be subject to the limitations which I believe is ~20gb at this point.