ATT APN Settings

[andres.rosero (Andres)]

I’m having trouble getting mobile data to toggle on using an AT&T sim card on a data plan. I’ve set the APN to Broadband and Authentication type to Not Provided. I’m wondering if there is an issue with AT&T, the data plan, or with the APN settings. I’ve used a Verizon sim card successfully using APN: VZWINTERNET.

I’ve looked at these forums, but they are closed now to be able to continue the conversation there.

RS2+ LTE Modem Compatibility Issues with AT&T

Data Activation Center (DAC) mailed me 2 SIM cards, AT&T and Verizon. They setup temporary accounts for testing. I was unsuccessful with the AT&T, APN: dac.com.attz and VERIZON, APN: vzwinternet. I was not able to toggle on Mobile data in the ReachView 3 App. I was partially successful using the VERIZON, APN: so01.vzwstatic combination. The VERIZON, APN: so01.vzwstatic, would allow me to toggle on Mobile data but would constantly turn itself on and off. DAC personnel said they saw this ON/OFF be…

Mobile Data issue - Cricket / ATT Networks

Hello, Trying to get corrections through NTRIP. We have some wifi hotspots available and works with no issues. However, we are expanding our RS2 units and feel like it would be useful to get corrections with a sim card instead. Was wondering if you could help me get some direction. I want to try using the cricket/att networks because we could get a good deal with an unlimited internet plan. All I am getting so far is 3G. Upon applying the VRS credentials, I get a “fail to connect” error and w…

If anyone has had these issues or successfully used mobile data with AT&T, please let me know what the solution was.

Thanks!

[andres.rosero (Andres)]

I also tried all the APN’s listed here with no success.

[inkar.madikyzy]

Hi @andres.rosero,

Have you tried a data+voice plan? Some of our users faced difficulties using data-only AT&T SIM cards for the Internet connection. The issue was resolved once the SIM card plan was switched to the one with the voice calls. So, it might be worth checking with your provider to see if they can set up a hybrid plan for you.

As a workaround, you can insert this SIM card inside your mobile phone and share the Internet following our guide. You can also connect to the unit via Bluetooth and use the NTRIP over Bluetooth option. This way, the receiver will use the internet from the mobile device to receive corrections.

[andres.rosero (Andres)]

@timd1971 I noticed you liked this post. Did you have this same issue and did switching to a data+voice plan work for you?

[andres.rosero (Andres)]

@inkar.madikyzy That did it! We had been struggling with this for months using Verizon where possible, but we travel to some areas where Verizon doesn’t have coverage, but AT&T does. It would be great if there was a better disclaimer somewhere since this seems to be an issue with a bigger pool of users.

So to be clear, using a data-only plan did not work. Switching to a data+voice plan did work.

[timd1971]

No… just have read about this issue many times over the years.

[andres.rosero (Andres)]

@inkar.madikyzy can you provide any insight on why this is the case? Don’t voice plans cost more?

[EBE111057 (Bryan Enfinger)]

Money, my ATT data only for my Javad is $60 month. The problem with data only is you’re not paying enough to ATT. I ran into the same issue with Verizon and ATT. ATT has a greater coverage area in our region of SC, Verizon is very spotty.

We also have a DAC plan for our other Javad’s and it runs about $30 month per sim card. They apparently use some of ATT networks as we don’t have any gaps in coverage using it.

I’ll probably switch mine from ATT eventually but I’m satisfied with the coverage for our area using them for my receiver.

[andres.rosero (Andres)]

I found this forum that has a good dialogue, but its still unknown why the added voice is necessary.

Mobile Data usage with AT&T

Hi I have an ATT sim card in the RS2+ but when i try to activate the “Use Mobile Data” radio button, it goes back to disabled: [image] when I hit it, it will change color and show the: [image] for a few seconds and than change back to what I have in the top picture. in the top you can also see that I get signal and I test the sim card with a access point I have to make sure the card is working.

[andres.rosero (Andres)]

Something very interesting. We were also having trouble getting both Verizon and ATT to connect to 5G on a particular modem (ATT and Verizon would connect to 4G but not 5G, Tmobile connected to 5G without any issues) and when we changed the ATT plan to be data+voice (originally just a data-only plan), it immediately connected to 5G without the issues we were seeing before on the data-only plan. So I don’t think this is an issue of the devices, but rather something with the type of plan.

[timd1971]

@andres.rosero

but rather something with the type of plan.

As @EBE111057 said… it’s all about nickel and diming to death. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[inkar.madikyzy]

Hi Andres,

Reach can work with different SIM card operators, and such restrictions usually come from the mobile operator’s side. In most cases, issues with internet access via SIM card can be solved by adjusting the configuration.

As for data-only SIM cards, we’ve just had reports from some AT&T users that switching to a voice plan can help. We can’t say much about the reasons for now.