If you're using mobile data with a VPN, T-Mobile will count that toward your hotspot data and throttle you once it's all used up. They do not mention this anywhere in their Terms and Conditions. (I use express VPN)

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Magic, otherwise known as

sudo mmcli -v -m 0 --command='AT+EGMR=1,7, "newimeihere"'

If you’re not working with quectel or modemmanager the command is somewhat different. Basic knowledge of AT is required. Some people use socat or minicom although modemmanager is a lot easier and in many cases already handling the network interface.

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Edit:Also I need to be UNVERIFIED as an employee

lol. Did you just get fired for trying to work the system?

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All I can say is that the netgear hotspot that AT&T sells goes pretty cheap used/unlocked on Amazon and you can do “things” to it with free tools online.

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Yeah I called twice, second time got transfered from CS to actual tech to explain it all. Esim and VPN never came up, they were baffled, promised to follow up, and now a month later I get the texts again so clearly nothing changed.

And the CS rep was mad because I wasn’t being charged for maxing my hotspot so what problem could I possibly have lol. I couldn’t get them to understand that if one thing was being incorrectly tracked then I had no reason to trust they were tracking other things correctly.

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They know and have known for years. They told me to stop using protonvpn and to switch.

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No, I was laid off last fall, lol I just thought it was important to add in to this comment lmao

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I will be doing some research when I get home from camp tonight